DislikedHi all
It looks like the FF developers have changed the HTML format of the Calendar once again. No news gets plotted on my charts now.
I'm afraid that this may be the end of the road for the Plot_News indicator, at least in its current form. I don't have the time continue patching the software, if the FF developers are going to change the HTML format on a regular basis.
On second thoughts...... I need to know how many people would like to continue using this product. If enough find it useful, I will consider putting in the time and effort needed to keep it current. Please post your "vote" in this thread, by simply saying that you would like the indicator to be continued in the future.
Thanks
DavidIgnored
- #207
- Oct 26, 2007 4:20pm Oct 26, 2007 4:20pm
- Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts
This Indicator is great ! i absolutely love to evaluate history ! My vote and my respect !! Please continue this great Piece !#
PS: Are u sure the calendar format has changed ?
Maybe DerkWehler or Optimu can help you fixing this !
There was an simliar Problem @ http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...t=19293&page=8
..Also u could insert an Donation Link in ur Software ! I am pretty sure everyone who appreciates this work (like i do ) will show his support !!
The format of the calendar HTML was changed at one point (example: red typeface below), but now appears to have been changed back again (example: blue typeface).
--> </script> </td> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center;" nowrap="nowrap"> <span class=""><div class="smallfont"></div></span> </td> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center;"><span class="smallfont">53.0</span></td> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center;"><span class=""><div class="smallfont">53.2</div></span></td> </tr><tr id="detail_row_seek_5906"> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center;" nowrap="nowrap"> <span class="smallfont">4:00am</span> </td> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center;"><span class="smallfont">EUR</span></td> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center; padding-top: 2px"><img style="padding-top: 1px;" alt="Low Impact Expected" border="0" class="inlineimg" title="Low Impact Expected" src="images/misc/calendar_impact_low.gif" /></td> <td class="alt2 espace"> <span class="smallfont">Services PMI (p)</span> </td> <td class="alt2 espace" style="text-align: center;" nowrap="nowrap"> <span id="detail_load_5906"></span> <script type="text/javascript"> <!--
detail_loader[detail_loader.length] = new Array('detail_load_5906', '5906', 'View Detail for This Event', '24', '0');
</tr><tr id="detail_row_seek_5914">
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center;" nowrap="nowrap">
<span class="smallfont">10:00am</span>
</td>
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center;"><span class="smallfont">USD</span></td>
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center; padding-top: 2px"><img style="padding-top: 1px;" alt="High Impact Expected" border="0" class="inlineimg" title="High Impact Expected" src="images/misc/calendar_impact_high.gif" /></td>
<td class="alt1 espace">
<span class="smallfont">New Home Sales</span>
</td>
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center;" nowrap="nowrap">
<span id="detail_load_5914"></span>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
detail_loader[detail_loader.length] = new Array('detail_load_5914', '5914', 'View Detail for This Event', '25', '1');
-->
</script>
</td>
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center;" nowrap="nowrap">
<span class=""><div class="smallfont">770K</div></span>
</td>
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center;"><span class="smallfont">770K</span></td>
<td class="alt1 espace" style="text-align: center;"><span class="worse"><div class="smallfont" title="Revised From 795K">735K<img src="images/misc/calendar_previous_revised.gif" alt="" title="Revised From 795K" /></div></span></td>
Hence version 1.12 appears to be working again. However, there is always the potential problem that the FF web developers will change the HTML format, which means that to keep Plot_News alive, it will require on-going maintenance.
I'm not completely certain, but I think Derk uses an XML version (here: http://www.forexfactory.com/ff_calendar_thisweek.xml) instead of the HTML. Anyway, the problem I have with this is that it provides only the "forecast" and "previous" values for the current week, whereas Plot_News also needs to be able to download historical weeks' data, and obtain the "actual" values as well.
I'm not seeking donations, just a siginificantly profitable method of entries and exits that suits my personality and lifestyle.
Best wishes
David
PS: Thanks, everybody, for your kind comments and support.
