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  • #381
  • Nov 20, 2017 12:40pm Nov 20, 2017 12:40pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} DLB is already very complex; I think it would be simpler and tidier to write a new indicator. However, DLB's source code is available if anybody wants to modify it to suit their own specific needs. Critical Levels is capable of plotting previous days' highs and lows: {image} {file}

Can you share mq4 file for it?

Quoting Botan626
{quote} Can you share mq4 file for it?

Found it here in the archive in the 1st post.

Is latest ver there?
  • #382
  • Nov 20, 2017 1:00pm Nov 20, 2017 1:00pm
Quoting Botan626
Can you share mq4 file for it?
Latest versions are attached, just in case those in post #1 are out of date. I assume that you've already done this.

@anybody else: note that you must first follow the instructions in the link, if you want the MQ4s to compile/run without hundreds of errors.
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File Type: mq4 Critical Levels.mq4   24 KB | 1,424 downloads
File Type: mq4 Daily LinesBoxes(1).mq4   21 KB | 1,329 downloads
  • #383
  • Nov 20, 2017 1:08pm Nov 20, 2017 1:08pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} Latest versions are attached, just in case those in post #1 are out of date. I assume that you've already done this. {file} {file}

Thank you.

So in both DLB and Display Info All Pairs threads archives in the 1st posts are outdated?
  • #384
  • Edited 6:23pm Nov 20, 2017 3:40pm | Edited 6:23pm
Quoting Botan626
So in both DLB and Display Info All Pairs threads archives in the 1st posts are outdated?
Quite possibly, I don't bother checking everything as thoroughly as I did previously. As everybody should know, I'm not employed by Forex Factory to provide a programming service for its members. Hence everything that I've provided is offered free, and on a 'take-it-or-leave-it' basis. I offer no guarantees that the code is up-to-date or free from errors. If anybody is dissatisfied, I'll happily refund their money, LOL
  • #385
  • Nov 20, 2017 4:11pm Nov 20, 2017 4:11pm
Quoting Botan626
Hi, David. Is it possible to make DLB plot horizontal lines from the highest high and lowest low of the day, but excluding the current day? In other words to plot daily high and lows lines for a given number of past days.
Without more specific information on what you are trying to achieve, not many will attempt to help you, how many days?

Do you 2 or 3 days only, or 10 or 20 days like a Turtle breakout?

There are indicators out there that can do what you ask, I suggest search for TRO and his type of HL 5 or HL 6 indicators

Now for the average trader, when we think of "given number of past days" we usually settle for the past week's high & low

There are a plethora of FREE indicators in the Market, right within Metatrader which I'm sure 99% of traders don't even know about

For instance, Simple Line will help many, many traders, please work it out from this screenshot

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  • #386
  • Nov 25, 2017 2:06pm Nov 25, 2017 2:06pm
Hey, David.


I have a Q about <vertspacing> parameter for TextProperties.

EURUSD and USDMXN. Both have 5 decimal signs. But the distance between a box and text is different for them when using same value. Is it a bug?

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  • #387
  • Dec 7, 2017 12:08pm Dec 7, 2017 12:08pm
Quoting Botan626
Hey, David. I have a Q about <vertspacing> parameter for TextProperties. EURUSD and USDMXN. Both have 5 decimal signs. But the distance between a box and text is different for them when using same value. Is it a bug? {image} {image}
Hi,

Is it possible to change style and width of box's lines?
  • #388
  • Edited 10:07pm Dec 7, 2017 8:23pm | Edited 10:07pm
Quoting Botan626
Is it possible to change style and width of box's lines?
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  • #389
  • Dec 8, 2017 2:32am Dec 8, 2017 2:32am
Quoting hanover
{quote}.. {image}
The thing is line style and width won't change for box, the color -- yes.

Take a look at the presets I attached, but change the extension of file to ".12", please. Maybe I did something wrong with settings.
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File Type: txt Presets---DailyLinesBoxes.txt   < 1 KB | 611 downloads
  • #390
  • Dec 8, 2017 8:17am Dec 8, 2017 8:17am
Quoting Botan626
The thing is line style and width won't change for box, the color -- yes. Take a look at the presets I attached, but change the extension of file to ".12", please. Maybe I did something wrong with settings.
It seems that when I originally wrote the indicator, I must have intended for the width and style settings to apply only to lines and not for boxes; I can't recall why, it was a long time ago. Anyway, I have changed this now, and uploaded the modified version to post #1, where I have also modified the instructions. However, please note that MT4 permits only solid lines if you specify a width > 1, i.e. 5–.. is an invalid combo.
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  • #391
  • Edited 8:44am Dec 8, 2017 8:32am | Edited 8:44am
Quoting hanover
{quote}It seems that when I originally wrote the indicator, I must have intended for the width and style settings to apply only to lines and not for boxes; I can't recall why, it was a long time ago. Anyway, I have changed this now, and uploaded the modified version to post #1, where I have also modified the instructions. However, please note that MT4 permits only solid lines if you specify a width > 1, i.e. 5–.. is an invalid combo. {image}

Thank you for the modification.

