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  • #21
  • Jul 4, 2021 1:22am Jul 4, 2021 1:22am
Quoting T4Trade
{quote}...
It seems you need to get more familiar with MetaTrader. The error message is very clear and I cannot imagine a way to make it even more clear.

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"DLLs are not enabled. Please enable DLL function calls for this script."

A Google or mql5.com search for "MetaTrader enable DLL functions" would give you countless results.
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  • #22
  • Jul 4, 2021 4:18am Jul 4, 2021 4:18am
First of all, it looks a great work, thank you for the indicators.

Hi, I have loaded this indicator (with default settings), was able to see the super bars on the chart, after that, I have attached a template(my own) to the same chart. Now, it's not working, super bars indicator is throwing an error as below,

Superbar=>switched off(ERR_DLL_CALLS_NOT_ALLOWED). Please help me in fixing this issue.

and please give more details on how to use this indicator, would be greatly helpful.
  • #23
  • Edited 11:08am Jul 4, 2021 4:18am | Edited 11:08am
I have deleted all the files from MT4 folder and re-done it again, now i could see the superbars on the chart, but, this time, it is giving the following error. Please help.

NOTICE: EURUSD,H1 SuperBars::rsfLib1::GetServerTimezone(1) missing timezone configuration for server "Alpari-Trade" (company id "Alpari"), using default timezone "FXT"

how to use it for BTCUSD,ETH etc(crypto currencies)?
  • #24
  • Jul 4, 2021 10:10am Jul 4, 2021 10:10am
Thanks for the help,its not fully working but i can see quarterly candle on weekly chart,i wanted to see it in monthly chart.please add onoff button in it.so it doesnt clutter the weekly chart,thanks
  • #25
  • Jul 4, 2021 12:32pm Jul 4, 2021 12:32pm
Quoting nagstn
...super bars indicator is throwing an error as below, Superbar=>switched off(ERR_DLL_CALLS_NOT_ALLOWED)...
As explained in the post directly before yours (#21) you have to enable DLL calls. In the terminal in general, and if you disabled it for a specific indicator or script then you need to re-enable it:
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  • #26
  • Jul 4, 2021 12:33pm Jul 4, 2021 12:33pm
Quoting nagstn
I have deleted all the files from MT4 folder and re-done it again, now i could see the superbars on the chart, but, this time, it is giving the following error. Please help. NOTICE: EURUSD,H1 SuperBars::rsfLib1::GetServerTimezone(1) missing timezone configuration for server "Alpari-Trade" (company id "Alpari"), using default timezone "FXT" how to use it for BTCUSD,ETH etc(crypto currencies)?
Explained in post #6 and #7.

edit: In general it's always recommended to read a thread (only 1 page) before asking questions already answered.
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  • #27
  • Jul 4, 2021 12:35pm Jul 4, 2021 12:35pm
Quoting T4Trade
Thanks for the help,its not fully working but i can see quarterly candle on weekly chart,i wanted to see it in monthly chart.please add onoff button in it.so it doesnt clutter the weekly chart,thanks
Explained in post #4.

edit: In general it's always recommended to read a thread (only 1 page) before asking questions already answered.
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  • #28
  • Jul 4, 2021 12:48pm Jul 4, 2021 12:48pm
thanks i appeciate your efforts!Green pips.
  • #29
  • Jul 5, 2021 12:33am Jul 5, 2021 12:33am
Thank you for answering the queries, when i tried to open the config.global file to update the forex time, it is displaying with a different format(ASCII), not readable.

Please help. Thank you
  • #30
  • Jul 8, 2021 1:33am Jul 8, 2021 1:33am
Quoting nagstn
Thank you for answering the queries, when i tried to open the config.global file to update the forex time, it is displaying with a different format(ASCII), not readable. Please help. Thank you
Sorry, but you need to provide more information of what you did and what happened. The config file which will open when you execute the script "Config.Global" is a plain text file. It *is* in ASCII format (plain text) and that format is human-readable (plain text). So you must be confusing something here. Please post a screenshot of what happened.
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  • #31
  • Sep 28, 2021 7:30am Sep 28, 2021 7:30am
Hi Emmzett, what moving average do you use on this chart?
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  • #32
  • Edited Oct 1, 2021 4:03am Sep 30, 2021 12:51pm | Edited Oct 1, 2021 4:03am
Quoting fxmars
Hi Emmzett, what moving average do you use on this chart? {image}
That's a standard EMA(144) on price type "Median". Except the color doesn't change with the trend, it changes when price leaves the channel of EMA(144,High) and EMA(144,Low). I use it similar to the Vegas system.
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  • #33
  • Edited 3:57pm Oct 14, 2021 2:45pm | Edited 3:57pm
Quoting emmzett
I would like to post an example of the usefulness of the indicator from this very moment. What do you think price will do next? (not really asking for answers) {image}
Seems that you used stradle to conquer this trade. What is your SL setting, with very tight SL you could lost both trades, by its zig shaw ? how do you determine that for different instruments?

