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How do I add an Alert on TSR Execute Line Indicator

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited 6:49am Oct 10, 2006 6:26am | Edited 6:49am
I have the following indicator based on a system developed by FXIGOR (available on FF). I want to have an alert sound 5 times when the line color changes based on the close of the previous bar. I also want the alerts to sound only between 10GMT and 17GMT.

I am new to MT4. Any guidance or help is appreciated.

Thanks
Provin
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  • #2
  • Oct 10, 2006 8:42am Oct 10, 2006 8:42am
Quoting pdhawan
I have the following indicator based on a system developed by FXIGOR (available on FF). I want to have an alert sound 5 times when the line color changes based on the close of the previous bar. I also want the alerts to sound only between 10GMT and 17GMT.

I am new to MT4. Any guidance or help is appreciated.

Thanks
Provin
It has to be actually coded into the script.
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #3
  • Oct 10, 2006 10:10am Oct 10, 2006 10:10am
Thanks...

I saw your other response on adding an alert on an indicator on another thread but when I try the same thing here it doesn't work as expected.

Can you help me with the alert piece and I will try to figure out the timeframe part.
  • #4
  • Oct 10, 2006 10:13am Oct 10, 2006 10:13am
Quoting pdhawan
Thanks...

I saw your other response on adding an alert on an indicator on another thread but when I try the same thing here it doesn't work as expected.

Can you help me with the alert piece and I will try to figure out the timeframe part.
Hmmmm I don't think I know how to make an alarm sound 5 times LOL. never occurred to me before.
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #5
  • Oct 10, 2006 10:14am Oct 10, 2006 10:14am
Also, what exactly did you try?
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  • #6
  • Oct 10, 2006 10:24am Oct 10, 2006 10:24am
I tried to code in the piece from your other indicator you created.

I can't cut and paste because it is on my other machine so I will rewrite it here.

if (trend[x]>0)
{
if ((x==1)&&(alerts==true)&&(alerttime!=Time[x]))
{
Alert("MY SIGNAL");
alerttime=Time[x];
}
Uptrend[x] = ExtMapBuffer[x];
}


Then I did same thing for trend[x]<0.
  • #7
  • Oct 10, 2006 11:42am Oct 10, 2006 11:42am
Quoting pdhawan
I tried to code in the piece from your other indicator you created.

I can't cut and paste because it is on my other machine so I will rewrite it here.

if (trend[x]>0)
{
if ((x==1)&&(alerts==true)&&(alerttime!=Time[x]))
{
Alert("MY SIGNAL");
alerttime=Time[x];
}
Uptrend[x] = ExtMapBuffer[x];
}


Then I did same thing for trend[x]<0.
Try this one (attached). Not sure if it does the trick. It's difficult because this thing draws itself backwards and redraws itself....
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"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #8
  • Oct 10, 2006 1:53pm Oct 10, 2006 1:53pm
Thanks I will give it a try.

I don't understand though what the following logic is doing.

if (x==0){
if ((trend[1]*prevtrend)<0){Alert("TSR change");}

prevtrend=trend[1];
  • #9
  • Oct 11, 2006 1:40am Oct 11, 2006 1:40am
Quoting pdhawan
Thanks I will give it a try.

I don't understand though what the following logic is doing.

if (x==0){
if ((trend[1]*prevtrend)<0){Alert("TSR change");}

prevtrend=trend[1];
hehehe. I was expecting this question!

The "logic" is basically my own special shortcut for a more convoluted nest of logical operators.

As to how it's intended to work......

1. We're only interested in what happens when x is 0 (in other words we don't want an alert every time the line color changes historically.... but only on the CURRENT candle).

2. Prevtrend is the trend array value from the previous time the indicator's loop was executed.

3. We're looking for the value of trend to change from negative to positive or to positive or negative. Therefore, when a direction change occurs, one of the two (trend[1] or prevtrend) will be negative and the other one will be positive. But we don't know which one. So, we either nest it with "ifs" and "ands".....or..... well, if one's negative and the other's positive then their product will be negative!
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #10
  • Oct 11, 2006 1:43am Oct 11, 2006 1:43am
Hopefully this will:

hehehe. I was expecting this question!

The "logic" is basically my own special shortcut for a more convoluted nest of logical operators.

As to how it's intended to work......

1. We're only interested in what happens when x is 0 (in other words we don't want an alert every time the line color changes historically.... but only on the CURRENT candle).

2. Prevtrend is the trend array value from the previous time the indicator's loop was executed.

3. We're looking for the value of trend to change from negative to positive or from positive to negative. Therefore, when a direction change occurs, one of the two (trend[1] or prevtrend) will be negative and the other one will be positive. But we don't know which one. So, we either nest it with "ifs" and "ands".....or..... well, if one's negative and the other's positive then their product will be negative!
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #11
  • Oct 11, 2006 5:12am Oct 11, 2006 5:12am
Thats brilliant!

-1 x 1 = -1

1 x -1 = -1

-1 x -1 = 1

1 x 1 = 1

I think I need to go back to grade school math.