I have to say that the version of the indicator in the 1st post plots vertical lines as background objects when using ^ option, which contradicts with the instructions.
  • #392
  • Dec 31, 2017 7:45am Dec 31, 2017 7:45am
Thank you for this awesome indicator. It's helping
Would it be possible to add a new feature though, namely the PLOTTING of the actual PRICE LEVEL
along with the respective LINE i.e. when the 'L' switch is active?
Again, many thanks!
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  • #393
  • Dec 31, 2017 8:18am Dec 31, 2017 8:18am
Quoting BenNeriah
Would it be possible to add a new feature though, namely the PLOTTING of the actual PRICE LEVEL along with the respective LINE i.e. when the 'L' switch is active?
The .mq4 source file is attached to post #366, if anybody wants to upgrade or modify the indicator.
  • #394
  • Jan 16, 2018 2:56am Jan 16, 2018 2:56am
Great Indicator !. If you match up 23:00 and 2 am in the morning then you genenerally have the direction of Trade for the following day if you are on smaller time frames like 4 hr and below. Nice work....
  • #395
  • Jan 16, 2018 12:36pm Jan 16, 2018 12:36pm
Quoting Tabbycat
Great Indicator !. If you match up 23:00 and 2 am in the morning then you genenerally have the direction of Trade for the following day if you are on smaller time frames like 4 hr and below. Nice work....
Thanks for your feedback.
  • #396
  • Edited Mar 30, 2018 2:54pm Mar 29, 2018 5:28pm | Edited Mar 30, 2018 2:54pm
Quoting Botan626
your DLB indi works in contradiction with the description in the 1st post. 5 months later it still doesn't work as it should.
If I've treated you unfairly, I apologise.

Please note: I'm not employed by FF to write code for its members. All I've done is freely share indicators that I've written at some point, for my own use, that might be helpful to others. I make no guarantees that they will work as they 'should', and I'm not offering a programming service: if an indicator doesn't meet somebody's requirement, there are a zillion other MT4 indicators out there for them to try. If the operating instructions have errors, people should be able to figure out how the indicator works by experimenting with it themselves. If people think this is unprofessional, they're exactly right, I'm not being paid to do any of this. FF gets revenue from and assumes ownership of this forum, hence it's their responsibility to ensure that everything here runs properly, not mine.

Anyway....... the MQ4 source for DLB is attached, if anybody wants to modify it for their own use.
However, to avoid its compiling with many errors, it will be necessary to do this first.

After the weekend I'm going to have a rest from FF for a while.
If anybody wants MT4 programming, resources, indicators, etc, there are links here that might be helpful.
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File Type: mq4 Daily LinesBoxes(1).mq4   21 KB | 1,459 downloads
  • #397
  • May 15, 2018 9:54am May 15, 2018 9:54am
Quoting Tabbycat
Great Indicator !. If you match up 23:00 and 2 am in the morning then you genenerally have the direction of Trade for the following day if you are on smaller time frames like 4 hr and below. Nice work....
How do you mean mate?
Read in between the price!!!
  • #398
  • Dec 8, 2018 1:41am Dec 8, 2018 1:41am
Hanover you will be missed! Thank you once again for sharing your brainpower to us mortals!
  • #399
  • Mar 24, 2019 11:29am Mar 24, 2019 11:29am
Quoting hanover
NOTE: I have left Forex Factory, so don't expect replies to your posts. You can find an index to all my indicators and posts here. Daily Lines/Boxes indicator: Terms and Conditions  All code is supplied FREE of charge. It may NOT be sold or distributed commercially. Unless otherwise shown, no source code is available.  Software is offered on an 'as is' basis. I'm not offering a programming or troubleshooting service.  There is no guarantee that the software...
Hi,

Just wanted to know is it possible to adjust this indicator so you can add start and end time of each day individually?
  • #400
  • Mar 24, 2019 2:30pm Mar 24, 2019 2:30pm
Quoting demonic645
{quote} Hi, Just wanted to know is it possible to adjust this indicator so you can add start and end time of each day individually?
Yes you can, by using presets files and multiple instances of indicator.
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