Idea for indicator need help programming

Hi,

Can anyone provide me with some MetaTrader 4 code to show the following:
I call them pivot bars but they are sometimes called reversal bars...

1) Plot a Pivot Low (eg: low surrounded by two higher lows) / Pivot high (high surrounded by two lower highs) - this is easy and I have the code for this.

2) Plot a Low of Pivot Low (eg: a Pivot Low (as defined in 1) with a higher pivot low on both sides) and Plot a High Pivot High (eg: a Pivot high (as defined in 1) surrounded by two lower pivot highs) this is what I need the code for...

It sounds complex but is not, PM me if you need any clariifcation all I really need is a pivot of a pivot !

I would really appreciate any help....

Have attached some images to help explain below...

As shown by the diagram above a lowest pivot low can only be formed with a higher pivot low on each side and vice versa for a highest pivot high.

I think you described the Fractals Indicator.

Look in the Indicators section of the Navigator for Fractals.


http://www.metaquotes.net/techanalys...cators/fractal

Hi leeb,

Have you had any response/soultion to this request?

Regards,
lucidlamp

Hi
Thanks for your reply
yes I am using and adjusted fractals indicator for pivot lows and highs but it can't detect a pivot lower than 2 other pivots or a pivot higher than 2 other pivots as shown by the graphics.

Hi leeb,

This should return the information you are looking for:



Regards,
lucidlamp

ps: Double checking my work I see in my functions I use 'for(i=1...)'. It may be better to use '2' as the '0' bar is still forming and using '1' will give a pivot point to the first bar while the zero bar (present bar) is initially being drawn, only to be negated as the zero bar evolves due to price.

Also the use of '<=' and/or '>=' should be changed accordingly, to fit the indicators intentions.

Hi Lucidlamp
Thanks for your reply. I already have the pivot indicator what I am looking for is something that can show a pivot lower than two surrounding pivots (lowest low pivot) and a pivot higher than surrounding two pivots (highest high pivot) can anyone code this ?

Hi leeb,



Are you trying to duplicate the 'Fractals' indicator in the way this indicator is supposed to look? Are you planning to use the pivot points to draw trend lines, support lines, resistance lines? Do you code at all?



Using it as a pivot to find reversals will only define a reversal after 4 bars into the reversal? I am still not sure what the end result is supposed to be.

Regards,
lucidlamp