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sound and email indicator alerts - help!

#1
First Post: Apr 23, 2008 8:33am Apr 23, 2008 8:33am

macpip
| Joined Apr 2008 | Status: Trader | 2 Posts

Could someone tell me how to set an alert for stochastic and Parabolic SAR indicators?
How do you get system to make a loud sound when indicator reaches the signal required! not just the small sound that I find difficult to hear.
I have both stochastic and P SAR alerts but cannot get them to work for me - please help!
Cheers
macpip

#2
Edited 11:10pm Apr 25, 2008 11:08pm | Edited 11:10pm

Money Duck
| Membership Revoked | Joined Dec 2005 | 101 Posts

Inserted Code

 
PlaySound(psar.wav);
 
Alert ("PSAR Alert: "+Symbol()" + Period()+" Time Frame "+" @ "+ DoubleToStr(Bid,Digits));
 
SendMail ("PSAR Alert: "+Symbol()" + Period()+" Time Frame "+" @ "+ DoubleToStr(Bid,Digits));

You can add codes listed above to any indicator for alerts. If you can not do it yourself, you will need to upload the indicators you are using and I am sure someone will modify them for you.

PLAYSOUND: Will play a wave file. You can add any .wav file you want to the SOUND folder in your MT4 files and call it up from teh indicator.

ALERT: Use this function to give you a POP UP BOX.

SENDMAIL: Will send out email alerts, as long as you have your platform setup to access your email account and use it to send alerts.

I am attaching a sound file as an example.

Attached File(s)

psar.zip 76 KB | 824 downloads

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#3
Apr 26, 2008 12:26pm Apr 26, 2008 12:26pm

pipmonger
| Joined Mar 2006 | Status: Trader | 54 Posts

I think these two will not work in the same indicator. You can only use ONE,

#4
Apr 26, 2008 3:42pm Apr 26, 2008 3:42pm

Money Duck
| Membership Revoked | Joined Dec 2005 | 101 Posts

Quoting pipmonger

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I think these two will not work in the same indicator. You can only use ONE,

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I have been able to add all 3 alerts to several indicators and get all 3 of them to work together.

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#5
Apr 27, 2008 4:24am Apr 27, 2008 4:24am

pipmonger
| Joined Mar 2006 | Status: Trader | 54 Posts

Hi MoneyDuck:

I had the problem with PLAYSOUND & ALERT , so I did a search and found that these two does not work together. I wish I rememebr where...

If you had one working please post it here so I know how to do it.

Thanks.

Pipmonger

Quoting Money Duck

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I have been able to add all 3 alerts to several indicators and get all 3 of them to work together.

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#6
Apr 27, 2008 11:00am Apr 27, 2008 11:00am

fxxx
| Joined Dec 2007 | Status: Trader | 475 Posts

Quoting macpip

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Could someone tell me how to set an alert for stochastic and Parabolic SAR indicators?

How do you get system to make a loud sound when indicator reaches the signal required!
- please help!
Cheers
macpip

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sure: how to set an alert - Sound Alerts in Indicators http://articles.mql4.com/374

#7
Apr 28, 2008 12:54am Apr 28, 2008 12:54am

Money Duck
| Membership Revoked | Joined Dec 2005 | 101 Posts

Quoting pipmonger

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Hi MoneyDuck:

I had the problem with PLAYSOUND & ALERT , so I did a search and found that these two does not work together. I wish I rememebr where...

If you had one working please post it here so I know how to do it.

Thanks.

Pipmonger

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Here is the piece of code directly from an indy. The sound, alert and email all work on a given alert. I get all 3. It may be the way your indicator is coded.

