Hi Sendra,

I just wanted to say thanks and let you know that I now have steps one and two working properly. Now I am working on steps 3 and +++. It's turning into a great exercise in learning.

Step 3 is trying to find out which indicator is the best to use to find the long term trend. I'm looking at Daily for now as it seems to work best for my system.

The one thing that I want to try is to find a way to confirm the change of trend as it seems that many times, most indicators show a change of thread, it reverses at that point and turns out to be nothing more than a retracement. I think that I would like to confirm the trend when the price passes the high or the low of the previous bar by x number of pips. I'm sure that somebody has already coded this but I have not been able to find it yet. If anybody has any suggestions, I would appreciate it.

Regards,
Putz

Hi there,
I created my first indicator and really happy about it. What I have is a 2map (1hour and daily) for trading only with the major trend.

On the 1hour chart it works perfectly, but if I lower the TF the signals change....can anybody tell me how to make the signal appear on the close of the 1hour candle even on a lower TF chart ? Is that possible ?

As usual, you can only discover bar opening, i.e. that it is the first tick on a new bar, and then you can use a predicate like the following:

thanks for your help, but i can't get my head around the issue. I am attacching the indicator, if you could have a look at it I would appreciate it very much. Would it be possible to have the signal come on the close of the TF specified in First_Map and not hard conditioned on the 1hr? This way if I change the TF in first map it will work on that one.

Attached Files

# 0 my test_ooops_Abcd.mq4 (8.4 KB, 6 views)

Hi, Putz,

Try to use GlobalVariable and iHigh()/iLow().

Maybe like this:

//---- input parameters

string ChangeTrendBar;

int start()

double H1=iHigh(NULL,0,1);
double H0=iHigh(NULL,0,0);
...
if(xnow>ynow && xprevious<yprevious) // signal that trend has change
{
GlobalVariableSet("BarTrendChange",Time[0]);
}

if(GlobalVariableGet("BarTrendChange")==Time[1])
{
if(H1<H0 && H0-H1=n-pip)
...

Hope it works.

Dear all trader,
I want to know how to put an expiration date in indicator or EA, so that it has an expiration days like picture below. What string code should be added in .mtq?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi ANCOLL

Good to hear from you again, I have just got back from the Christmas holidays and am ready to get back into it. I use this code I hope you find it works for you.

string Message="";

datetime expire = D'2008.02.04 12:00';

if (TimeCurrent()>expire){
Alert("Trial has ended. Please contact xxxx @ xxxx.com");
return(0);
}else {Message="Price Display Activated";}

ObjectDelete("Price_Account_Info");
ObjectCreate("Price_Account_Info", OBJ_LABEL,WindowFind("Price"), 0, 0);
ObjectSetText("Price_Account_Info",""+Message+" - Expires "+TimeToStr(expire)+"",8, "Tahoma", ForestGreen);
ObjectSet("Price_Account_Info", OBJPROP_CORNER, 3);
ObjectSet("Price_Account_Info", OBJPROP_XDISTANCE, 5);
ObjectSet("Price_Account_Info", OBJPROP_YDISTANCE, 5);




This code puts a message into the indicator window or chart window and an expiry into an Alert Box



Comment.gif



This example puts a message into the indicator window or chart window and an expiry into the top left of the chart



datetime expire = D'2008.02.04 13:25';

if (TimeCurrent()>expire){
Comment("Trial has ended. Please contact xxxx @ xxxx.com");
return(0);
}else {Message="Price Display Activated";}


ObjectDelete("Price_Account_Info");
ObjectCreate("Price_Account_Info", OBJ_LABEL,WindowFind("Price"), 0, 0);
ObjectSetText("Price_Account_Info",""+Message+" - Expires "+TimeToStr(expire)+"",8, "Tahoma", ForestGreen);
ObjectSet("Price_Account_Info", OBJPROP_CORNER, 3);
ObjectSet("Price_Account_Info", OBJPROP_XDISTANCE, 5);
ObjectSet("Price_Account_Info", OBJPROP_YDISTANCE, 5);



Comment1.gif

This next example puts both the messages into Comments on the top left of the chart.


datetime expire = D'2008.02.04 13:25';

if (TimeCurrent()>expire){
Comment("Trial has ended. Please contact xxxx @ xxxx.com");
return(0);
}else {Comment("Price Display Activated");}

All of these codes make the indicator disappear when the expiry time is up

A simple indicator as an example posted below

Price_Display.mq4

cja

Can someone help me with a piece of code which disable operation of EA exactly on Friday's morning, 8:00?

Thanks in advance,
Warren

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Thanks cja for the code,
I am glad that you are always around to help
God bless..

put this line into the start() function and before any line fo code!

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