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  • #101
  • Jun 11, 2007 8:34am Jun 11, 2007 8:34am
Hi Hanover

Thanks for this great indicator, I know it's going to be extremely useful to me. I'm having trouble getting it to display any future data, despite the fact that I think I've got all the data loaded. (I've attached the debug.txt file, which shows this.) Is there some Metatrader setting that will allow the indicator to create objects in the future? Or am I just missing something obvious?

Thanks
Attached File(s)
File Type: txt debug.txt   460 KB | 643 downloads
  • #102
  • Jun 11, 2007 10:30pm Jun 11, 2007 10:30pm
Spindrift, you need to load each week's worth of data from the FF calendar - see posts #48,51,52 in this thread for more info. If you have problems doing this, please post again.

In haste, sorry
David
  • #103
  • Jun 12, 2007 12:49am Jun 12, 2007 12:49am
Quoting Ragster
On another note - I was thinking that it would be cool to use Plot News as a kind of bookmarking/search system. You know - there's a big news announcement tomorrow and I want to look at the previous x months results for the same news.

I know Burger King is doing sterling service providing some 1min charts in the News Trading Room - but I think it would be useful to quickly locate those same events within MT4 and do further analysis on the charts which will be there for next time I want to trade that same event.

All the info is already there in the 'objects list' of the chart - however it's search functionality is limited by the formatting of the the 'Name' field.

It's in the form:

12:30 USD M "ECI q/q" 1943

which means that sorting the 'Name' field just sorts items by time.

If the elements were in separate fields (or in a different order with 'ECI q/q' first), then we could sort by event and jump to that event by checking the 'Object' box and hitting 'Show' - making your Plot News indicator a nifty navigation/search tool too.
This facility will be implemented in v1.08..... due for release soon.

David
  • #104
  • Jun 12, 2007 1:47am Jun 12, 2007 1:47am
Quoting hanover
Spindrift, you need to load each week's worth of data from the FF calendar - see posts #48,51,52 in this thread for more info. If you have problems doing this, please post again.

In haste, sorry
David

Hi David
I started up my MetaTrader platform this morning and, lo and behold, today's pending trades were displayed! Yesterday, I was messing around with the the amount of space displayed at the right edge of the chart and I guess I closed it down with a larger space than the default. Now, as the pending trades are a bit closer to the present time, they've moved "onto the radar".
Thanks,
Greg
  • #105
  • Jun 13, 2007 4:20pm Jun 13, 2007 4:20pm
Version 1.08 incorporates two new features:

a) The suggestion made by Ragster (see post #111). It’s now possible to have output sorted by any of:

  1. Time: works exactly as previously (Time / Currency / Impact / Description)
  2. Date: outputs first description line as Date / Currency / Impact / Description
  3. Currency: outputs first description line as Currency / Date / Impact / Description
  4. Event descr: outputs first description line as Description / Date / Currency / Impact

All of this means that when you press Ctrl-B, in MT4, the objects are sorted in the way that you’ve selected, as described above. So you can then scroll up/down the list, and click the “Show” button to have the chart immediately relocate to any news event you specify.


b) Settings Load/Save/Delete facility. You can now save any particular settings to a file, and then reload them quickly at any future point. You can have as many different settings files as you wish. This is especially handy if you’re running multiple versions of MT4, as it saves you the nuisance of having to retype the path\name each time you wish to update the News.CSV file for different versions. You can also create different settings profiles for special filters, e.g. CPI, non-farm payroll.

  1. To save your current settings in a file, type the name of the file (6 characters max) in the window at the bottom of the screen, and click the Save button.

  1. To reload any previously saved settings, either type the filename, or select it from the dropdown, and click the Load button.

  1. To delete a settings file, either type the filename, or select it from the dropdown, and click the Delete button.

  1. To make changes to an existing settings file, load it, make the changes, and then save it, either using its current name, or make a new file by typing another filename before clicking the Save button (leaving the original file unchanged).


