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//| Heiken Ashi.mq4 |
//| Copyright 2006-2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| http://www.mql4.com |
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#property copyright "2006-2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.mql4.com"
#property description "We recommend next chart settings (press F8 or select menu 'Charts'->'Properties...'):"
#property description " - on 'Color' Tab select 'Black' for 'Line Graph'"
#property description " - on 'Common' Tab disable 'Chart on Foreground' checkbox and select 'Line Chart' radiobutton"
#property strict
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 4
#property indicator_color1 Red
#property indicator_color2 White
#property indicator_color3 Red
#property indicator_color4 White
#property indicator_width1 1
#property indicator_width2 1
#property indicator_width3 3
#property indicator_width4 3
//---
input color ExtColor1 = Red; // Shadow of bear candlestick
input color ExtColor2 = White; // Shadow of bull candlestick
input color ExtColor3 = Red; // Bear candlestick body
input color ExtColor4 = White; // Bull candlestick body
//--- buffers
double ExtLowHighBuffer[];
double ExtHighLowBuffer[];
double ExtOpenBuffer[];
double ExtCloseBuffer[];
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//| Custom indicator initialization function |
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void OnInit(void)
{
IndicatorShortName("Heiken Ashi");
IndicatorDigits(Digits);
//--- indicator lines
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,0,1,ExtColor1);
SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtLowHighBuffer);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,0,1,ExtColor2);
SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtHighLowBuffer);
SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,0,3,ExtColor3);
SetIndexBuffer(2,ExtOpenBuffer);
SetIndexStyle(3,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,0,3,ExtColor4);
SetIndexBuffer(3,ExtCloseBuffer);
//---
SetIndexLabel(0,"Low/High");
SetIndexLabel(1,"High/Low");
SetIndexLabel(2,"Open");
SetIndexLabel(3,"Close");
SetIndexDrawBegin(0,10);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1,10);
SetIndexDrawBegin(2,10);
SetIndexDrawBegin(3,10);
//--- indicator buffers mapping
SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtLowHighBuffer);
SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtHighLowBuffer);
SetIndexBuffer(2,ExtOpenBuffer);
SetIndexBuffer(3,ExtCloseBuffer);
//--- initialization done
}
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//| Heiken Ashi |
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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 &tick_volume[],
const long &volume[],
const int &spread[])
{
int i,pos;
double haOpen,haHigh,haLow,haClose;
//---
if(rates_total<=10)
return(0);
//--- counting from 0 to rates_total
ArraySetAsSeries(ExtLowHighBuffer,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(ExtHighLowBuffer,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(ExtOpenBuffer,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(ExtCloseBuffer,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(open,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(high,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(low,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(close,false);
//--- preliminary calculation
if(prev_calculated>1)
pos=prev_calculated-1;
else
{
//--- set first candle
if(open[0]<close[0])
{
ExtLowHighBuffer[0]=low[0];
ExtHighLowBuffer[0]=high[0];
}
else
{
ExtLowHighBuffer[0]=high[0];
ExtHighLowBuffer[0]=low[0];
}
ExtOpenBuffer[0]=open[0];
ExtCloseBuffer[0]=close[0];
//---
pos=1;
}
//--- main loop of calculations
for(i=pos; i<rates_total; i++)
{
haOpen=(ExtOpenBuffer[i-1]+ExtCloseBuffer[i-1])/2;
haClose=(open[i]+high[i]+low[i]+close[i])/4;
haHigh=MathMax(high[i],MathMax(haOpen,haClose));
haLow=MathMin(low[i],MathMin(haOpen,haClose));
if(haOpen<haClose)
{
ExtLowHighBuffer[i]=haLow;
ExtHighLowBuffer[i]=haHigh;
}
else
{
ExtLowHighBuffer[i]=haHigh;
ExtHighLowBuffer[i]=haLow;
}
ExtOpenBuffer[i]=haOpen;
ExtCloseBuffer[i]=haClose;
}
//--- done
return(rates_total);
}
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