- #219
- Edited 10:01pm Nov 3, 2007 3:13pm | Edited 10:01pm
- Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts
If you’ve downloaded enough weeks’ worth of data from the FF calendar, you can study the month-to-month variations in any particular news event. The first screenshot below shows the results for Non-farm Employment Change. Press F9 and then click on the tab "Currency/Descr" to sort the news items by description within currency. Use the mouse/arrow/page keys to scroll up/down as desired.
There are at least two other ways of achieving something similar, on your MT4 charts:
1. Press F5 and type in relevant text (e.g. "NON-FARM") into the "Show only events whose description contains only" field(s). If you want to see these on daily or 4 hour charts, check the relevant items in the "Show on" box. And you may also need to extend the date range (the "Output only events between" fields). Now only news events with "Non-farm" in their description will show on your charts. See the blue box in the second screenshot below.
2. Press F5 and change the "Descr Line #1: what to output first" to "Event descr" (see the green box in the second screenshot below). Click OK, and then refresh (edit) the Plot_News indicator on your chart. Then press Ctrl-B to bring up the list of objects, and click on the "Name" column header to sort the objects by name. Page down to highlight the news event of your choice, and then click the "Show" button, and the chart will move so that the highlighted news event appears at the left of the chart. Widen the "Objects" window and the "Name" and "Description" columns, if necessary, so that you can see full details of the news events without having to close the "Objects" window (nice if you have a wide screen!). See third screenshot below.
Feel welcome to experiment.
David
There are at least two other ways of achieving something similar, on your MT4 charts:
1. Press F5 and type in relevant text (e.g. "NON-FARM") into the "Show only events whose description contains only" field(s). If you want to see these on daily or 4 hour charts, check the relevant items in the "Show on" box. And you may also need to extend the date range (the "Output only events between" fields). Now only news events with "Non-farm" in their description will show on your charts. See the blue box in the second screenshot below.
2. Press F5 and change the "Descr Line #1: what to output first" to "Event descr" (see the green box in the second screenshot below). Click OK, and then refresh (edit) the Plot_News indicator on your chart. Then press Ctrl-B to bring up the list of objects, and click on the "Name" column header to sort the objects by name. Page down to highlight the news event of your choice, and then click the "Show" button, and the chart will move so that the highlighted news event appears at the left of the chart. Widen the "Objects" window and the "Name" and "Description" columns, if necessary, so that you can see full details of the news events without having to close the "Objects" window (nice if you have a wide screen!). See third screenshot below.
Feel welcome to experiment.
David
- #220
- Edited 9:58pm Nov 3, 2007 4:02pm | Edited 9:58pm
- Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts
You can use FFcal.EXE to export news events from the FF calendar to CSV or XML files. For example, you might want to export a large number of events to a CSV file, so that you can then import them into another product (e.g. Microsoft Excel), for further analysis.
To do this, press F5, and set the parameters (see the blue box in the screenshot below) as follows:
Select "XML" for XML format, "Tab" for tab-separated values (suitable for import into Excel), or "Char" for CSV. If you choose "Char", type the "separator" and the "enclosing" characters into the field at right, for example, an entry of ;" means that all entries will be enclosed in double quotes, and separated by semi-colons. Alternatively, select "Cols" for a pre-set columnar format. See the output examples below.
"D.Fmt" allows you to select the output date format, and likewise consists of two characters. The first must be one of D M or Y, to specify DDMMYYYY, MMDDYYYY or YYYYMMDD format, respectively. The second character is the separator, e.g. hyphen or slash. So if you want MM/DD/YYYY, type: M/
"Path\filename" is the file to which you want output to be sent. If you omit the path, the file will be created in the same folder as the FFcal.EXE application.
Note that the filters which control output to News.CSV (date range, description, Wingdings symbol output, impact levels – see the green boxes in the screenshot) also apply here, so you can have any desired subset of news events output.