INSTALLATION

If installing for the first time, you need to:
1) install the base system as per post #63 in this thread; then
2) upgrade to version 1.06, by following the instructions in post #102; then
3) unzip the ZIP attached to this post (#113), overwriting the existing FFcal.EXE and SWAPRATE files.

If you already have v1.06 or v 1.07 installed, you need only perform step (3). The ZIP below contains only the FFcal.EXE and SWAPRATE files, so you won’t overwrite any changes you've made to your Events History.

Again, I must point out that while I have firewalls and AVG anti-virus operating on my PC config, by downloading and running the software, you agree to do so AT YOUR OWN RISK. My config allows testing on Win-98 and Win-XP Pro only.


I am still working on version 2. In this version I am attempting to output the broker’s spread values a few minutes either side of news events, as the description of an additional object under the existing news plots. This was suggested by FerruFX in an earlier post, and will make it possible to compare spreads charged by different brokers during different announcements. However, my development time has been limited recently due to other commitments.

David

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File Type: zip FFcal1108.zip   615 KB | 1,338 downloads
  • #106
  • Jun 22, 2007 2:07am Jun 22, 2007 2:07am
Attached is a version of the Plot News indicator with a couple of added "bells and whistles". The functional additions are as follows:
1) Allow filtering using an external variable (textFilter)
2) Allow filtering by up to 6 reports for a given time (dateFilter) i.e. past reports will only be displayed if their text matches that of a report announced at the given time. (To turn this off again, set the variable to 1990.01.01; simply setting it to 0 causes it to be set to "current year".01.01.)
3) Allow filtering by the next due report(s) (filterByNext); i.e. past reports will only be displayed if their text matches that of the next report(s) due(maximum 6 reports will be considered).
4) Refresh news plot when a new bar is created (not sure if this is of any real use).

I've given the indicator a slightly different name so it can be copied into the experts/indicators directory alongside the existing program. Use at own risk - all usual caveats apply

Hanover - please feel free to include any, all or none of these changes in your next version....
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Plot_News_v1_07_1.mq4   16 KB | 826 downloads
File Type: ex4 Plot_News_v1_07_1.ex4   11 KB | 667 downloads
  • #107
  • Jun 28, 2007 5:33am Jun 28, 2007 5:33am
Quoting Spindrift
Attached is a version of the Plot News indicator with a couple of added "bells and whistles". The functional additions are as follows:.....
Spindrift, many thanks for taking the time and effort to make these enhancements.

David
  • #108
  • Jun 29, 2007 1:52am Jun 29, 2007 1:52am
Hanover/Spindrift and others

Thanks for an amazingly useful program. Its operation (and instructions) are faultless.
Every MT4 user will be using this soon.

If only there was a way to set MT4 to one's local time (mine is BST)??

rorieu
  • #109
  • Jun 29, 2007 4:39am Jun 29, 2007 4:39am
Dear Traders
first i have to give you thanks for your great job.
i got some problem with new FFCal.
i save your news indicator in my chart but problem is time sating.
in my chart time is one hour first. example in my computer time is 10am news will be 11.30am that mean the next news will come after 1.30m. but in my chirt showing the next news will come after 30m.
please inform me how i will solved this probleb.
thanks
  • #110
  • Jun 29, 2007 4:41am Jun 29, 2007 4:41am
First i have to give thanks him for great job.
I got some problem with new FFCal.
I save your news indicator in my chart but problem is time sating.
in my chart time is one hour first. example in my computer time is 10am news will be 11.30am that mean the next news will come after 1.30m. but in my chirt showing the next news will come after 30m.
please help me how i will solved this probleb.
Thanks
  • #111
  • Jun 29, 2007 5:56am Jun 29, 2007 5:56am
it's cool men i love that.please keep me inform baby

Simply enter in the timezone offset, in hours, into cell O1 (green background). For example, if your MT4 horizontal axis is based on New York EST, which is GMT–5 hours, enter –5 into this cell. Then you should see all of the times in the news announcements text (column U) automatically adjust themselves by 5 hours.

Then output the data in column U to News.CSV as explained in my prior post (#1 in this thread).


