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Hello everyone,

In this thread I'd like to share with you some side results of project I'm currently working on right now. It's a package of indicators which can be used to get economic data - Commitment of Traders (COT) reports, US economic data (like inflation, unemployment, GDP, money supply etc.). I'm using these indicators as a feeds for my ANN system, but I believe lots of you will find it useful in your trade and analysis.

ALL DATA IS UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY!
No need to cope with files, manual stuff etc. I'm getting the data from official web sites directly! So once the new info appears on sites like CFTC, BLS, FRED etc - the system automatically gets it.

What trading platforms supported. Currently its implemented for MetaTrader 4 and NinjaTrader 7 - but actually I'm gonna implement it for other platforms like ZuluTrade, Ninja Trader etc. (unfortunately I'm not familiar with their codebase yet - so it will take me some time to learn).

How it looks. Here are the examples of what you can get on your MT4 terminal.
Examples of COT reports and charts
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1462271811


And here's how economic data can be presented
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1462271817


You can download the package with indicators from this page - http://www.darkmindfx.com/freedownload.html - also there you'll find the instructions on how to make these indicators available in your MT4 terminal.

NOTE: All this stuff is in Very BETA stage! If you'll try it and face any issues - don't hesitate and drop me a line - wither in this thread on as private message. I'll try to fix it ASAP.

More to come!

UPDATE (depricated):
Here is the installation instruction for MetaTrader 4.
System Requirements
Windows 7 with .NET Framework: v. 4.5 or higher - you can download it here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/down....aspx?id=30653
Windows 8 and higher
Installation
1. Download ZIP archive with the package
2. In your MetaTrader 4 terminal select File -> Open Data Folder
3. In ther opened window navigate to MQL4\Indicators
4. Extract archive content to this folder - you'll get the DarkMondFx folder with .ex4 and .dll files
5. Now open you MetaTrader 4 installation folder - i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\FXCM MetaTrader 4\
6. Move all the .dll files except DarkMindConnect.dll from MQL4\Indicators\DarkMindFx to this folder
7. In MetaTrader 4 terminal open Tools > Options > Experts Advisers tab and make sure "Allow DLL imports" checked
8. Refresh indicators list in the terminal
Done! Now your trading environment is ready and you can add indicator windows to your chart.

UPDATE 2016/05/22:
Commitment of Traders indicators list is extended with new ones and now you can view data like :
1. COT (new form) - Dealers / Asset Managers / Leveraged Money
2. COT (old form) - Commercials / Non-Commercials / Speculators (e.g. small participants)
3. COT Index for new form
4. COT Index for old form
I've also uploaded a small video to clarify the installation procedure step-by-step - so now if you're not sure how it should be done - just watch

UPDATE 2016/06/14:
NinjaTrader 7 support is added!

Here is the Step-By-Step Guide
1. Download ZIP archive with the package
2. In your NinjaTrader 7 terminal select File > Utilities > Import NinjaScript...
3. In the opened window select ZIP file and click "Open"
4. After importing is done - restart NinjaTrader terminal

Watch the video guide on how to install indicators on your machine

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UPDATE 2016/10/16:
United Kingdom Economic Indicators added to the package

In case if you're trading GBP-related pairs this could be useful: I've added around 50 new economic indicators for Great Britain - right now they cover following types of info:
1. GDP and trade information
2. Consumer Prices
3. Producer Prices
4. Money Supply

I'll continue extending the package to make approximately the same set of indicator as I did for US - so there will be employment, housing, more about export/import and so on.

So feel free to download indicators, use them and drop me your feedback - I'll be trying to react ASAP. Stay tuned!

UPDATE 2016/11/16:
Setup Wizard - now it's just Plug'n'Play

This is the new update of MetaTrader 4 / 5 package - now you don't need to bother with all that files copying etc. Trust me - I know what kind of pain it is. But now you just download the wizard, run it and follow the steps.

Before the installation please check system requirements
Windows 7 with .NET Framework: v. 4.5 or higher - you can download it here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/down....aspx?id=30653
Windows 8 and higher

Here is the video guide on how it works now:

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UPDATE 2016/12/05:
New Platform Setup Wizard - now available on cTrader!
PLUS
Complete Set of COT Reports for all financials, commodities and other instruments

The new update is ready!
There you can find:
- 250+ COT report instruments - a complete set provided by CFTC!
- Support of new platform - cTrader. So now you can choose from three lug-ons for major platforms - MetaTrader, NinjaTrader and cTrader!
- COT Reports indicator enchantment - now you can select the instrument from dropdown without need to remember the COT market codes!

Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1480873137
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1480873132


Stay tuned! More to come!

UPDATE 2017/01/02:
Major update is here!
Support of 50 000+ indicators (almost complete set of data) for U.S. Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (aka FRED)

Now you can get almost unlimited access to all data available at FRED database. Everything: National Accounts, Pricing, Employment, Balance of Trade and hundreds and hundreds of other categories. Now it's all available with new indicator called US.FRED (you can find it under DarkMindFX -> Data Sources folder).

For example, you'd like to add Real GDP (quarterly) data.
So all you need to do is:
1. Find the proper data page at official FRED web site - i.e. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A191RL1Q225SBEA
2. In your MetaTrader terminal (as well as cTrader or NinjaTrader) select US.FRED indicator - and open Inputs tab
3. From the FRED's page copy the data series code and set it as a parameter of the indicator - see screen shot below.

DONE! Now you can get (almost) any data series from FRED database and integrate it straight into terminal as a chart or use it in your MQL file.

Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1483386420


UPDATE 2017/02/05:
Major update is here!
Support of 500+ indicators (all Top Picks) for U.S. Labor from Bureau of Labor Statistics (aka BLS)

New data source is now available. From now you can also add the data from the BLS database to your terminals.
The new indicator - US.BLS - is added to the list of data sources (you can find it under DarkMindFX -> Data Sources folder)

In order to display the chart with the data from the BLS database you just need the following:
1. Choose the data you'd like to see on the BLS web-site - let's say it's "Labor Productivity (Output per hour)" - you can see it here https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?pr
2. Take the series id - PRS84006092
3. In your MetaTrader terminal (as well as cTrader or NinjaTrader) select US.FRED indicator - and open Inputs tab
4. Set the series id as a parameter

Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1487499891


DONE! Now you can get over 500+ indicators from BLS database and integrate it straight into terminal as a chart or use it in your MQL file.

BUT... don't go anywhere - it's just a beginning!

UPDATE 2017.07.02
Hello fellow Traders!

New update is here! In the recent package you'll find:
1. New COT indicator - dis-aggregated commodities report where information is presented as for "Producer-Merchant-Processor-User","Swap Dealers", "Managed Money", "Other Reportables" and "Open Interest"
2. Open Interest is added to Regular COT report - so right now you can see both "Commercials/Non-Commercials/Speculators" AND "Open Interest" on the same chart
3. Some fixes and enhancements.

As usual the package is FREE and can be downloaded using the link in the original message at the beginning of this thread. The packages are available for three platforms - MetaTrader 4, NinjaTrader and cTrader.

UPDATE 2017.10.10 is here

I know there were issues on some machines related to running the setup for MetaTrader - so this is fixed! Also the setup become smaller!
Also NinjaTrader 7 package was updated as well to fix corrupted content.

Feel free to download and install!

UPDATE 2017.11.20 is HERE

The new update for all three platforms is here - for MetaTrader, cTrader and NinjaTrader. Feel free to download. There were some minor bug fixes and improvements.

In case if needed - please find here the zip file with indicators for MT4

Attached File
https://cdn-assets.forexfactory.net/...attach/zip.gif MetaTrader4-274570A67AD55CE71EB0627146FC8CC772E5EDC6.zip 7.6 MB | 696 downloads | Uploaded Nov 16, 2017 21:05


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Here I'd like to attach an example on how to use the COT indicator in your code thru iCustom(...).

Attached File
https://cdn-assets.forexfactory.net/...attach/mq4.gif COTCustomInd.mq4 14 KB | 501 downloads | Uploaded Nov 16, 2017 20:27




ATTENTION! It seems like MT4 is not very optimal in working with custom indicators when they are referenced in your code. This causes in the significant decrease in the performance - according to my brief investigation MT4 loads the indicator on each call. So you can face some delay and application "freezing" when the custom indicator is added to terminal. Even though my indicators are caching the data which the download - but still, you can face the delays due to the fact that my indicators need to load the data from the net.

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Hello everyone,

In this thread I'd like to share with you some side results of project I'm currently working on right now. It's a package of indicators which can be used to get economic data - Commitment of Traders (COT) reports, US economic data (like inflation, unemployment, GDP, money supply etc.). I'm using these indicators as a feeds for my ANN system, but I believe lots of you will find it useful in your trade and analysis.

ALL DATA IS UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY!
No need to cope with files, manual stuff etc. I'm getting the data from official web sites directly! So once the new info appears on sites like CFTC, BLS, FRED etc - the system automatically gets it.

