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  • #161
  • Nov 16, 2014 11:38am Nov 16, 2014 11:38am
I don't know if somebody mentioned it, but since the accuracy depends on CPU clock, I would advise to syncronize time on startup in the task scheduler (Aufgabenplanung) (hit windows-key, write task schedueler (Aufgabenplanung) then click Microsoft, Windows, Time Synchronization, double click on the task, Trigger, set it on startup). So you don't have to worry about correct CPU time.
  • #162
  • Nov 17, 2014 9:31am Nov 17, 2014 9:31am
Continuous Countdown Timer (no tick lag )

Alert Off
http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...1&d=1415918325

Alert On
http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...1&d=1415918356

Sound Only
http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...1&d=1415918810

See #Posts 10 & 11 - http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=471321
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  • #163
  • Jan 14, 2015 12:30am Jan 14, 2015 12:30am
Quoting SteepCurve
Hi P4L, thank you for taking such a large amount of your time for making this indicator. It makes life a hell of a lot easier. I'm not sure if this has been brought up, and to be quite honest it's nothing hugely important but I have a minor bug to report. The Tokyo session is still highlighted as being open, even though it is closed. It is displaying the correct time, but the time is highlighted as being open (same as Berlin and London, which are actually open). This is merely cosmetic and as i was blessed with enough education that I can read and...
Hi SteepCurve, this could possibly be corrected by setting;

Inserted Code
extern int      TokyoLocalCloseHour           = 18;

to

Inserted Code
extern int      TokyoLocalCloseHour           = 15;

Seems to work for me so far? Oh, i should say many thanks to P4L, you are an amazing (!) programmer
  • #164
  • Apr 1, 2015 4:20am Apr 1, 2015 4:20am
Thank you so much P4L you really did help me
  • #165
  • Feb 28, 2016 1:39pm Feb 28, 2016 1:39pm
where is Canada time??? thx
  • #166
  • Dec 19, 2016 2:28am Dec 19, 2016 2:28am
Hi, I downloaded clock and I set everything, then it displays fine but when I change the chart screen size, it doesn't follow....
Or I need to set each display size?
  • #167
  • Oct 29, 2018 5:00pm Oct 29, 2018 5:00pm
Nice P4L clock...it would be perfect if it ran on CPU clock and not on ticks.
  • #168
  • Oct 29, 2018 6:25pm Oct 29, 2018 6:25pm
Quoting stocksniper
Nice P4L clock...it would be perfect if it ran on CPU clock and not on ticks.
Here is a super quick hack to run on timer... Hope p4l doesn't mind...
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 P4L Clock.mq4   102 KB | 1,116 downloads
  • #169
  • Oct 30, 2018 4:57am Oct 30, 2018 4:57am
Quoting Nicholishen
{quote} Here is a super quick hack to run on timer... Hope p4l doesn't mind... {file}
My goodness....perfect! And quick response.
  • #170
  • Oct 30, 2018 5:41am Oct 30, 2018 5:41am
Quoting Nicholishen
{quote} Here is a super quick hack to run on timer... Hope p4l doesn't mind... {file}
ooopssss....now that I looked at it closely, appears that it is still tied into tick movement....no tick , no change in seconds.
  • #171
  • Oct 30, 2018 10:36am Oct 30, 2018 10:36am
Quoting stocksniper
{quote} ooopssss....now that I looked at it closely, appears that it is still tied into tick movement....no tick , no change in seconds.
Nicholishen made a quick fix, which is close. There is a little more code to change to make it work for every second, like you expect of a clock. What I noticed is that it might appear to skip an occasional second, then jump up by 2 seconds the next time. (I have a fix).

I will include Nicholishen's changes. I'm looking over the code to see if there are any further tweaks to add to it, then I'll post an update soon. Just busy with life, so might be a few days, even though it's simple.
  • #172
  • Oct 30, 2018 11:15am Oct 30, 2018 11:15am
Quoting pips4life
{quote} Nicholishen made a quick fix, which is close. There is a little more code to change to make it work for every second, like you expect of a clock. What I noticed is that it might appear to skip an occasional second, then jump up by 2 seconds the next time. (I have a fix). I will include Nicholishen's changes. I'm looking over the code to see if there are any further tweaks to add to it, then I'll post an update soon. Just busy with life, so might be a few days, even though it's simple.

thanks!...yes ur right, I noticed that it skipped some seconds, but not exactly related to ticks....... Just as a note, not a complaint or request for fixes: but the spread count was not working, just quoted a fixed spread and would not change. Also, sometimes the bar count would say "wait bar" and get stuck there.

Great work!
  • #173
  • Nov 3, 2018 7:46pm Nov 3, 2018 7:46pm
Quoting stocksniper
{quote} thanks!...yes ur right, I noticed that it skipped some seconds, but not exactly related to ticks....... Just as a note, not a complaint or request for fixes: but the spread count was not working, just quoted a fixed spread and would not change. Also, sometimes the bar count would say "wait bar" and get stuck there. Great work!
I know of nothing wrong with the spread count, and I saw it vary myself as may occur normally. It is simply "Ask - Bid" price, but calculated only once-per-second. The actual spread might vary with some of the ticks, will certainly change during the 1-second interval, but this indicator will not show such real-time accuracy. It is primarily a "clock". It happens to give a few additional statistics, but if one wants to see a live-spread, it should process every tick. (This indicator could easily do both, but I've not much interest to add effort for more accurate spread when there are other indicators that do the equivalent).