To summarize post #1 (for those who don't like reading long-winded instructions), the only two files you need are:

News.CSV in folder ...\metatrader 4\experts\files
Plot_News.EX4 in folder ...\metatrader 4\experts\indicators

Then attach the Plot_News indicator to your chart, in the usual manner.

David

PS: et_phonehome_2, thanks for the feedback.[/quote]
  • #112
  • Jun 30, 2007 1:24am Jun 30, 2007 1:24am
Quoting rorieu
If only there was a way to set MT4 to one's local time (mine is BST)??
rorieu
As far as I know, this is not possible. The MT4 time zone is set by the providing broker, hence you would need to find a broker that employs MT4, in your area.

However, you can use FFcal'.EXEs "No. of hours your MT4 is ahead of MT4" parameter to have the plotted objects occur under the correct price bars, and also set the "No of hours your local time is ahead of your MT4 time" parameter if you want to have your local time print in the floating event descriptions.


Quoting maksudur rahman
i save your news indicator in my chart but problem is time sating.
If you are referring to Derk Wehler's FFcal, you need to post here:
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=19293

If not, and assuming I understand you correctly, you can use FFcal.EXE's "No. of hours your MT4 is ahead of MT4" parameter to adjust the plotted objects, so that they plot under the correct price bars (see my response to rorieu above). You can either download multiple weeks worth of news data from FF calendar with this parameter set to the correct value, or press Alt-F9 and use the rebuild facility to adjust existing news events in the Events History, backward or forward by the desired number of hours. Here's a quote from post #97 in this thread that explains how:

"To access the rebuild facility, press Alt-F9. You can instruct the rebuild to adjust the time for all, or some (in the date range that you specify) of the events, forward or backward by a number of hours. This can be used to bring events into sync with the time zone that your MT4 is running, without the need to re-process each FF calendar on a week-by-week basis.

The Events History data in the attached ZIP comes pre-loaded with data from 1 Jan 2007 thru 8 June 2007, and assumes that your MT4 uses GMT as its base time zone. When you unzip the upgrade, it will overwrite your existing Event History. If an adjustment is required, simply run the rebuild across the entire file. For example, if a news event is being plotted at 2pm when it should be at 4pm (i.e. 2 hours too early), enter ‘2’ into the Time Adjustment field to bring all events forward 2 hours. If a news event is being plotted at 11:30am when it should be at 8:30am (i.e. 3 hours too late), enter ‘–3’ into the Time Adjustment field to bring all events backward 3 hours."

For more information, please download the instruction manuals from post #108, and read the relevant sections.


Quoting sunnyfx
Simply enter in the timezone offset, in hours, into cell O1 (green background). For example, if your MT4 horizontal axis is based on New York EST, which is GMT–5 hours, enter –5 into this cell. Then you should see all of the times in the news announcements text (column U) automatically adjust themselves by 5 hours.
It's no longer necessary to use the spreadsheet. FFcal.EXE replaces the functions of the XLS, by grabbing the data directly from FF calendar, and adjusting time zone by as many hours (forward or backward) as you wish. See my earlier comments in this post, and also in prior posts. There are also downloadable instruction manuals for Plot_News.mq4 and FFcal.EXE (from post #108 above).

David
  • #113
  • Jul 3, 2007 1:44am Jul 3, 2007 1:44am
A little code snippet to go with this great indicator....

Add it to your plot news indicatior and it will produce a csv ("NewsDataCapture.csv") file that can be analyized in Excel..... It captures the price data before and after the events plotted by this indicator.

Make sure you run it on a 1 min chart.... it captures the highest and lowest point along with the time that point occoured ever 5 min for 1 hour after the announcement.

Needs some upgrades if anyone wants to help with it... I ran into some problems because apparently you can only have 63 variables in the FileWrite Function...

What I would like to capture is the high and low point for ever 1 min bar 60 min before through 60 min after every announcement. I figure this could be done with an array but i could not figure out how to make it work.

Also would like to get it to capture the same price data for other currencys...so you could see what currency pair is most effected by every announcement.