What trading platforms supported. Currently its implemented for MetaTrader 4 and NinjaTrader 7 - but actually I'm gonna implement it for other platforms like ZuluTrade, Ninja Trader etc. (unfortunately I'm not familiar with their codebase yet - so it will take me some time to learn).

How it looks. Here are the examples of what you can get on your MT4 terminal.
Examples of COT reports and charts
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1462271811


And here's how economic data can be presented
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1462271817


You can download the package with indicators from this page - http://www.darkmindfx.com/freedownload.html - also there you'll find the instructions on how to make these indicators available in your MT4 terminal.

NOTE: All this stuff is in Very BETA stage! If you'll try it and face any issues - don't hesitate and drop me a line - wither in this thread on as private message. I'll try to fix it ASAP.

More to come!

UPDATE (depricated):
Here is the installation instruction for MetaTrader 4.
System Requirements
Windows 7 with .NET Framework: v. 4.5 or higher - you can download it here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/down....aspx?id=30653
Windows 8 and higher
Installation
1. Download ZIP archive with the package
2. In your MetaTrader 4 terminal select File -> Open Data Folder
3. In ther opened window navigate to MQL4\Indicators
4. Extract archive content to this folder - you'll get the DarkMondFx folder with .ex4 and .dll files
5. Now open you MetaTrader 4 installation folder - i.e. C:\Program Files (x86)\FXCM MetaTrader 4\
6. Move all the .dll files except DarkMindConnect.dll from MQL4\Indicators\DarkMindFx to this folder
7. In MetaTrader 4 terminal open Tools > Options > Experts Advisers tab and make sure "Allow DLL imports" checked
8. Refresh indicators list in the terminal
Done! Now your trading environment is ready and you can add indicator windows to your chart.

UPDATE 2016/05/22:
Commitment of Traders indicators list is extended with new ones and now you can view data like :
1. COT (new form) - Dealers / Asset Managers / Leveraged Money
2. COT (old form) - Commercials / Non-Commercials / Speculators (e.g. small participants)
3. COT Index for new form
4. COT Index for old form
I've also uploaded a small video to clarify the installation procedure step-by-step - so now if you're not sure how it should be done - just watch

UPDATE 2016/06/14:
NinjaTrader 7 support is added!

Here is the Step-By-Step Guide
1. Download ZIP archive with the package
2. In your NinjaTrader 7 terminal select File > Utilities > Import NinjaScript...
3. In the opened window select ZIP file and click "Open"
4. After importing is done - restart NinjaTrader terminal

Watch the video guide on how to install indicators on your machine

Inserted Video


UPDATE 2016/10/16:
United Kingdom Economic Indicators added to the package

In case if you're trading GBP-related pairs this could be useful: I've added around 50 new economic indicators for Great Britain - right now they cover following types of info:
1. GDP and trade information
2. Consumer Prices
3. Producer Prices
4. Money Supply

I'll continue extending the package to make approximately the same set of indicator as I did for US - so there will be employment, housing, more about export/import and so on.

So feel free to download indicators, use them and drop me your feedback - I'll be trying to react ASAP. Stay tuned!

UPDATE 2016/11/16:
Setup Wizard - now it's just Plug'n'Play

This is the new update of MetaTrader 4 / 5 package - now you don't need to bother with all that files copying etc. Trust me - I know what kind of pain it is. But now you just download the wizard, run it and follow the steps.

Before the installation please check system requirements
Windows 7 with .NET Framework: v. 4.5 or higher - you can download it here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/down....aspx?id=30653
Windows 8 and higher

Here is the video guide on how it works now:

Inserted Video


UPDATE 2016/12/05:
New Platform Setup Wizard - now available on cTrader!
PLUS
Complete Set of COT Reports for all financials, commodities and other instruments

The new update is ready!
There you can find:
- 250+ COT report instruments - a complete set provided by CFTC!
- Support of new platform - cTrader. So now you can choose from three lug-ons for major platforms - MetaTrader, NinjaTrader and cTrader!
- COT Reports indicator enchantment - now you can select the instrument from dropdown without need to remember the COT market codes!

Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1480873137
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1480873132


Stay tuned! More to come!

UPDATE 2017/01/02:
Major update is here!
Support of 50 000+ indicators (almost complete set of data) for U.S. Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (aka FRED)

Now you can get almost unlimited access to all data available at FRED database. Everything: National Accounts, Pricing, Employment, Balance of Trade and hundreds and hundreds of other categories. Now it's all available with new indicator called US.FRED (you can find it under DarkMindFX -> Data Sources folder).

