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  • #401
  • Mar 27, 2019 3:57am Mar 27, 2019 3:57am
Thank you for the indicator! How can I set to draw line just for the actual candel?
  • #402
  • Mar 28, 2019 8:44pm Mar 28, 2019 8:44pm
this is exactly what i was looking for thank you
When you cant hold anymore,thats when they enter trades to your direction
  • #403
  • Apr 25, 2019 6:40am Apr 25, 2019 6:40am
This is a reply to this post.

If it works for me, it should work for you too, don't give up so quickly.

We can both assume that you downloaded the right file and put it in the right folder, so show me your attached indicator's parameters, as a screenshot.
  • #404
  • May 10, 2019 9:36pm May 10, 2019 9:36pm
This works beautifully, how can I make the weekly box appear on D1 TF?

H4
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  • #405
  • May 10, 2019 11:25pm May 10, 2019 11:25pm
Quoting celguek
This works beautifully, how can I make the weekly box appear on D1 TF? H4 {image} D1 {image}
StartHours = 0;
EndHours = 120;
ExtendHours = 120;
DaysOfWeek = "Mon";
  • #406
  • May 16, 2019 6:18am May 16, 2019 6:18am
Does anyone know how I can add the actual price to a line? So, in the indicator, I can add text to a box to provide any number of things, but I don't seem to know how to add price (for example) to a line. So, I want to have a Week Open line, and would like text above it to tell me what the actual Opening price is. Thank you in advance.
  • #407
  • May 16, 2019 7:10am May 16, 2019 7:10am
Quoting Daccer
Does anyone know how I can add the actual price to a line? So, in the indicator, I can add text to a box to provide any number of things, but I don't seem to know how to add price (for example) to a line. So, I want to have a Week Open line, and would like text above it to tell me what the actual Opening price is. Thank you in advance.
Not possible with this indicator, You may try some weekly open line indicators that do give the price to the line.
It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #408
  • Jun 6, 2019 3:24pm Jun 6, 2019 3:24pm
Quoting Botan626
{quote} StartHours = 0; EndHours = 120; ExtendHours = 120; DaysOfWeek = "Mon";
This trick of weekly box showing on D1 doesn't work.

can we make the upper and lower lines with different colors like green n red,because when we attach this indie to lower time frame,it takes time to make it out that PA broke upper or lower box lines.thanks

do we have the push notification mobile alert option in this ?
  • #409
  • Jun 6, 2019 3:42pm Jun 6, 2019 3:42pm
Quoting T4Trade
{quote} This trick of weekly box showing on D1 doesn't work.
Then try:

EndHours = 168;
ExtendHours = 168;


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  • #410
  • Jun 6, 2019 3:53pm Jun 6, 2019 3:53pm
Quoting Botan626
{quote} Then try: EndHours = 168; ExtendHours = 168; {image}
idid try that also ,multiply 24X7 days instedof 5 days,but the box doesn't show up on daily chart,how come it shows in yours?
this is daily time frame.
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  • #411
  • Jun 6, 2019 4:06pm Jun 6, 2019 4:06pm
Quoting T4Trade
{quote} idid try that also ,multiply 24X7 days instedof 5 days,but the box doesn't show up on daily chart,how come it shows in yours? this is daily time frame. {image}
I said

DaysOfWeek = "Mon";
  • #412
  • Jun 6, 2019 4:10pm Jun 6, 2019 4:10pm
Quoting Botan626
{quote} I said DaysOfWeek = "Mon";
I tried that also,i wrote only "Mon"; ,no boxes shows,can u plz post your setting screen shot,i dono what wrong am I doing?
  • #413
  • Jun 6, 2019 4:20pm Jun 6, 2019 4:20pm
Quoting T4Trade
{quote} I tried that also,i wrote only "Mon"; ,no boxes shows,can u plz post your setting screen shot,i dono what wrong am I doing?
Use this version of indicator:

https://www.forexfactory.com/showthr...5#post10436755

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The following version changes it back to the way that it originally was, i.e. "^" causes a vertical line to be plotted simply as a background object

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  • #414
  • Sep 9, 2019 6:23am Sep 9, 2019 6:23am
Hi,

Anyone has this indicator being coded in ex5?
  • #415
  • Dec 8, 2019 2:22pm Dec 8, 2019 2:22pm
Hello,

I know you are not prone to resolving issues anymore, hanover, but I will still report one: if I set StartHours to -22, DLB will plot a vertical line at 23:00 for each of previous Fridays instead of 02:00.
  • #416
  • Dec 9, 2019 2:38am Dec 9, 2019 2:38am
Quoting Botan626
Hello, I know you are not prone to resolving issues anymore, hanover, but I will still report one: if I set StartHours to -22, DLB will plot a vertical line at 23:00 for each of previous Fridays instead of 02:00.
It looks like it fetches DaysOfWeek incorrectly, I removed Fri and DLB stopped plotting vertical lines for Thu.
  • #417
  • Edited Dec 10, 2019 12:31am Dec 9, 2019 1:42pm | Edited Dec 10, 2019 12:31am
Quoting Botan626
if I set StartHours to -22, DLB will plot a vertical line at 23:00 for each of previous Fridays instead of 02:00.
Thanks for the feedback.