Her it is ... Hope you find it usefull


PHP Code

int NC, n;
   NC=FileOpen("NewsDataCapture.csv", FILE_CSV|FILE_WRITE, ',');
   
   for( n=0; n<eCount; n++){
        
        int      StartBar    = iBarShift(Symbol(),0,eTime[n]);
        double   StartPoint  = iClose(Symbol(),0,StartBar);
        datetime StartTime   = iTime(Symbol(),0,StartBar);
         
        int      PreBar         = iBarShift(Symbol(),0,eTime[n]+300); 
        double   eHigh_Pre      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,PreBar)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_Pre  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,PreBar);
        datetime eHigh_Time_Pre = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_Pre);
        int      eHigh_Min_Pre    = TimeMinute(StartTime - eHigh_Time_Pre);
        double   eLow_Pre      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,PreBar)];
        int      eLow_Bar_Pre  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,PreBar);
        datetime eLow_Time_Pre = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_Pre);
        int      eLow_Min_Pre    = TimeMinute(StartTime - eLow_Time_Pre);
        
        
        double   eHigh_5        = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-5)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_5    = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-5);
        datetime eHigh_Time_5   = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_5);
        int      eHigh_Min_5    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_5 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_5         = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-5)];
        int      eLow_Bar_5     = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-5);
        datetime eLow_Time_5    = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_5);
        int      eLow_Min_5     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_5 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_10      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-10)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_10  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-10);
        datetime eHigh_Time_10 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_10);
        int      eHigh_Min_10    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_10 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_10      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-10)];
        int      eLow_Bar_10  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-10);
        datetime eLow_Time_10 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_10);
        int      eLow_Min_10     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_10 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_15      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-15)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_15  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-15);
        datetime eHigh_Time_15 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_15);
        int      eHigh_Min_15    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_15 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_15      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-15)];
        int      eLow_Bar_15  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-15);
        datetime eLow_Time_15 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_15);
        int      eLow_Min_15     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_15 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_20      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-20)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_20  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-20);
        datetime eHigh_Time_20 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_20);
        int      eHigh_Min_20    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_20 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_20      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-20)];
        int      eLow_Bar_20  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-20);
        datetime eLow_Time_20 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_20);
        int      eLow_Min_20     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_20 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_25      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-25)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_25  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-25);
        datetime eHigh_Time_25 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_25);
        int      eHigh_Min_25    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_25 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_25      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-25)];
        int      eLow_Bar_25  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-25);
        datetime eLow_Time_25 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_25);
        int      eLow_Min_25     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_25 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_30      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-30)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_30  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-30);
        datetime eHigh_Time_30 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_30);
        int      eHigh_Min_30    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_30 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_30      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-30)];
        int      eLow_Bar_30  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-30);
        datetime eLow_Time_30 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_30);
        int      eLow_Min_30     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_30 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_35      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-35)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_35  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-35);
        datetime eHigh_Time_35 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_35);
        int      eHigh_Min_35    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_35 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_35      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-35)];
        int      eLow_Bar_35  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-35);
        datetime eLow_Time_35 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_35);
        int      eLow_Min_35     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_35 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_40      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-40)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_40  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-40);
        datetime eHigh_Time_40 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_40);
        int      eHigh_Min_40    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_40 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_40      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-40)];
        int      eLow_Bar_40  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-40);
        datetime eLow_Time_40 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_40);
        int      eLow_Min_40     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_40 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_45      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-45)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_45  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-45);
        datetime eHigh_Time_45 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_45);
        int      eHigh_Min_45    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_45 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_45      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-45)];
        int      eLow_Bar_45  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-45);
        datetime eLow_Time_45 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_45);
        int      eLow_Min_45     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_45 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_50      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-50)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_50  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-50);
        datetime eHigh_Time_50 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_50);
        int      eHigh_Min_50    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_50 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_50      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-50)];
        int      eLow_Bar_50  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-50);
        datetime eLow_Time_50 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_50);
        int      eLow_Min_50     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_50 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_55      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-55)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_55  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-55);
        datetime eHigh_Time_55 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_55);
        int      eHigh_Min_55    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_55 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_55      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-55)];
        int      eLow_Bar_55  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-55);
        datetime eLow_Time_55 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_55);
        int      eLow_Min_55     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_55 - StartTime);
        