UPDT:
I was bout to ask whether you use D1/H4/H1 to determine trend bias? Then I see You use tma channel(55), post 19, so you could guess the direction price move from one to the other channel side, although sometime market just keeps going up and up in extended fashion like GJ today keep going up for more than a week now
  • #34
  • Oct 14, 2021 3:59pm Oct 14, 2021 3:59pm
here are my steps of setting the SuperBars

on my chart I dont see H1+ETH, because?
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  • #35
  • Oct 15, 2021 4:40pm Oct 15, 2021 4:40pm
Is there reason why we should not extend the superbars code to work with M15,M30,H4?
  • #36
  • Oct 15, 2021 5:10pm Oct 15, 2021 5:10pm
Quoting ntk
...Seems that you used stradle to conquer this trade. What is your SL setting......Then I see You use tma channel(55)...
That TMA channel trade was just an example and a lucky trade. I don't use the TMA channel for regular trading.


Quoting ntk
...the H4 is what I originally looking for... I hope you would develop SuperBar further...
I'm working on H4 and a few other new features.


Quoting ntk
...but I can not see (Time frame)+ETH. I must have missed something...
Your first screenshot shows GBPUSD,M30. To enable extended trading hours for this symbol, you have to add the entry
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ETH.Symbols = GBPUSD
to the "[SuperBars]" section of your config file. You may add multiple symbols separated by a comma, e.g.
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ETH.Symbols = GBPUSD,GBPJPY,GBPCHF
You could do the same in the indicator's input dialog but the config file has the advantage of "configure once, use anywhere" (it saves you the repetitive filling of the input dialog).


Quoting ntk
...{image} {image} {image}...does the color code mean something?...
The colors represent bullish (green), bearish (red) and unchanged (grey) superbars. Said in another way, you immediately see whether the overlay bar closed above or below the open. The definition of "unchanged" can be configured by adding the following key to the [SuperBars] section of your config file:
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UnchangedBars.MaxPriceChange = 0.05   ; max. Open/Close change in % (default: 0.05%)
The default value corresponds to about 2-3 pip depending on the instrument.


Quoting ntk
...Is there reason why we should not extend the superbars code to work with M15,M30,H4?...
Theoretically the code can work with any standard and custom timeframe. In the next version the timeframe configuration will change completely. The only limiting reason is for example M15 SuperBars on an M1 or M5 chart don't look very good. It's just too small and visually not really nice. But theoretically it's possible, yes. Wait for the next version, please.
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  • #37
  • Edited 8:54pm Oct 15, 2021 8:41pm | Edited 8:54pm
Quoting emmzett
{quote} That TMA channel trade was just an example and a lucky trade. I don't use the TMA channel for regular trading.
TMA channel is predictive i constructed in certain way. I use it after Georgeaus lesson. I use 3 TMA channels, same half length, price type, but different deviation 1.618, 2.618, 4.5. The reason is because Price sometime lean on the channel upper or lower side continueing its trend creeping. To avoid getting in a trade too early, when price has moved to the upper side, we wait until it reachs 1.618 or 2.618 or 4.5 then reverse back to 2.618, close inside not touching 4.5, then when price touchs 1.618 only now we can be sure with the direction that it would go at least to the middle band, could leap foward 3 times, with 2 retracements, or leaping in one direction to the other side of the channel, where the process then repeat itself.

The 3 TMA channels, appears under another form, so ppl shunt it, does not trust channel and harmonic, fibo and circle triangles etc but physilogically it is very similar to the teaching of smart money concept (SMC), simple market structure, of break of structure (BOS), of DOW theor etc. market tries from a previous state of structure market will want to breakout by changing direction, create an alternate New Structure High/New Structure Low, (also meaning it going to grab liquidity, stop loss hunt at sertain level it already had intention to clear in the past) when confirmed, then it would retr ace to clear all targets or traces it has left behind, finished that job it will run up then down heavily to confuse; to shaken off cleaver ppl pyggy-packing its move, or to scare traders so that they all staying by side for it to move alone and trade in all the positions let and right it sees on its way to the other side off the channel, where it repeat its trick to induce ppl to enter a sure-TA-trade, sure FA trade etc. but now in too late stage, easy or the big boys or market makers to shaken them off again...