For example, you'd like to add Real GDP (quarterly) data.
So all you need to do is:
1. Find the proper data page at official FRED web site - i.e. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A191RL1Q225SBEA
2. In your MetaTrader terminal (as well as cTrader or NinjaTrader) select US.FRED indicator - and open Inputs tab
3. From the FRED's page copy the data series code and set it as a parameter of the indicator - see screen shot below.

DONE! Now you can get (almost) any data series from FRED database and integrate it straight into terminal as a chart or use it in your MQL file.

Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1483386420


UPDATE 2017/02/05:
Major update is here!
Support of 500+ indicators (all Top Picks) for U.S. Labor from Bureau of Labor Statistics (aka BLS)

New data source is now available. From now you can also add the data from the BLS database to your terminals.
The new indicator - US.BLS - is added to the list of data sources (you can find it under DarkMindFX -> Data Sources folder)

In order to display the chart with the data from the BLS database you just need the following:
1. Choose the data you'd like to see on the BLS web-site - let's say it's "Labor Productivity (Output per hour)" - you can see it here https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?pr
2. Take the series id - PRS84006092
3. In your MetaTrader terminal (as well as cTrader or NinjaTrader) select US.FRED indicator - and open Inputs tab
4. Set the series id as a parameter

Attached Image (click to enlarge)
https://www.forexfactory.com/attachm...1&d=1487499891


DONE! Now you can get over 500+ indicators from BLS database and integrate it straight into terminal as a chart or use it in your MQL file.

BUT... don't go anywhere - it's just a beginning!

UPDATE 2017.07.02
Hello fellow Traders!

New update is here! In the recent package you'll find:
1. New COT indicator - dis-aggregated commodities report where information is presented as for "Producer-Merchant-Processor-User","Swap Dealers", "Managed Money", "Other Reportables" and "Open Interest"
2. Open Interest is added to Regular COT report - so right now you can see both "Commercials/Non-Commercials/Speculators" AND "Open Interest" on the same chart
3. Some fixes and enhancements.

As usual the package is FREE and can be downloaded using the link in the original message at the beginning of this thread. The packages are available for three platforms - MetaTrader 4, NinjaTrader and cTrader.

UPDATE 2017.10.10 is here

I know there were issues on some machines related to running the setup for MetaTrader - so this is fixed! Also the setup become smaller!
Also NinjaTrader 7 package was updated as well to fix corrupted content.

Feel free to download and install!

UPDATE 2017.11.20 is HERE

The new update for all three platforms is here - for MetaTrader, cTrader and NinjaTrader. Feel free to download. There were some minor bug fixes and improvements.

In case if needed - please find here the zip file with indicators for MT4

Attached File
https://cdn-assets.forexfactory.net/...attach/zip.gif MetaTrader4-274570A67AD55CE71EB0627146FC8CC772E5EDC6.zip 7.6 MB | 696 downloads | Uploaded Nov 16, 2017 21:05


PLUS

Here I'd like to attach an example on how to use the COT indicator in your code thru iCustom(...).

Attached File
https://cdn-assets.forexfactory.net/...attach/mq4.gif COTCustomInd.mq4 14 KB | 501 downloads | Uploaded Nov 16, 2017 20:27




ATTENTION! It seems like MT4 is not very optimal in working with custom indicators when they are referenced in your code. This causes in the significant decrease in the performance - according to my brief investigation MT4 loads the indicator on each call. So you can face some delay and application "freezing" when the custom indicator is added to terminal. Even though my indicators are caching the data which the download - but still, you can face the delays due to the fact that my indicators need to load the data from the net.

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Also, I like looking at the COT report on the dollar index on timingcharts.com. It gives you a general sense of weather conditions across the whole market. For example, on the dollar index at the moment commercials are holding equal long and short positions. Which means they have no sense where the market is going to go next - i.e. expect a choppy sideways market.

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{quote} Double check your claim.{image}

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{quote} Thank you. I appreciate it. You can check the quote here: https://www.tradingfloor.com/analysi...ing-report-cot (it is the first post on that page). Did you find it? Thank you for sharing the DXY net/gross positions. I was wondering where we could get this excel file with calculated net positions (namely Futures for EUR and USD and EUR/USD), every new week. Do you have more insight regarding this? Or are we to request this from you who does this out of habit.

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{quote} Link is at the bottom of this post--->https://www.forexfactory.com/showthr...4#post11190384 Look for the Legacy report. Also that post doesn't mention the dollar index at all.

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