iCustom and Time (2 unrelated queries)

ASSISTANCE FOR EITHER ONE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

iCustom Query

I have an Ultra Trend indicator here that I would like to get the values out of so I can program my other custom indicator (has been posted a buncha times, can again if ya want) to let the Ultra Trend filter it. I have a rather messy UT_FAST (It is Ultra Trend) one that I nicked from the x50 thread and an Ultra Trend RSI filtered one that came from a different forum, can't remember off the top of my head. If it makes it easier the cleaner one is the RSI if you know how to just remove the RSI filter and take it from there then perhaps it's easier.

If anyone could please just point me in the right direction as I don't even know what line gives the values required or how exactly iCustom works. A working example would be brilliant. I might even have the wrong idea entirely about it.


Day Query

I'm wanting to tell my indicator to not throw signals up for sunday bars (this is more for manual backtesting) or basically until the market actually opens for the week. All the session indicators are based on time and not the day, I would prefer one that can do both but haven't seen one that does yet. Even if the indicator was just a shaded box on the main chart window so I knew to quickly ignore instead of checking the date and MY time and my brokers time and the pairs market opening times. The minutes tend to add up and it drives me a tad bonkers.

Forgot the other indicator required for the Ultra Trend RSI

Example

double a = iCustom(NULL,0,"UT_FAST",0,0);
double b = iCustom(NULL,0,"UT_FAST",1,0);

these are the last 2 values you see in your data windows. I dont know which of these two you need.
T101

Well the data values from the indicators I believe are the following


I know how to write a valid iCustom argument, the metatrader example is fine i'm just not sure how it fetches data from the other indicator and if it has other dependencies etc.

You have to explain well what you want to be done and also tell what you already (know) have. Try to be brief and concise. Use illustration if necessary to communicate your needs.
Thanks

I basically just want the iCustom to return the current value of a buffer so I can go "If it crosses this line or is this value or higher, check stochastic" then I have a signal.

i.e. if the green line in UT_FAST goes from below to above 8

Just need my indicator to be able to operate based on the data gotten from iCustom is all.

My previous thread regarding this was for an alarm just for UT_FAST but apparently everyone thought it was a tad too convoluted to program so I believe iCustom could sort of solve that problem.

So if I can double a = iCustom(NULL,0,"UT_FAST",0,0); and then just use

if (a<8 && a1>8)

along those lines, I assume iCustom provides values just like if you double stoch = Istochastic etc etc.

Am I wrong? Or does iCustom require a fair few more parameters that I am unaware of

No you are right... The logic should conform to your requirement..
example you can say..
if (a >= 8) Buy....trade...
if (a < 8) Sell ......
This is where you are going to be careful with your logic, make sure that the program understand exactly what you want. Remeber the a in that example is taken at a 0 bar, you might have it taken at bar 1 or the just completed bar then the last zero on the custom have to be 1 instead of 0. I hope i explain it well.
T101

Well seeing as I have clarified myself can anyone please show what the iCustom argument for the UT_FAST would be?

A standard one would be what was provided earlier in this thread but it doesn't work.

Assistance pretty please?

Joy, figured it out.

hah, I tried the basic argument before this thread and it didn't work. Didn't work during either, however I put the code outside the i loop which is rather stupid.

So it works like a charm now.

Still needing the time thing though, does no one know of a day/time shader?

sunday is a day of the week so you can add this into any if statement
DayOfWeek()!=0
this means if the day is not sunday, continue
0=sunday
1=monday, and so on to 7

Thing is though is that I want to discontinue more than just a day also what is sunday for some pairs may be monday for others.

Basically the sunday for the pair and the first 2 hours of the week is what I want to exclude.

post 2 hours till friday lunchtime, stuff like that

I suppose i'm asking for an elegant solution, something simple that doesn't require declaring 3 different bits of code

only way i know is to code it not to trade all the broker times you want filtered

or code it when to trade, broker time is the only way i know of

Well I would obviously declare the times in the broker equivalent (it's GMT)

is there anyway I can just state something like day of week monday (time) until day of week friday (time)?

well i think you can use your pc time, but itl be in a time format, youl endup using just as much code
id use day of week, and hour, shouldnt take much

oh yeah sure, if day of week is >0 && hour is > whatever, and day of week is below whatever && hour is below whatever

well youl need it in seperate lines, as hour applies to every day

bool cantrade=false;
if (DayOfWeek>0)cantrade=true;
if (DayOfWeek==1&&Hour()>?)cantrade=true;

same for friday

just play with it

heres how i code my indies, you can do basically the same principal, i code in all the rules to trade, then i check the rules to not trade, with a single result

signal= "buy" or "sell", or "none"





//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| TC check_entry
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void check_entry()
{
signal="none";
if (t_trades>=1000){close_all();}
if (use_ha2&&hha>hha2){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_ha2&&hha<hha2){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_ha&&ha>ha2){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_ha&&ha<ha2){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_ma&&cl>ma){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_ma&&cl<ma){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_ma_cross&&ma1>ma2){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_ma_cross&&ma1<ma2){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar&&cl>psar){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar&&cl<psar){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar2&&cl>psar2){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar2&&cl<psar2){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar3&&cl>psar3){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar3&&cl<psar3){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar4&&cl>psar4){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar4&&cl<psar4){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar5&&cl>psar5){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar5&&cl<psar5){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar6&&cl>psar6){signal= "buy";shorts_allowed=true;}
if (use_psar6&&cl<psar6){signal= "sell";longs_allowed=true;}
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| TC filter_signal
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void filter_signal()
{
if (use_ha2&&hha>hha2&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_ha2&&hha<hha2&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_ha&&ha>ha2&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_ha&&ha<ha2&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_ma&&cl>ma&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_ma&&cl<ma&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_ma_cross&&ma1>ma2&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_ma_cross&&ma1<ma2&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar&&cl>psar&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar&&cl<psar&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar2&&cl>psar2&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar2&&cl<psar2&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar3&&cl>psar3&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar3&&cl<psar3&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar4&&cl>psar4&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar4&&cl<psar4&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar5&&cl>psar5&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar5&&cl<psar5&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar6&&cl>psar6&&signal=="sell"){signal="none";}
if (use_psar6&&cl<psar6&&signal=="buy"){signal="none";}
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| TC check_exit
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void check_exit()
{
command="none";
if (exit_ha2&&hha>hha2){close_shorts();}
if (exit_ha2&&hha<hha2){close_longs();}
if (use_ha2_tp&&hha>hha2){close_shorts_profit();}
if (use_ha2_tp&&hha<hha2){close_longs_profit();}
if (exit_ha&&ha>ha2){close_shorts();}
if (exit_ha&&ha<ha2){close_longs();}
if (use_ha_tp&&ha>ha2){close_shorts_profit();}
if (use_ha_tp&&ha<ha2){close_longs_profit();}
if (exit_ma&&cl>ma){close_shorts();}
if (exit_ma&&cl<ma){close_longs();}
if (use_ma_tp&&cl>ma){close_shorts_profit();}
if (use_ma_tp&&cl<ma){close_longs_profit();}
if (exit_ma_cross&&ma1>ma2){close_shorts();}
if (exit_ma_cross&&ma1<ma2){close_longs();}