Quoting emmzett
{quote} I'm working on H4 and a few other new features. {quote} Your first screenshot shows GBPUSD,M30. To enable extended trading hours for this symbol, you have to add the entry ETH.Symbols = GBPUSD to the "[SuperBars]" section of your config file. You may add multiple symbols separated by a comma, e.g. ETH.Symbols = GBPUSD,GBPJPY,GBPCHF You could do the same in the indicator's input dialog but the config file has the advantage of "configure once, use anywhere" (it saves you the repetitive filling of the input dialog). {quote} The colors represent...
Cant wait for try it out.

It would be also good if the SuperBars setting could be saved in presets, if it does not caused too much work for you.
  • #38
  • Oct 16, 2021 6:54am Oct 16, 2021 6:54am
Quoting ntk
...It would be also good if the SuperBars setting could be saved in presets, if it does not caused too much work for you...
That's already implemented. All settings from the regular indicator input dialog can be entered in the config file as well, as long as the input parameter "AutoConfiguration" is set to TRUE.

  1. If auto-config is TRUE any setting found in the config file will override the corresponding manual setting.
  2. If auto-config is FALSE all config file settings will be ignored and only manual settings from the input dialog will be applied.

Here's a full documentation of all possible config file settings. You'll see that configuration via config file is more advanced (more settings) then manual configuration:

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Further you can always store/load your own presets - with all MQL programs independent of who wrote it. That's a standard mechanism in MetaTrader, for ex. if you want to choose from/apply different color settings to different charts.
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  • #39
  • Nov 10, 2021 8:09pm Nov 10, 2021 8:09pm
Hi Emmsett,

Thanks for the link to Super Bars.
I build most of my trading money passively in last 35 years without ever using it. My skimpy pockets have become deep enough to survive 1200 pips drawdown on FDXM . US indices have voracious appetite, so I dare not do with them. Accepting drawdown mentality is because of extensive experience in selling of options where we reach a point of accepting huge drawdown and use adjustments mainly to recover it patiently.

Back in 1980s, I started with buying and selling of DM (later Euro) currency options and stock options, traded for 25 years and realised it is better to shift to fx spot. After Brexit, said goodbye to FX spot and selling of
EU options. Shifted to DAX futures and within 2 months got hit by Covid but survived with 20% equity shaved. Subsequently recovered after a stint of scalping and ferocious day-trading. Took a respite from it because of spine arthritis.

For me it was a sport and continues to be so. I concede it has become addictive yet I just watch charts sometimes for 2 months without ever trading.
I have set up a free academy for retirees to generate income passively by sharing my hands-on experience but realised I don't even know basics of programming including Excel. I can design algos based on my trading experience at IB mainly. IB has good ExcelRTD server that can really be used for algos that I can design, I don't find motivated and passionate programmers to code Currency and Index Buying Options Dashboard.

Only forums like FF have coders like CJ, BlueRain and Jeanlouie, mladen, mrtools who find time to develop from time to time information indicators in MT4 . I get them modifified that can help futures options and futures trading based on statistics. Use them for analysis only. Trading of futures and futures options can only be done in MT5 or platforms like Interactive Brokers. MT4 offers only CFDs and I have no faith in CFD market makers.

I wanted to return to scalping so that I can take a re-look at it and find a way to make passive income as a retiree (and not as an energetic person years ago).
Retirees like my way of buying futures options. I am not going to teach them selling of options because it needs constant monitoring of accounts and do adjustments.
Since they have got used to buying futures options in quite selective way, they understand the importance of having patience.
Hopefully Super Bars may show a way of scalping for somewhat risk-averse retirees to generate some passive income.

I have downloaded your indicator and I find this error. Did I do something wrong ?
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  • #40
  • Nov 10, 2021 10:05pm Nov 10, 2021 10:05pm
Quoting simnz
...I have downloaded your indicator and I find this error. Did I do something wrong ?...
That's an impressive story of yours. Thank you for sharing it.

But how did you manage to cause such an error with the SuperBars indicator? I guess it's not related to it as I never posted a template or an indicator referencing the "TMA ATR Channel". To me it looks like someother indicator of yours causes it. Am I wrong?
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