Regarding it getting stuck with "wait4bar", that is not an error or bug. It is the reality that a new bar *should* have formed, but it won't until an actual tick comes in to form the new bar. With the new 1-second time approach, it is now much more common to see "wait4bar", at least for a few seconds at the beginning of a new bar. I decided to change the display from "[wait4bar]" to "[T+00:03]" for example, when the bar is 3 seconds overdue. The counter goes UP the longer it waits. Once a new bar forms, then it counts DOWN how much time until the bar is done, e.g. "[ 00:03 ]" (without the "T+" prefix), it is a count-DOWN timer. (And clearly does so with each second).

I'll post it shortly.

If you prefer the old display of [wait4bar], there is a new option to do so.
  • #174
  • Nov 3, 2018 7:58pm Nov 3, 2018 7:58pm
See post #1 for the latest update:

2018-Nov-03: New "P4L Clock.mq4" v2_13
Changes:
* The clock now updates every second, based on a Timer, and is no longer dependent upon incoming ticks to update the clocks. (Thanks for assist, Nicholishen)
* New variable, Display_Wait4Bar_As_Tplus_Seconds (true), that when a new bar has not yet formed, Bar Next displays "T+" followed by the time the bar is OVERDUE (waiting for a real tick to form the new bar). Example: "[T+00:03]" is 3 seconds overdue. If false, it displays "[wait4bar]" similar to previous version.
* Minor corrections to Moscow, Israel, Brazil timezones (including the dates that ST/DST changes).
* New internal variable CreatedObjectsSelectable=false. The individual label objects created are not intended to be selected then moved.
* Various Minor updates.


P.S. The previous v2_12 was downloaded over 10000 times! Donations in support of this (and ongoing) maintenance effort are welcome. See post #1.
  • #175
  • Nov 5, 2018 8:17am Nov 5, 2018 8:17am
Thanks a lot Pips4life, love to see the old indi has a new look.
Great work man.
  • #176
  • Dec 5, 2018 9:13pm Dec 5, 2018 9:13pm
Thanks for a nice indi! I have contacted FF if they can implement a "donate" button here on site so that funds can be transferred as a thank you!
Many developers don't get any credits apart from nice words, nothing wrong in that but a few bucks here and there would do wonders =)
  • #177
  • Aug 8, 2019 3:42pm Aug 8, 2019 3:42pm
I just had a couple issues with the CandleTime indicator:

First, when I turn on the option for the time remaining text to display on the top left corner of the screen and then delete the indicator the text stays on the chart frozen at the last value displayed and I can't figure out how to delete it. It isn't under objects.

Also, I don't know if the generous author of this indicator is still watching this thread but if so... is there any way you could make the clock displayed at the right of the current candle movable to other parts of the chart? I don't use the "shift end of chart from right border" function so the time is always hidden for me. I'm using the text at the moment because it displays top left. If I could choose the clock I would.

Thanks!

SD
  • #178
  • Aug 8, 2019 9:30pm Aug 8, 2019 9:30pm
Quoting STD-Deviant
I just had a couple issues with the CandleTime indicator: First, when I turn on the option for the time remaining text to display on the top left corner of the screen and then delete the indicator the text stays on the chart frozen at the last value displayed and I can't figure out how to delete it. It isn't under objects. Also, I don't know if the generous author of this indicator is still watching this thread but if so... is there any way you could make the clock displayed at the right of the current candle movable to other parts of the chart?...
Yes, with "DisplayTimeComment" = true, it uses the Comment field (upper-left-corner) to display the bar time remaining. It is not an object. When you have multiple indicators that each use the Comment field, the last indicator attached is what you see. Therefore, it's not really "friendly" code for one to blank out the existing Comment field when the indicator is removed, because you can't tell whether it's displaying it's own comment, or something by another indicator.

However, the easiest existing way to clear the Comment field is to toggle the chart Period to something else (and back). It clears the comment.

I can't imagine not using Chart Shift. I always enable it. Why bother not too?? It makes the leading edge of price very obvious, plus you can see future intercepts of various "line" tools like Pitchforks, Trendlines, etc. If you want to waste less space, you can make the width of it smaller, if that's a problem. (Drag the little triangle at the top of the price chart left or right; the leading bar shifts accordingly).

I don't really have any interest to customize the location of the CandleTime text labels, but you can dive into the source yourself if you want to try. (But shifting it anywhere left of the current bar, if at the same price, is going to be on top of older candles making it hard to read.

That said, you could use "P4L Clock". The top display time is "Bar Left", which is the bar time remaining. Another field is the current Broker time. You could turn off most of the other "clock" times and values if not interested in them. Or you could amend the "Comment" to display both the bar remaining time, and the current time. (To the existing Comment text, add " \n TimeCurrent() " The optional \n means a newline. The TimeCurrent() is the broker time. Or use "TimeLocal()" if you prefer.

Then... If you really want to blank out the comment when you remove it from a chart, add to the "deinit()" section the command: Comment("");
That should replace the old comment at the moment that CandleTime is removed.

The source is in post 1, yes? I think it compiles ok in the current MT4 release, but I've not attempted it in forever. I use my own custom version now.
  • #179
  • Jun 30, 2020 2:20pm Jun 30, 2020 2:20pm
Thank you for sharing these indicators Kent.
My clocks flash off and on when I change time frames. Is there a way to stop this?
  • #180
  • Jul 1, 2020 3:24pm Jul 1, 2020 3:24pm
Quoting PeterE
Thank you for sharing these indicators Kent. My clocks flash off and on when I change time frames. Is there a way to stop this?
To clarify, by "flash off and on", do you mean that when you change time frames, all of the P4L Clock time labels (e.g. London, New York, etc.) momentarily disappear (just one time) from the chart, and then after >= 1 second (with a new tick?), they all reappear and continue to update the clock times normally every second?

It is likely possible to not delete the time labels due to a time frame change, though I'd have to test it out.

If you see more than a single off then on flash, I'm not seeing that. See if you can make a brief recording of it.
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