When I originally wrote DLB, some brokers had different numbers of hourly Sunday candles (not sure if this is still the case), which complicates this even further. So I simply decided to count back X clock hours (as opposed to market hours) from Monday's open. Hence –22 hours would put the time somewhere during the weekend, and MT4 simply plots the line on the nearest available candle. This will most likely be the last candle prior to the weekend gap (e.g. Fri 23:00 on an hourly chart).

I don't wish to download dozens of MT4 broker platforms to cover all of the potential variations, especially as the indicator is no longer useful to me personally. The .mq4 file can be downloaded from post #396, if anybody wants to modify it to suit their own broker timezone (or use it as the starting point for creating a MQL5 version). Or the coder could create one or two more parameter settings, to make an already complex indicator even more open-ended.

Below is the code that calculates the three times (current time +/– StartHours, EndHours, ExtendedHours), that would need to be adjusted to accommodate weekend variations for a given broker:
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  datetime tc  = TimeCurrent();
  for (int i=0; i<LookbackDays; i++)   {
    int shifted = tc-i*86400;      
    if (shifted < Time[Bars-1])    break;
    if (StringFind(DaysOfWeek,StringUpper(DateToStr(shifted,"w"))+",") < 0)  continue;
    if (StringFind(DaysOfMonth,DateToStr(shifted,"D")+",")             < 0)  continue;
    datetime dt1  = StrToTime(DateToStr(shifted,"Y.M.D")) + 3600 * StartHours;
    datetime dt2  = StrToTime(DateToStr(shifted,"Y.M.D")) + 3600 * EndHours;
    datetime dt3  = StrToTime(DateToStr(shifted,"Y.M.D")) + 3600 * ExtendHours;
    int exist1 = iBarShift(NULL,tscale,dt1,true);
    int exist2 = iBarShift(NULL,tscale,dt2,true);
    int exist3 = iBarShift(NULL,tscale,dt3,true);

Quoting Botan626
How should I modify the code for that case (no Sunday candles)? I tried couple of things, but can't figure it out.
Sorry, but I don't have time or motivation to investigate further. I haven't looked at the code for several months now. I agree that it's quite tricky, and if I was to attempt a fix there are so many other settings to consider that I could easily introduce a bug elsewhere. This indicator takes many hours to test all of the setting combos exhaustively.
  • #418
  • Dec 9, 2019 10:32pm Dec 9, 2019 10:32pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} Thanks for the feedback. When I originally wrote DLB, some brokers had different numbers of hourly Sunday candles (not sure if this is still the case), which complicates this even further. So I simply decided to count back X clock hours (as opposed to market hours) from Monday's open. Hence –22 hours would put the time somewhere during the weekend, and MT4 simply plots the line on the nearest available candle. This will most likely be the last candle prior to the weekend gap (e.g. Fri 23:00 on an hourly chart). I don't wish to download dozens...
All decent brokers have 0 hours for Sundays, in other words they use the NY close as the close time for the last H4 candle of the trading day. This ensures having exactly 5 full trading days in a trading week, starting at 12:00 am on Mon and finishing at 11:59 pm on Fri. That's why such brokers using GMT+2 server time currently, when DST has ended in USA.
https://www.icmarkets.com/blog/serve...ng-to-gmt-3-3/
5:00 PM EST = 12:00 AM next day GMT+2

Btw, the site you mentioned gives incorrect info about server time zone for Pepperstone and IC Markets, they are both on GMT+2 currently.
https://www.icmarkets.com/blog/us-da...schedule-2019/

How should I modify the code for that case (no Sunday candles)? I tried couple of things, but can't figure it out. I know how to use build509 compiler.
  • #419
  • Feb 10, 2020 3:22am Feb 10, 2020 3:22am
Found Daily LinesBoxes to be extremely helpful! Wondering if someone would take the time to post a few screenshots of their file setups as I'm having a devil of a time getting a Daily Linesboxes(1).mqh to compile. I think I've followed the instructions but must have put something in the wrong folder. I will get anywhere from 8 errors to over 100. Tried to add hanover---extensible functions and hanover---function header (various versions), into the Experts/include folder but just can't get it right somehow.

I've used the indicator so much that I want to be able to save different versions of it under different names so I don't have to change the parameters every time I open the indicator.

Thank you to anyone who is interested in providing this!

Derek
  • #420
  • Feb 10, 2020 10:39am Feb 10, 2020 10:39am
Quoting Daccer
Wondering if someone would take the time to post a few screenshots of their file setups......
Have you seen this?
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