/* * For the indicator to work, place the * SmoothAlgorithms.mqh file * in the directory: MetaTrader\\MQL5\Include */ //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| XCHV.mq5 | //| Copyright © 2011, Nikolay Kositsin | //| Khabarovsk, farria@mail.redcom.ru | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright © 2011, Nikolay Kositsin" #property link "farria@mail.redcom.ru" #property description "Chaikin Volatility" //---- indicator version #property version "1.00" //---- drawing the 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 //---- use slate blue color for the indicator line #property indicator_color1 SlateBlue //---- 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 "XCHV" //+----------------------------------------+ //| CXMA and CMomentum classes description | //+----------------------------------------+ #include //+-----------------------------------+ //---- declaration of the CXMA and CMomentum classes from the SmoothAlgorithms.mqh file CXMA XMA; CMomentum MOM; //+-----------------------------------+ //| enumerations declaration | //+-----------------------------------+ /*enum Smooth_Method //enumeration is declared in the SmoothAlgorithms.mqh file { 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 int SmoothPeriod=10; //Smoothing period input int Phase_=15; //Smoothing period, //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 average period input int CHVPeriod=10; // CHV period input Smooth_Method SmoothMethod=MODE_T3; //Smoothing method input int Shift=0; //Horizontal shift of the indicator in bars //+-----------------------------------+ //---- declaration of a dynamic array that further // will be used as an indicator buffer double XCHV[]; //---- Declaration of the integer variables for the start of data calculation int StartBars; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| XCHV indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnInit() { //---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation StartBars=CHVPeriod+XMA.GetStartBars(SmoothMethod,SmoothPeriod,Phase_); //---- setting up alerts for unacceptable values of external variables XMA.XMALengthCheck("SmoothPeriod", SmoothPeriod); XMA.XMALengthCheck("CHVPeriod", CHVPeriod); //---- setting up alerts for unacceptable values of external variables XMA.XMAPhaseCheck("Phase_",Phase_,SmoothMethod); //---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer SetIndexBuffer(0,XCHV,INDICATOR_DATA); //---- moving the indicator 1 horizontally PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHIFT,Shift); //---- performing the shift of beginning of the indicator drawing PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,StartBars); //---- create a label to display in DataWindow PlotIndexSetString(0,PLOT_LABEL,"XCHV"); //---- setting values of the indicator that won't be visible on a chart PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,EMPTY_VALUE); //---- initializations of a variable for the indicator short name string shortname,Smooth=XMA.GetString_MA_Method(SmoothMethod); StringConcatenate(shortname,"Chaikin Volatility(",string(SmoothPeriod),",",string(CHVPeriod),",",Smooth,")"); IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,shortname); //---- determination of accuracy of displaying the indicator values IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0); //---- initialization end } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| XCHV iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate(const int rates_total, // number of bars in history at the current tick const int prev_calculated,// number of bars calculated at previous call 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 the calculation if(rates_totalrates_total || prev_calculated<=0) // checking for the first start of the indicator calculation { first=0; // starting index for calculation of all bars } else first=prev_calculated-1; // starting index for calculation of new bars //---- Main indicator calculation loop for(bar=first; bar