Thanks this works perfectly.....less screen time for me now...without missing a beat!
  • #12
  • Oct 17, 2006 6:33pm Oct 17, 2006 6:33pm
pdhawan, did you figure out how to make your alerts only occur during a certain time period? I am trying to figure out the same thing. Please attach your code if you figured it out... Thanks!
fornix Just trade.
  • #13
  • Oct 17, 2006 7:18pm Oct 17, 2006 7:18pm
Quoting fornix
pdhawan, did you figure out how to make your alerts only occur during a certain time period? I am trying to figure out the same thing. Please attach your code if you figured it out... Thanks!
if (Hour()==10){

AlertCodeHere;
}

that will give you alerts between 10am and 11 am. if you want them only AT 10 am, you might have to give it a 5 minute bracket (sometimes there's no tick for 5 minutes!). To do that, go

if ((Hour()==10)&&(Minutes()<5)){alert code here;}
*****************************************************
or (for in-between time):

if (Hour()<10)&&(Hour()>2) {alert code here;}
*****************************************************
The only problem with those is, if you want an alert to happen between eg 9pm (21) and 3am (3), it gets a little more complicated. You might have to make the code pick up that situation and automatically split the time period into 21-23 and 0-3 for example. Could do it by nesting some more logic

If you want it to be based on your local time rather than the dealer time, use

TimeHour(LocalTime())

instead of Hour() and/or TimeMinutes(LocalTime()) instead of Minutes()

Clear as mud?


(maybe there's a simpler way out there but I ain't found one)
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #14
  • Oct 18, 2006 2:58am Oct 18, 2006 2:58am
Wow, thanks a lot for that, LightKeeper! You definitely shed some light on that for me. I want to set up alerts from the London open through 11 AM in the US, so I don't think I should have to split the time period like you mentioned, but it's good to know for future reference. I have a slight programming background, but I am out of practice and am just beginning with Metatrader 4. Do you know where there is a listing of all the available global variables (eg HOUR, MINUTES, TimeHour, LocalTime, etc.)? Also, I am wanting to grab the high and low from a certain time period. Do you have some suggested code for how I can look back through a span of several hours (specific times each day..ex: 7pm-1am) and get both the high and low from that period? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks again!
fornix Just trade.
  • #15
  • Oct 18, 2006 9:55am Oct 18, 2006 9:55am
Quoting fornix
Wow, thanks a lot for that, LightKeeper! You definitely shed some light on that for me. I want to set up alerts from the London open through 11 AM in the US, so I don't think I should have to split the time period like you mentioned, but it's good to know for future reference. I have a slight programming background, but I am out of practice and am just beginning with Metatrader 4. Do you know where there is a listing of all the available global variables (eg HOUR, MINUTES, TimeHour, LocalTime, etc.)? Also, I am wanting to grab the high and low from a certain time period. Do you have some suggested code for how I can look back through a span of several hours (specific times each day..ex: 7pm-1am) and get both the high and low from that period? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks again!
Sure but what do you want your indi/EA to do with that data?
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #16
  • Oct 18, 2006 3:17pm Oct 18, 2006 3:17pm
Basically, I just want to draw lines at the high and low, so I can see where they are on the chart, and then I want an alert to sound when price goes above the high or below the low of that time period. Seems simple enough, I know, but I just don't know how to grab the high and low from a specific time frame. I appreciate all your help! Oh, and right now, I'm just trying to develop an indicator for this, but I think I'm going to try to code an EA based off of this and some other factors in the near future (once I get some more experience with MT4 programming. Thanks!
fornix Just trade.
  • #17
  • Oct 18, 2006 11:22pm Oct 18, 2006 11:22pm
Quoting fornix
Basically, I just want to draw lines at the high and low, so I can see where they are on the chart, and then I want an alert to sound when price goes above the high or below the low of that time period. Seems simple enough, I know, but I just don't know how to grab the high and low from a specific time frame. I appreciate all your help! Oh, and right now, I'm just trying to develop an indicator for this, but I think I'm going to try to code an EA based off of this and some other factors in the near future (once I get some more experience with MT4 programming. Thanks!
Yeah but are you gonna tell me the secret?
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #18
  • Oct 18, 2006 11:38pm Oct 18, 2006 11:38pm
You can use the Highest and Lowest functions.
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
  • #19
  • Oct 19, 2006 1:04am Oct 19, 2006 1:04am
Haha, I would love to tell you the secret, but I can't because it's somebody else's proprietary system. Sorry! I hate to say that since you are helping me so much, but ethics are ethics! So, I've seen the Highest and Lowest functions, but how do I tell it to just get the high and low between certain times of the day? I don't see how I can tell it to look between 2 specific times (say 7pm - 12am) and draw my lines/create my alerts based off that... Thanks for all your help!
fornix Just trade.
  • #20
  • Oct 19, 2006 2:05am Oct 19, 2006 2:05am
Quoting fornix
Haha, I would love to tell you the secret, but I can't because it's somebody else's proprietary system. Sorry! I hate to say that since you are helping me so much, but ethics are ethics! So, I've seen the Highest and Lowest functions, but how do I tell it to just get the high and low between certain times of the day? I don't see how I can tell it to look between 2 specific times (say 7pm - 12am) and draw my lines/create my alerts based off that... Thanks for all your help!
What's a proprietary system??? What protects that?
(I'm only teasing but please DO tell me!)

As for your question..... why not do run through all the bars from (Bars-IndicatorCounted) to 0, set a switch On (eg a bool called Switch) when Time[yourBarCounter] hits the starting hour, switch the switch off when it hits the ending hour (of your chosen bracket). Have an if(){} statement. If (switchOn)....and then you can either add the lows and highs to tws arrays and when the switch turns off you do Highest/Lowest each array and reset the array....or you can just use two variables during the time the switch is on. Eg, MyHigh and MyLow.

if (High[MyBarCounter]>MyHigh){MyHigh=High[MyBarCounter];}
if (Low[MyBarCounter]<MyLow){MyLow=Low[MyBarCounter];}

Of course at the outset as soon as the switch turns ON, you have to set MyLow=Low[MyBarCounter];

That's because if MyLow starts with 0, it'll always be less than Low[MyBarcounter] and it'll never assume a different value because the "if" statement will never kick in.

Anyway, at the switchOff point the value of MyLow is the lowest of all lows in that period and MyHigh is the highest.
"The market will rally from this or lower levels"
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