        double   eHigh_60      = High[iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-60)];
        int      eHigh_Bar_60  = iHighest(Symbol(),0,MODE_HIGH,5,StartBar-60);
        datetime eHigh_Time_60 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eHigh_Bar_60);
        int      eHigh_Min_60    = TimeMinute(eHigh_Time_60 - StartTime);
        double   eLow_60      = Low[iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-60)];
        int      eLow_Bar_60  = iLowest(Symbol(),0,MODE_LOW,5,StartBar-60);
        datetime eLow_Time_60 = iTime(Symbol(),0,eLow_Bar_60);
        int      eLow_Min_60     = TimeMinute(eLow_Time_60 - StartTime);
               
        FileWrite(NC,n,TimeToStr(eTime[n]),eImpact[n],eCurrency[n],eText1[n],eText2[n],
                 StartPoint,StartTime,
                 eHigh_Pre,eHigh_Min_Pre,eLow_Pre,eLow_Min_Pre,
                 eHigh_5,eHigh_Min_5,eLow_5,eLow_Min_5,
                 eHigh_10,eHigh_Min_10,eLow_10,eLow_Min_10,
                 eHigh_15,eHigh_Min_15,eLow_15,eLow_Min_15,
                 eHigh_20,eHigh_Min_20,eLow_20,eLow_Min_20,
                 eHigh_25,eHigh_Min_25,eLow_25,eLow_Min_25,
                 eHigh_30,eHigh_Min_30,eLow_30,eLow_Min_30,
                 eHigh_35,eHigh_Min_35,eLow_35,eLow_Min_35,
                 eHigh_40,eHigh_Min_40,eLow_40,eLow_Min_40,
                 eHigh_45,eHigh_Min_45,eLow_45,eLow_Min_45,
                 eHigh_50,eHigh_Min_50,eLow_50,eLow_Min_50,
                 eHigh_55,eHigh_Min_55,eLow_55,eLow_Min_55,
                 eHigh_60,eHigh_Min_60,eLow_60,eLow_Min_60
                 );

}
        FileClose(NC);
Also Im sure someone could figure out how to get condense the code to about 20 lines.....
Keep it simple stoopid....
  • #114
  • Jul 3, 2007 3:33am Jul 3, 2007 3:33am
A couple of tweaks to my version of the Plot_News indicator.

1) It's now a bit better at picking up the right "next" news when FilterByNext is used.
2) It puts out 3 vertically aligned down arrows to aid identification when FilterByNext or dateFilter are used.
3) A new external variable - markOnly - has been added, which works in conjunction with FilterByNext and dateFilter. If set to true, the arrows caused by FilterByNext and dateFilter are drawn but the other news report icons are not removed. This is to aid determination of which report actually had an effect on the price.

Cheers,
Greg
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Plot_News_v1_07_1.mq4   18 KB | 639 downloads
File Type: ex4 Plot_News_v1_07_1.ex4   13 KB | 542 downloads
  • #115
  • Jul 3, 2007 9:05am Jul 3, 2007 9:05am
Quoting Kurka Fund
A little code snippet to go with this great indicator....

Add it to your plot news indicatior and it will produce a csv ("NewsDataCapture.csv") file that can be analyized in Excel..... It captures the price data before and after the events plotted by this indicator.

Make sure you run it on a 1 min chart.... it captures the highest and lowest point along with the time that point occoured ever 5 min for 1 hour after the announcement.

Needs some upgrades if anyone wants to help with it... I ran into some problems because apparently you can only have 63 variables in the FileWrite Function...

What I would like to capture is the high and low point for ever 1 min bar 60 min before through 60 min after every announcement. I figure this could be done with an array but i could not figure out how to make it work.

Also would like to get it to capture the same price data for other currencys...so you could see what currency pair is most effected by every announcement.

Her it is ... Hope you find it usefull


Also Im sure someone could figure out how to get condense the code to about 20 lines.....

