//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| i-VaR95.mq5 | //| Copyright © 2009, piccioli | //| http://piccstick.blogspot.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Indicator shows the values of history volatility | //| It is possible to calculate a volatility in several methods | //| - Simple Historical Volatility | //| - Exponential Historical Volatility | //| - High-Low Historical Volatility | //| | //| A few commentaries: | //| 1. This indicator does not show the entry points of the market | //| and exit points too ;-) | //| 2. The indicator image is similar to the ATR indicator image, | //| particularly when calculating by Parkinson method. | //| Nevertheless the values are different | //| 3. For the VaR calculation the 95-percentage probability is used,| //| that is the indicator shows a value in points (without | //| 5-th character), which may be achieved by price with | //| the propability of 5% for a period which equal to investment | //| horizon (grznt) | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2009, piccioli@gmail.com" #property link "http://piccstick.blogspot.com" //---- #property description "Indicator shows the values of history volatility" #property description "Some remarks: " #property description "1. This indicator does not show the entry and exit points of the market" #property description "2. The indicator image is similar to the ATR indicator image, particularly" #property description " when calculating by Parkinson method. Nevertheless the values are different" #property description "3. For the VaR calculation the 95-percentage probability is used," #property description " that is the indicator shows a value in points, which may be achieved by price" #property description " with the propability of 5% for a period which equal to investment horizon (grznt)" //---- indicator version number #property version "1.00" //---- drawing indicator in a separate window #property indicator_separate_window //---- number of indicator buffers #property indicator_buffers 2 //---- only one plot is used #property indicator_plots 1 //+-----------------------------------+ //| Indicator drawing parameters | //+-----------------------------------+ //---- drawing the indicator as a three-color histogram #property indicator_type1 DRAW_COLOR_HISTOGRAM //---- the following colors are used #property indicator_color1 clrGray,clrIndianRed,clrDodgerBlue //---- the indicator line is a continuous curve #property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID //---- indicator line width is equal to 4 #property indicator_width1 2 //---- displaying the indicator label #property indicator_label1 "HistVolatility" //+-----------------------------------+ //| Declaration of enumerations | //+-----------------------------------+ enum MODE //Type of constant { SHV = 1, //Simple Historical Volatility EHV, //Exponential Historical Volatility HLHV, //High-Low Historical Volatility VaR95 //95-процентный VaR }; //+-----------------------------------+ //| INDICATOR INPUT PARAMETERS | //+-----------------------------------+ input int HV_Period = 21; // history volatility calculation period input MODE Mode=SHV; // Method of calculation input double decline=0.94; // smoothing ratio // Traditionally equals to 0.94 // this parameter only affects to the exponential-weighted method input int grznt=3; // investment horizon to calculation the 95% VaR input int Shift=0; // horizontal shift of the indicator in bars //+-----------------------------------+ //---- indicator buffers double LineBuffer[],ColorLineBuffer[]; //---- Declaration of integer variables of data starting point int min_rates_total; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| HistVolatility initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnInit() { //---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation min_rates_total=HV_Period+1; //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,LineBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA); //---- moving the indicator 1 horizontally PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHIFT,Shift); //---- performing the shift of beginning of indicator drawing PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,min_rates_total+1); //---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,EMPTY_VALUE); //---- indexing elements in the buffer as time series ArraySetAsSeries(LineBuffer,true); //---- setting dynamic array as a color index buffer SetIndexBuffer(1,ColorLineBuffer,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX); //---- indexing elements in the buffer as time series ArraySetAsSeries(ColorLineBuffer,true); //---- initializations of variable for indicator short name string shortname; StringConcatenate(shortname,"Historical Volatility(",HV_Period,")"); //--- creation of the name to be displayed in a separate sub-window and in a pop up help IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,shortname); //--- determining the accuracy of displaying the indicator values IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits+1); //---- end of initialization } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| HistVolatility iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate(const int rates_total, const int prev_calculated, const datetime &time[], const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[], const long &tick_volume[], const long &volume[], const int &spread[]) { //---- checking the number of bars to be enough for calculation if(rates_totalrates_total || prev_calculated<=0)// checking for the first start of the indicator calculation { limit=rates_total-1-min_rates_total; // starting index for the calculation of all bars } else { limit=rates_total-prev_calculated; // starting index for the calculation of new bars } //---- indexing elements in arrays as timeseries ArraySetAsSeries(low,true); ArraySetAsSeries(high,true); ArraySetAsSeries(close,true); ArraySetAsSeries(spread,true); //---- Main calculation loop of the indicator for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--)LineBuffer[bar]=HistoricalVolatility(Mode,low,high,close,spread,bar); if(prev_calculated>rates_total || prev_calculated<=0) limit--; //---- Main indicator coloring loop for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--) { ColorLineBuffer[bar]=0; if(LineBuffer[bar]>LineBuffer[bar+1]) ColorLineBuffer[bar]=2; if(LineBuffer[bar]=index; i--) tshv+=MathLog(Close[i+1]/Close[i+1]); tshv/=HV_Period; double shv=0; for(int i=start; i>=index; i--) shv+=(tshv -(MathLog(Close[i]/Close[i+1])))*(tshv -(MathLog(Close[i]/Close[i+1]))); return(MathSqrt(shv/(HV_Period-1))); } case EHV: { double tshv=0; for(int i=start; i>=index; i--) tshv+=MathLog(Close[i+1]/Close[i+1]); tshv/=HV_Period; double shv=0; for(int i=start; i>=index; i--) shv+=(tshv -(MathLog(Close[i]/Close[i+1])))*(tshv -(MathLog(Close[i]/Close[i+1]))); shv=MathSqrt(shv/(HV_Period-1)); double ehv=MathSqrt((1-decline)*shv); } case HLHV: { double hlhv=0; for(int i=start; i>=index; i--) hlhv+=(MathLog(High[i]/Low[i])*MathLog(High[i]/Low[i]))/(4*MathLog(2)); return(MathSqrt(hlhv/HV_Period)); } case VaR95: { double tshv=0; for(int i=start; i>=index; i--) tshv+=MathLog(Close[i+1]/Close[i+1]); tshv/=HV_Period; double shv=0; for(int i=start; i>=index; i--) shv+=(tshv -(MathLog(Close[i]/Close[i+1])))*(tshv -(MathLog(Close[i]/Close[i+1]))); shv=MathSqrt(shv/(HV_Period-1)); return(1.65 *(shv)*10000*MathSqrt(grznt)+2*Spread[index]); } } //---- return(0); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+