All,
Below are my personal set of MT4 indicators. After trying many out there, none could fit my needs - Lack of features, poor programming, cumbersome UI, inaccurate calculations, etc. I decided to code my own from the ground up. Elegant, fast and accurate. None better.
.ex4 files and usage pdf attached
Description and use
_ADR!! – v1.11
Average Daily Range or Average True Range – User selectable.
~ Hotkey – NONE
_E-TOOL!! – v1.21
High Low Quick View – Toggles between, and highlights, the following:
- Previous day high and low
- Previous three days high and low
- Previous week high and low
- Highlight off
~ Hotkey – 0
Range Tool – User defined range with standard deviations above and below. Lookback: How many boxes to draw. Hours to extend: Negative number will face the lines left, zero turns off. Toggles between:
- Absolute high to low
- Bodies only
- Off
~ Hotkey – 1
Fib Tool – User draws fib retracement as normal and clicks to select. Toggles between the following levels:
- 200%, 162%, 127%, 0%, EQ, 62%, 70.5%, 79%, 100%, 127%, 162%, 200%
- 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%
- 0%, 50%, 100%
~ Hotkey – 2
~ Hotkey - ` (Backtick) or , (Comma). Either hotkey hides / shows all fib retracement objects
TF Rapid Cycle – Quickly rotates through a user selectable series of timeframes for the current chart.
~ Hotkey – TAB (Cycles thru the upper and lower limits of the selected series)
~ Hotkey – / (Switches between Rapid Cycle series I or II)
Deselect All – Hotkey unselects all objects.
~ Hotkey – ESC
Show Descriptions – Hotkey toggles Show description for current instrument. All my tools include detailed descriptions for objects rendered.
~ Hotkey – . (Period)
_LABELS!! – v1.11
Allows the user to display two labels on the chart. Label 1 is the instrument pair and current timeframe. Label two is user defined text. For label 1, “Interesting color” is a secondary color; used to draw attention when monitoring several pairs.
~ Hotkey – A
NOTE: When _ADR!! And _LABELS!! are used on the same chart, load _ADR!! first. A known bug may cause labels in the upper left to display over ADR calculated values with “Display Calculated Values (Chart upper left)” set to “Yes”.
_OHLC!! – v1.12
Using several hotkeys, permits fast drawing of straight, accurate trendlines. Lines display “This timeframe and below”. Select a bar / candle with a single left-click. as point of origin. Using the same hotkey deletes object.
~ Hotkeys
- O – Open
- H – High
- L – Low
- C – Close
- M – Center of bar / candle from open to close
- V – Draws rectangle on a void / gap. Will not draw if no gap exists
- Z – transforms a trendline to a horizontal line. User selects trendline first
- S – Cycles thru various line styles after line creation or selection
- W – Cycles thru various line widths after line creation or selection
- Q – Draws a line thru the center of a user selected rectangle object
_OPEN!!a – v1.41
Draws the opening price from yearly to daily. User can select which ones to display. Align with FX futures will shift the quarterly open from traditional JAN, APR, JUL, OCT 1st of the month to when contract months H, M, U, Z become the front month, 3rd Tuesday, DEC, MAR, JUN, SEP.
~ Hotkeys – NONE
_WPR!! – v1.20
Williams %R indicator displayed in tabular format. Up to three different timeframes can be shown with the following guidelines: D1, H1 or H4, M15-M30-H1. User selects if horizontal lines are shown in the calculated period high and low. “Interesting Print” changes the font color when a reading above 94% or below 6% is calculated. Hotkey toggles display.
~ Hotkey – 3
_MORE_BARS!! – v1.20
Script that forces MT4 to download the maximum available history from the broker’s MT4 server, for the selected timeframe.
To use: CTRL + N to open Navigator. Drag and drop script onto chart. Takes about 40 seconds to complete.
To see before / after results: CTRL + T to open terminal window. Switch to Experts tab. Results will print after script is complete.
~ Hotkey – NONE
Installation
With MT4 Running, navigate to File >> Open Data Folder. Drop the indicator(s) in the following folder:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\LONG ALPHA-NUMDERIC STRING\MQL4\Indicators
Place the _MORE_BARS!! script here:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\LONG ALPHA-NUMDERIC STRING\MQL4\Scripts
Below are my personal set of MT4 indicators. After trying many out there, none could fit my needs - Lack of features, poor programming, cumbersome UI, inaccurate calculations, etc. I decided to code my own from the ground up. Elegant, fast and accurate. None better.