Hi Kurka

Attached is an implementation of your idea. I incorporated it with my version of the indicator, making into a method that's only called when the indicator is going to plot the report on the graph.

As you will notice, I came up with one way of extending the number of elements you can write out to the file. All it does is continually extend a string with as many elements as you want and then write the whole string to the file. I'm sure there're far more elegant ways of doing it than that but....it seems to work! I limited it to outputting 10 minutes worth of highs and lows either side of each report. This could easily be extended but it does have an impact on the indicator's initialisation time.

The indicator will pick it's price information from the 1_minute chart, regardless of which timeframe has been selected for the chart. One problem, however, is that the 1 minute chart only goes back a couple of months, which limits its usefulness. It might be better to use the 5, or even the 15, minute timeframe, which would probably give a good enough idea of the price trend.

Regarding storing data for multiple currencies, I've made it so the indicator will output a file specific to the symbol of the chart it's loaded onto.

I changed the output file to have .txt suffix and to use the "|" symbol as a seperator. This means that you can use File...Open dialog of Excel and have the file import dialog invoked. It can sometimes cause confusion to use a comma if you're including text fields that may themselves include a comma.

Cheers,
Greg
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File Type: mq4 Plot_News_v1_07_2.mq4   22 KB | 641 downloads
File Type: ex4 Plot_News_v1_07_2.ex4   16 KB | 532 downloads
  • #116
  • Jul 3, 2007 1:39pm Jul 3, 2007 1:39pm
Thanks Spin. 10 min worth of data doesent really suit my purposes so I attempted to modify it to do 10 min before and 60 min after using this but it doesent seem to work... can you help (Also cant tell if its returning OHLC pricing or just the Highs and lows. OHLC would could be usefull.)


PHP Code

 newsCaptureRec="Rep No|Rep Time|Impact|Currency|Text1|Text2|Rep Bar> Open|High|Low|Close|"
      +"L-10|H-10|L-9|H-9|L-8|H-8|L-7|H-7|L-6|H-6|L-5|H-5|L-4|H-4|L-3|H-3|L-2|H-2|L-1|H-1|"
      +"L+1|H+1|L+2|H+2|L+3|H+3|L+4|H+4|L+5|H+5|L+6|H+6|L+7|H+7|L+8|H+8|L+9|H+9|L+10|H+10"
      +"L+11|H+11|L+12|H+12|L+13|H+13|L+14|H+14|L+15|H+15|L+16|H+16|L+17|H+17|L+18|H+18|L+19|H+19|L+20|H+20"
      +"L+21|H+21|L+22|H+22|L+23|H+23|L+24|H+24|L+25|H+25|L+26|H+26|L+27|H+27|L+28|H+28|L+29|H+29|L+30|H+30"
      +"L+31|H+31|L+32|H+32|L+33|H+33|L+34|H+34|L+35|H+35|L+36|H+36|L+37|H+37|L+38|H+38|L+39|H+39|L+40|H+40"
      +"L+41|H+41|L+42|H+42|L+43|H+43|L+44|H+44|L+45|H+45|L+46|H+46|L+47|H+47|L+48|H+48|L+49|H+49|L+50|H+50"
      +"L+51|H+51|L+52|H+52|L+53|H+53|L+54|H+54|L+55|H+55|L+56|H+56|L+57|H+57|L+58|H+58|L+59|H+59|L+60|H+60";
And then

PHP Code

 int endBar = MathMax(reportBar - 60,0);
so that it counts to 60

thanks again

Also you can import the 1 min data from the link that telsa posted eairlier in this thread. this will allow you to build this report going back further...
Keep it simple stoopid....
  • #117
  • Jul 3, 2007 4:47pm Jul 3, 2007 4:47pm
Hanover

Thanks for your earlier replies.

I started with version ffcal 106 and the onscreen info looked like 'one' & 'two' attached. (very useful)

Version 108 looks like 'three'.(not so useful) Where's the info gone?

rorieu
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  • #118
  • Jul 4, 2007 12:54am Jul 4, 2007 12:54am
Quoting rorieu
Version 108 looks like 'three'.(not so useful) Where's the info gone?
Hi Rorieu

I have never seen this happen before, but I think I know what might be causing the problem.

