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//|                                                          ATR.mq5 |
//|                        Copyright 2009, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                              http://www.mql5.com |
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#property copyright   "2009, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link        "http://www.mql5.com"
#property description "Average True Range"
//--- indicator settings
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_plots   1
#property indicator_type1   DRAW_LINE
#property indicator_color1  DodgerBlue
#property indicator_label1  "ATR"
//--- input parameters
input int InpAtrPeriod=14;  // ATR period
//--- indicator buffers
double    ExtATRBuffer[];
double    ExtTRBuffer[];
//--- global variable
int       ExtPeriodATR;
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//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
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void OnInit()
  {
//--- check for input value
   if(InpAtrPeriod<=0)
     {
      ExtPeriodATR=14;
      printf("Incorrect input parameter InpAtrPeriod = %d. Indicator will use value %d for calculations.",InpAtrPeriod,ExtPeriodATR);
     }
   else ExtPeriodATR=InpAtrPeriod;
//--- indicator buffers mapping
   SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtATRBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);
   SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtTRBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
//---
   IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits);
//--- sets first bar from what index will be drawn
   PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,InpAtrPeriod);
//--- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
   string short_name="ATR("+string(ExtPeriodATR)+")";
   IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,short_name);
   PlotIndexSetString(0,PLOT_LABEL,short_name);
//--- initialization done
  }
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//| Average True Range                                               |
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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 &TickVolume[],
                const long &Volume[],
                const int &Spread[])
  {
   int i,limit;
//--- check for bars count
   if(rates_total<=ExtPeriodATR)
      return(0); // not enough bars for calculation
//--- preliminary calculations
   if(prev_calculated==0)
     {
      ExtTRBuffer[0]=0.0;
      ExtATRBuffer[0]=0.0;
      //--- filling out the array of True Range values for each period
      for(i=1;i<rates_total && !IsStopped();i++)
         ExtTRBuffer[i]=MathMax(High[i],Close[i-1])-MathMin(Low[i],Close[i-1]);
      //--- first AtrPeriod values of the indicator are not calculated
      double firstValue=0.0;
      for(i=1;i<=ExtPeriodATR;i++)
        {
         ExtATRBuffer[i]=0.0;
         firstValue+=ExtTRBuffer[i];
        }
      //--- calculating the first value of the indicator
      firstValue/=ExtPeriodATR;
      ExtATRBuffer[ExtPeriodATR]=firstValue;
      limit=ExtPeriodATR+1;
     }
   else limit=prev_calculated-1;
//--- the main loop of calculations
   for(i=limit;i<rates_total && !IsStopped();i++)
     {
      ExtTRBuffer[i]=MathMax(High[i],Close[i-1])-MathMin(Low[i],Close[i-1]);
      ExtATRBuffer[i]=ExtATRBuffer[i-1]+(ExtTRBuffer[i]-ExtTRBuffer[i-ExtPeriodATR])/ExtPeriodATR;
     }
//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
   return(rates_total);
  }
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