Example of "XML" format:
<ffcalendar>
<event>
<date>10/01/2007</date>
<time>08:30</time>
<currency>CHF</currency>
<descr>SVME PMI</descr>
<impact>Medium</impact>
<actual>57.6</actual>
<forecast>63.2</forecast>
<previous>65.1</previous>
<revisedfrom></revisedfrom>
</event>
<event>
<date>10/01/2007</date>
<time>08:55</time>
<currency>EUR</currency>
<descr>German Manufacturing PMI</descr>
<impact>Low</impact>
<actual>54.9</actual>
<forecast>55.0</forecast>
<previous>56.0</previous>
<revisedfrom></revisedfrom>
</event>
</ffcalendar>
Example of "Char" format:
"10/01/2007";"08:30";"CHF";"SVME PMI";"Medium";"57.6";"63.2";"65.1";""
"10/01/2007";"08:55";"EUR";"German Manufacturing PMI";"Low";"54.9";"55.0";"56.0";""
"10/01/2007";"09:00";"EUR";"Manufacturing PMI";"Low";"53.2";"53.2";"53.2";""
"10/01/2007";"09:08";"EUR";"ECB President Trichet Speaks";"Medium";"";"";"";""
"10/01/2007";"09:30";"GBP";"Housing Equity Withdrawal q/q";"Low";"10.0B";"12.5B";"13.1B";"13.2B"
"10/01/2007";"09:30";"GBP";"Manufacturing PMI";"Medium";"55.1";"55.5";"56.3";""
"10/01/2007";"09:30";"GBP";"Mortgage Approvals";"Low";"109K";"111K";"115K";""
Example of "Cols" format:
See second attachment below.
Feel welcome to experiment.
David
To do this, press F5, and set the parameters (see the blue box in the screenshot below) as follows:
Select "XML" for XML format, "Tab" for tab-separated values (suitable for import into Excel), or "Char" for CSV. If you choose "Char", type the "separator" and the "enclosing" characters into the field at right, for example, an entry of ;" means that all entries will be enclosed in double quotes, and separated by semi-colons. Alternatively, select "Cols" for a pre-set columnar format. See the output examples below.
"D.Fmt" allows you to select the output date format, and likewise consists of two characters. The first must be one of D M or Y, to specify DDMMYYYY, MMDDYYYY or YYYYMMDD format, respectively. The second character is the separator, e.g. hyphen or slash. So if you want MM/DD/YYYY, type: M/
"Path\filename" is the file to which you want output to be sent. If you omit the path, the file will be created in the same folder as the FFcal.EXE application.
Note that the filters which control output to News.CSV (date range, description, Wingdings symbol output, impact levels – see the green boxes in the screenshot) also apply here, so you can have any desired subset of news events output.
Example of "XML" format:
<ffcalendar>
<event>
<date>10/01/2007</date>
<time>08:30</time>
<currency>CHF</currency>
<descr>SVME PMI</descr>
<impact>Medium</impact>
<actual>57.6</actual>
<forecast>63.2</forecast>
<previous>65.1</previous>
<revisedfrom></revisedfrom>
</event>
<event>
<date>10/01/2007</date>
<time>08:55</time>
<currency>EUR</currency>
<descr>German Manufacturing PMI</descr>
<impact>Low</impact>
<actual>54.9</actual>
<forecast>55.0</forecast>
<previous>56.0</previous>
<revisedfrom></revisedfrom>
</event>
</ffcalendar>
Example of "Char" format:
"10/01/2007";"08:30";"CHF";"SVME PMI";"Medium";"57.6";"63.2";"65.1";""
"10/01/2007";"08:55";"EUR";"German Manufacturing PMI";"Low";"54.9";"55.0";"56.0";""
"10/01/2007";"09:00";"EUR";"Manufacturing PMI";"Low";"53.2";"53.2";"53.2";""
"10/01/2007";"09:08";"EUR";"ECB President Trichet Speaks";"Medium";"";"";"";""
"10/01/2007";"09:30";"GBP";"Housing Equity Withdrawal q/q";"Low";"10.0B";"12.5B";"13.1B";"13.2B"
"10/01/2007";"09:30";"GBP";"Manufacturing PMI";"Medium";"55.1";"55.5";"56.3";""
"10/01/2007";"09:30";"GBP";"Mortgage Approvals";"Low";"109K";"111K";"115K";""
Example of "Cols" format:
See second attachment below.
Feel welcome to experiment.
David