Run FFcal.EXE, and press F5. At the lower right of the screen is a panel "Descr Line #1: what to output first". There are 4 options: Time, Date, Currency and Event Descr. If none of these were selected, this would cause the top description line to print empty, just as in your graphic ('three').

Make sure that this is set to the "Time" option, then click OK to rebuild the News file. Then either reattach the Plot_News indicator to your chart, or edit it (press Ctrl-I in MT4, leave the parameters unchanged, and click OK…. this has the effect of refreshing it).

Hopefully this should fix the problem. If not, please post again, and I will try another approach.

Good luck
David
  • #119
  • Jul 4, 2007 2:17am Jul 4, 2007 2:17am
Quoting Kurka Fund
Thanks Spin. 10 min worth of data doesent really suit my purposes so I attempted to modify it to do 10 min before and 60 min after using this but it doesent seem to work... can you help (Also cant tell if its returning OHLC pricing or just the Highs and lows. OHLC would could be usefull.)


PHP Code
 
 newsCaptureRec="Rep No|Rep Time|Impact|Currency|Text1|Text2|Rep Bar> Open|High|Low|Close|"
      +"L-10|H-10|L-9|H-9|L-8|H-8|L-7|H-7|L-6|H-6|L-5|H-5|L-4|H-4|L-3|H-3|L-2|H-2|L-1|H-1|"
      +"L+1|H+1|L+2|H+2|L+3|H+3|L+4|H+4|L+5|H+5|L+6|H+6|L+7|H+7|L+8|H+8|L+9|H+9|L+10|H+10"
      +"L+11|H+11|L+12|H+12|L+13|H+13|L+14|H+14|L+15|H+15|L+16|H+16|L+17|H+17|L+18|H+18|L+19|H+19|L+20|H+20"
      +"L+21|H+21|L+22|H+22|L+23|H+23|L+24|H+24|L+25|H+25|L+26|H+26|L+27|H+27|L+28|H+28|L+29|H+29|L+30|H+30"
      +"L+31|H+31|L+32|H+32|L+33|H+33|L+34|H+34|L+35|H+35|L+36|H+36|L+37|H+37|L+38|H+38|L+39|H+39|L+40|H+40"
      +"L+41|H+41|L+42|H+42|L+43|H+43|L+44|H+44|L+45|H+45|L+46|H+46|L+47|H+47|L+48|H+48|L+49|H+49|L+50|H+50"
      +"L+51|H+51|L+52|H+52|L+53|H+53|L+54|H+54|L+55|H+55|L+56|H+56|L+57|H+57|L+58|H+58|L+59|H+59|L+60|H+60";
And then

PHP Code
 
 int endBar = MathMax(reportBar - 60,0);
so that it counts to 60

thanks again

Also you can import the 1 min data from the link that telsa posted eairlier in this thread. this will allow you to build this report going back further...

Hi Kurka

Attached is a version of the indicator that allows you to specify a pre and post release bar count (preReleaseBars and postReleaseBars). It also puts out OHLC data for each bar.

I haven't tested it much and certainly haven't tried it with postReleaseBars set to 60 - I thought I'd leave that to you!

I can't find Tesla's post regarding 1-minute data - perhaps you could post a link?

Cheers,
Spin
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File Type: mq4 Plot_News_v1_07_2.mq4   22 KB | 636 downloads
File Type: ex4 Plot_News_v1_07_2.ex4   17 KB | 556 downloads
  • #120
  • Jul 4, 2007 5:20am Jul 4, 2007 5:20am
Quoting hanover
Hi Rorieu

I have never seen this happen before, but I think I know what might be causing the problem.

Hopefully this should fix the problem. If not, please post again, and I will try another approach.

Good luck
David
Thanks David

That's it fixed and so simply!

I wish I'd asked soooner as I've been switching back and forth trying to fix it for ages. To be hoest I'd never noticed these options on the lower right.

Thanks again for your(now) indispensable program

rorieu
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