Distinguishing Colours

hi, i am writing an EA where i want a position to be opened when three of the indicators i am using are the same colour.

please take a look at the template i hav attached

take a look at one of the two indicators named HMA_V2. what i want to know is how can i distinguish between when the indicator is red or blue? programattically speaking.

i know the colour does not have anything to do with the value of the dots on the chart, but i am not sure what determines it or how to explain it in an EA.

i am new to programming and not very good.

i have tried a number of things. here is one thing i tried:if(iCustom(NULL,0,"HMA_v2",1,0 )== Tomato)
Alert("color is tomato");

if(iCustom(NULL,0,"HMA_v2",1,0 )== LightBlue)
Alert("Color is lightblue");

but it did not work. i also tried putting the colours in quotes and it still didnt work.

The answer lies in understanding how the indicator paints different colors. Do you know what a buffer is? If an indicator wants to display multiple colors, it has to use different buffers. If you can figure out which buffer relates to the color you're interested in you should be all set.

Maybe this will help.

1. Place the indicator you want to examine on a chart.
2. Turn on the data window, it's the button that looks like scope crosshairs on your toolbar.
3. Move your cursor across the chart, you can see the values that the indicator has stored in it's various buffers.
4. Watch the colors and buffer values, you'll soon figure out what color belongs to each buffer.
5. You can now use iCustom to reference the various buffers from your code.

hey tesla thanks for the reply.

i have tried using the data window before, but i was unsure how to translate what i was seeing into something useful to code.

what i see is three different values.

HullMA
HullMA Uptrend
HullMA Dntrend

when i place my cursor on a Red dot, i get the price that the dot is on in the "HullMA Dntrend" box, and the "Hull MA Uptrend" Box is blank.


when i place my cursor on a blue dot, i get the price that the dot is on in the "HullMA Uptrend" box, and the "Hull MA Dntrend" Box is blank.

regardless of which colour dot i put my cursor on the "HullMA" box will also show the price that the previously mentioned dot is on.

so for a blue dot the price of the dot is displayed in the "HullMA" and "HullMA Uptrend" Boxes and the "HullMA Dntrend" Box is blank

for a red dot the price of the dot is displayed in the "HullMA" and "HullMA Dntrend" Boxes and the "HullMA Uptrend" Box is blank.

i am not sure how to use this information in my programming.

and once i find the buffer how do i refer to it in the program.

like this?:

iCustom(NULL,0,"HullMA_v2 *BufferName*",1,0 );