.ex4 files and usage pdf attached
Description and use
_ADR!! – v1.11
Average Daily Range or Average True Range – User selectable.
~ Hotkey – NONE
_E-TOOL!! – v1.21
High Low Quick View – Toggles between, and highlights, the following:
- Previous day high and low
- Previous three days high and low
- Previous week high and low
- Highlight off
~ Hotkey – 0
Range Tool – User defined range with standard deviations above and below. Lookback: How many boxes to draw. Hours to extend: Negative number will face the lines left, zero turns off. Toggles between:
- Absolute high to low
- Bodies only
- Off
~ Hotkey – 1
Fib Tool – User draws fib retracement as normal and clicks to select. Toggles between the following levels:
- 200%, 162%, 127%, 0%, EQ, 62%, 70.5%, 79%, 100%, 127%, 162%, 200%
- 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%
- 0%, 50%, 100%
~ Hotkey – 2
~ Hotkey - ` (Backtick) or , (Comma). Either hotkey hides / shows all fib retracement objects
TF Rapid Cycle – Quickly rotates through a user selectable series of timeframes for the current chart.
~ Hotkey – TAB (Cycles thru the upper and lower limits of the selected series)
~ Hotkey – / (Switches between Rapid Cycle series I or II)
Deselect All – Hotkey unselects all objects.
~ Hotkey – ESC
Show Descriptions – Hotkey toggles Show description for current instrument. All my tools include detailed descriptions for objects rendered.
~ Hotkey – . (Period)
_LABELS!! – v1.11
Allows the user to display two labels on the chart. Label 1 is the instrument pair and current timeframe. Label two is user defined text. For label 1, “Interesting color” is a secondary color; used to draw attention when monitoring several pairs.
~ Hotkey – A
NOTE: When _ADR!! And _LABELS!! are used on the same chart, load _ADR!! first. A known bug may cause labels in the upper left to display over ADR calculated values with “Display Calculated Values (Chart upper left)” set to “Yes”.
_OHLC!! – v1.12
Using several hotkeys, permits fast drawing of straight, accurate trendlines. Lines display “This timeframe and below”. Select a bar / candle with a single left-click. as point of origin. Using the same hotkey deletes object.
~ Hotkeys
- O – Open
- H – High
- L – Low
- C – Close
- M – Center of bar / candle from open to close
- V – Draws rectangle on a void / gap. Will not draw if no gap exists
- Z – transforms a trendline to a horizontal line. User selects trendline first
- S – Cycles thru various line styles after line creation or selection
- W – Cycles thru various line widths after line creation or selection
- Q – Draws a line thru the center of a user selected rectangle object
_OPEN!!a – v1.41
Draws the opening price from yearly to daily. User can select which ones to display. Align with FX futures will shift the quarterly open from traditional JAN, APR, JUL, OCT 1st of the month to when contract months H, M, U, Z become the front month, 3rd Tuesday, DEC, MAR, JUN, SEP.
~ Hotkeys – NONE
_WPR!! – v1.20
Williams %R indicator displayed in tabular format. Up to three different timeframes can be shown with the following guidelines: D1, H1 or H4, M15-M30-H1. User selects if horizontal lines are shown in the calculated period high and low. “Interesting Print” changes the font color when a reading above 94% or below 6% is calculated. Hotkey toggles display.
~ Hotkey – 3
_MORE_BARS!! – v1.20
Script that forces MT4 to download the maximum available history from the broker’s MT4 server, for the selected timeframe.
To use: CTRL + N to open Navigator. Drag and drop script onto chart. Takes about 40 seconds to complete.
To see before / after results: CTRL + T to open terminal window. Switch to Experts tab. Results will print after script is complete.
~ Hotkey – NONE
Installation
With MT4 Running, navigate to File >> Open Data Folder. Drop the indicator(s) in the following folder:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\LONG ALPHA-NUMDERIC STRING\MQL4\Indicators
Place the _MORE_BARS!! script here:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\LONG ALPHA-NUMDERIC STRING\MQL4\Scripts