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      if (current_direction=="LONG") PlaySound(LONGALARM);
      if (current_direction=="SHORT") PlaySound(SHORTALARM);
      if(Pop_Up_Alert==true)Alert ("Auto-Signals - Trend Direction Change:    "+Symbol()+"  /  "+current_direction+"  /  "+Period()+" Time Frame "+" @ "+ DoubleToStr(Bid,Digits));
      if(Email_Alert==true)SendMail("Auto-Signals", " Trend Direction Change:    "+Symbol()+"  /  "+current_direction+"  /  "+Period()+" Time Frame "+" @ "+ DoubleToStr(Bid,Digits));

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#8
Apr 29, 2008 8:12pm Apr 29, 2008 8:12pm

macpip
| Joined Apr 2008 | Status: Trader | 2 Posts

Hi everyone
thanks for your ideas
I am not a programmer but will study the indicator alarms I have and try these ideas
Cheers
Macpip

#9
May 3, 2008 10:18am May 3, 2008 10:18am

dgrs
| Joined Jun 2007 | Status: Trader | 92 Posts

This is probably very straight forward to you all but is there a way to draw a trend line and when it's broken an alarm sounds?

Dont' know if this would be an enitre indicator or something that could be attached to trend lines?

Dave

#10
May 3, 2008 10:58am May 3, 2008 10:58am

CodersGuru
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 124 Posts

The problem with the alerting you want to make one alert per condition not with every tick data arrival.

Let's say you want to be alerted once the fast moving average crosses up/down the slow moving average. if you use Alert() function you will get and Alert as long the condition is true and at every time the MetaTrader gets tick data in this bar.

So I recommend to use this code:

PHP Code

 bool AlertOnce(string alert_msg, int ref) 
{   
   static int LastAlert_1 = 0; 
   static int LastAlert_2 = 0; 
   static int LastAlert_3 = 0; 
   static int LastAlert_4 = 0; 
    
   switch(ref) 
   { 
      case 1: 
         if( LastAlert_1 == 0 || LastAlert_1 < Bars ) 
         { 
            Alert(alert_msg); 
            LastAlert_1 = Bars; 
            return (1); 
         } 
      break; 
      case 2: 
         if( LastAlert_2 == 0 || LastAlert_2 < Bars ) 
         { 
            Alert(alert_msg); 
            LastAlert_2 = Bars; 
            return (1); 
         } 
      break; 
      case 3: 
         if( LastAlert_3 == 0 || LastAlert_3 < Bars ) 
         { 
            Alert(alert_msg); 
            LastAlert_3 = Bars; 
            return (1); 
         } 
      break; 
      case 4: 
         if( LastAlert_4 == 0 || LastAlert_4 < Bars ) 
         { 
            Alert(alert_msg); 
            LastAlert_4 = Bars; 
            return (1); 
         } 
      break; 
   } 
}

Stop asking ChatGPT for broken MQL code. VisualMQL it instead.

#11
May 3, 2008 11:01am May 3, 2008 11:01am

blueruby
Joined Feb 2007 | Status: Stock Broker, October 1987 | 1,281 Posts

Quoting dgrs

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This is probably very straight forward to you all but is there a way to draw a trend line and when it's broken an alarm sounds?

Dont' know if this would be an enitre indicator or something that could be attached to trend lines?

Dave

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Search on Forex Factory for "Tesla's fancy schmancy"

There's also an EA that will place trades according to TL's, search for "trend me leave me"

#12
May 3, 2008 3:08pm May 3, 2008 3:08pm

dgrs
| Joined Jun 2007 | Status: Trader | 92 Posts

Quoting blueruby

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Search on Forex Factory for "Tesla's fancy schmancy"

There's also an EA that will place trades according to TL's, search for "trend me leave me"

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Thanks for your replies - I'll try the code above later tonights. Did a search for 'Telsa's fancy schemancy' but couldn't find any indicators. In fact I have trouble having any success with the ff search forums facility. If anyone has any recommendations I'd appreciate it!

Dave

#13
Last Post: May 3, 2008 3:40pm May 3, 2008 3:40pm

blueruby
Joined Feb 2007 | Status: Stock Broker, October 1987 | 1,281 Posts

Here's this one. I misspelled shmancy. Sorry.

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=15197

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