//+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| TrendStrength.mq4 | //| Copyright © 2006, Xaoc | //| http://forex.xcd.ru/ | //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| For the indicator to work, place the file SmoothAlgorithms.mqh | //| in the directory: terminal_data_folder\MQL5\Include | //+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2006, Xaoc" #property link "http://forex.xcd.ru/" //---- indicator version number #property version "1.00" //---- drawing indicator in a separate window #property indicator_separate_window //---- number of indicator buffers #property indicator_buffers 1 //---- only one plot is used #property indicator_plots 1 //+-----------------------------------+ //| Indicator drawing parameters | //+-----------------------------------+ //---- drawing the indicator as a line #property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE //---- DodgerBlue color is used for the indicator line #property indicator_color1 clrDodgerBlue //---- the indicator line is a continuous curve #property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID //---- indicator line width is equal to 1 #property indicator_width1 1 //---- displaying the indicator label #property indicator_label1 "TrendStrength" //+-----------------------------------+ //| CXMA class description | //+-----------------------------------+ #include //+-----------------------------------+ //---- declaration of the CXMA class variables from the SmoothAlgorithms.mqh file CXMA XMA[11]; //+-----------------------------------+ //| Declaration of enumerations | //+-----------------------------------+ enum Applied_price_ //Type od constant { PRICE_CLOSE_ = 1, //Close PRICE_OPEN_, //Open PRICE_HIGH_, //High PRICE_LOW_, //Low PRICE_MEDIAN_, //Median Price (HL/2) PRICE_TYPICAL_, //Typical Price (HLC/3) PRICE_WEIGHTED_, //Weighted Close (HLCC/4) PRICE_SIMPL_, //Simpl Price (OC/2) PRICE_QUARTER_, //Quarted Price (HLOC/4) PRICE_TRENDFOLLOW0_, //TrendFollow_1 Price PRICE_TRENDFOLLOW1_, //TrendFollow_2 Price PRICE_DEMARK_ //Demark Price }; /*enum Smooth_Method - enumeration is declared in SmoothAlgorithms.mqh { MODE_SMA_, //SMA MODE_EMA_, //EMA MODE_SMMA_, //SMMA MODE_LWMA_, //LWMA MODE_JJMA, //JJMA MODE_JurX, //JurX MODE_ParMA, //ParMA MODE_T3, //T3 MODE_VIDYA, //VIDYA MODE_AMA, //AMA }; */ //+-----------------------------------+ //| INDICATOR INPUT PARAMETERS | //+-----------------------------------+ input Smooth_Method XMA_Method=MODE_SMA; //smoothing method input uint StartLength=10; //first smoothing depth input int XPhase=15; //smoothing parameter, // for JJMA that can change withing the range -100 ... +100. It impacts the quality of the intermediate process of smoothing; // For VIDIA, it is a CMO period, for AMA, it is a slow moving average period input uint Step=10; //smoothing step input Applied_price_ IPC=PRICE_CLOSE;//price constant /* , used for calculation of the indicator ( 1-CLOSE, 2-OPEN, 3-HIGH, 4-LOW, 5-MEDIAN, 6-TYPICAL, 7-WEIGHTED, 8-SIMPL, 9-QUARTER, 10-TRENDFOLLOW, 11-0.5 * TRENDFOLLOW.) */ input int Shift=0; // horizontal shift of the indicator in bars input int PriceShift=0; // vertical shift of the indicator in pointsõ //+-----------------------------------+ //---- declaration of a dynamic array that further // will be used as an indicator buffer double IndBuffer[]; //---- Declaration of integer variables of data starting point int min_rates_total,period[11]; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| TrendStrength indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnInit() { //---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation min_rates_total=XMA[1].GetStartBars(XMA_Method,StartLength+Step*10,XPhase); //---- setting alerts for invalid values of external parameters XMA[1].XMALengthCheck("StartLength",StartLength); XMA[1].XMAPhaseCheck("XPhase",XPhase,XMA_Method); //---- moving averages periods calculation for(int number=0; number<11; number++) period[number]=int(StartLength+Step*number); //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,IndBuffer,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); //---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,0); //---- initializations of variable for indicator short name string shortname; string Smooth1=XMA[1].GetString_MA_Method(XMA_Method); StringConcatenate(shortname,"TrendStrength(",Smooth1,", ",StartLength,", ",Step,")"); //--- 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,0); //---- end of initialization } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| TrendStrength iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate( const int rates_total, // amount of history in bars at the current tick const int prev_calculated,// amount of history in bars at the previous tick 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 calculation of an indicator first=0; // starting number for calculation of all bars else first=prev_calculated-1; // starting number for calculation of new bars //---- Main calculation loop of the indicator for(bar=first; bar