Greetings everyone,
Ive been doing some research on the Moving Average Indicator a.k.a (MAAngle Indicator) and i came across this site that has the coding/programming for the indicator.
Ive heard from several other successful trading systems that the MAAngle indicator is 80% of the time precise in determining the trend of markets on different TF's and comparing them...Is anyone here able to program this into a working indicator
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Thanks
Here is the code exactly as it is on the website:
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| MAAngle.mq4 |
//| original jpkfox |
//| edited by dariuske |
//| You can use this indicator to measure when the MA angle is |
//| "near zero". AngleTreshold determines when the angle for the |
//| EMA is "about zero": This is when the value is between |
//| [-AngleTreshold, AngleTreshold] (or when the histogram is red). |
//| MAMode : 0 = SMA, 1 = EMA, 2 = Smoothed, 3 = Weighted |
//| MAPeriod: MA period |
//| AngleTreshold: The angle value is "about zero" when it is |
//| between the values [-AngleTreshold, AngleTreshold]. |
//| StartMAShift: The starting point to calculate the |
//| angle. This is a shift value to the left from the |
//| observation point. Should be StartEMAShift > EndEMAShift. |
//| StartMAShift: The ending point to calculate the |
//| angle. This is a shift value to the left from the |
//| observation point. Should be StartEMAShift > EndEMAShift. |
//| |
//| Modified by MrPip |
//| Red for down |
//| Yellow for near zero |
//| Green for up |
//| 10/15/05 MrPip |
//| Corrected problem with USDJPY and optimized code |
//| 10/23/05 Added other JPY crosses |
//| |
//| |
//| |
//| 12/01/07 Dariuske: Changed code for SMA50 (PhilNelSystem) |
//| 18/01/07 Dariuske: Changed code for multiple mode MA's |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "jpkfox"
#property link "http://www.strategybuilderfx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15274&page=1&pp=8"
//---- indicator settings
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 3
#property indicator_color1 LimeGreen
#property indicator_color2 FireBrick
#property indicator_color3 Yellow
//---- indicator parameters
extern int MAMode = 0;
extern int MAPeriod=50;
extern int Price=4;
extern double AngleTreshold=0.25;
extern int StartMAShift=2;
extern int EndMAShift=0;
//---- indicator buffers
double UpBuffer[];
double DownBuffer[];
double ZeroBuffer[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- 2 additional buffers are used for counting.
IndicatorBuffers(3);
//---- drawing settings
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4);
SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,STYLE_SOLID,4);
IndicatorDigits(MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_DIGITS)+2 );
//---- 3 indicator buffers mapping
if(!SetIndexBuffer(0,UpBuffer) &&
!SetIndexBuffer(1,DownBuffer) &&
!SetIndexBuffer(2,ZeroBuffer))
Print("cannot set indicator buffers!");
//---- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
//IndicatorShortName("MAAngle("+MAPeriod+","+AngleTr eshold+","+StartMAShift+","+EndMAShift+")");
IndicatorShortName("MAAngle");
//---- initialization done
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| The angle for EMA |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
double fEndMA, fStartMA;
double fAngle, mFactor, dFactor;
int nLimit, i;
int nCountedBars;
double angle;
int ShiftDif;
string Sym;
if (MAMode >= 4) MAMode = 0;
if(EndMAShift >= StartMAShift)
{
Print("Error: EndMAShift >= StartMAShift");
StartMAShift = 6;
EndMAShift = 0;
}
nCountedBars = IndicatorCounted();
//---- check for possible errors
if(nCountedBars<0)
return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if(nCountedBars>0)
nCountedBars--;
nLimit = Bars-nCountedBars;
dFactor = 2*3.14159/180.0;
mFactor = 10000.0;
Sym = StringSubstr(Symbol(),3,3);
if (Sym == "JPY") mFactor = 100.0;
ShiftDif = StartMAShift-EndMAShift;
mFactor /= ShiftDif;
//---- main loop
for(i=0; i<nLimit; i++)
{
fEndMA=iMA(NULL,0,MAPeriod,0,MAMode,Price,i+EndMAS hift);
fStartMA=iMA(NULL,0,MAPeriod,0,MAMode,Price,i+Star tMAShift);
// 10000.0 : Multiply by 10000 so that the fAngle is not too small
// for the indicator Window.
fAngle = mFactor * (fEndMA - fStartMA)/2.0;
//fAngle = MathArctan(fAngle)/dFactor;
DownBuffer[i] = 0.0;
UpBuffer[i] = 0.0;
ZeroBuffer[i] = 0.0;
if(fAngle > AngleTreshold)
UpBuffer[i] = fAngle;
else if (fAngle < -AngleTreshold)
DownBuffer[i] = fAngle;
else ZeroBuffer[i] = fAngle;
}
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Here is the link to the site directly if that helps...
http://www.abysse.co.jp/mt4/indicators/MAAngle.mq4
Thanks a lot
Fxrulez
MAAngle Indicator
Linear Mode
