Volumes on forex..here how obtain them

Hi guys,
yes It's possible. We need to count the number of variations in terms of pips in a certain period.
Example
from 1.2001 to 1.2002 we have 1 variation
back again to 1.2001 we have the second variation
down to 1.2000 third variation
in this case the volume is 3. We count the up and down variations.
Is it possible to count them?
regards

I don´t know if this is what you´re looking for. Play with them and tell me if they´re useful for you. I was unable to find a succesful way to trade with them

You don't need an indicator, you can turn on volume display in settings. It's largely useless though.

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Just a quick note: The shortcut key to toggle viewing volume is Ctrl+L by default.

If you want to incorporate volume in your MQL programs you may use iVolume()

Here is the description from MQL help:

double iVolume(string symbol, int timeframe, int shift)Returns Tick Volume value for the bar of indicated symbol with timeframe and shift. If local history is empty (not loaded), function returns 0.
For the current chart, the information about bars tick volumes is in the predefined array named Volume[].
Parameters:
symbol - Symbol the data of which should be used to calculate indicator. NULL means the current symbol.timeframe - Timeframe. It can be any of Timeframe enumeration values. 0 means the current chart timeframe.shift - Index of the value taken from the indicator buffer (shift relative to the current bar the given amount of periods ago).

Many thanks but they are not what I'm looking for.
I need a counter that counts the number of movements tick by tick...from 1.3001 to 1.3002 is 1 back again to 1.3001 counter go to two....from 1.3001 to 1.3000 become three..and so on

That's exactly what the volume display in MetaTrader represents. Total ticks. If you find it useful, more power to you.

I didn't know that. Thanks...I don't like it

I am not sure what you may be trying to accomplish but there is a Bill Williams Market Facilitation Index indicator that may have some of your answers. It had promises when I first started to explore it. Its avail in most MT4 platforms.
Here's the info page:

Market Facilitation Index Technical Indicator (BW MFI) is the indicator which shows the change of price for one tick. Absolute values of the indicator do not mean anything as they are, only indicator changes have sense. Bill Williams emphasizes the interchanging of MFI and volume:

1. Market Facilitation Index increases and volume increases — this points out that: a) the number of players coming into the market increases (volume increases) b) the new coming players open positions in the direction of bar development, i.e., the movement has begun and picks up speed;
2. Market Facilitation Index falls and volume falls. It means the market participants are not interested anymore;
3. Market Facilitation Index increases, but the volume falls. It is most likely, that the market is not supported with the volume from clients, and the price is changing due to traders’ (brokers and dealers) "on the floor" speculations;
4. Market Facilitation Index falls, but the volume increases. There is a battle between bulls and bears, characterized by a large sell and buy volume, but the price is not changing significantly since the forces are equal. One of the contending parties (buyers vs. sellers) will eventually win the battle. Usually, the break of such a bar lets you know if this bar determines the continuation of the trend or annuls the trend. Bill Williams calls such bar "curtsying".

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Calculation:

To calculate Market Facilitation Index you need to subtract the lowest bar price from the highest bar price and divide it by the volume.
BW MFI = RANGE*(HIGH-LOW)/VOLUME
Where:
RANGE — is the multiplication factor, which brings the difference in points down to whole numbers.

I don't think volume alone is very useful but I've been looking into combining it with time to determine the speed of the market. Once that's done then combine that with some other directional indicator and you'd have somewaht of a breakout indicator. Anyone have any thoughts on that?

thanks everybody for you replies...but... I'm not talking about the number of ticks a bar/candle contains but the number of oscillations,every single movement..the number of ticks in a range is totally useless

If by oscillations you mean:

1.0003
1.0004
1.0003
1.0002

= 4... then that's what you get with MetaTrader volume.

no, =3
from 1.0003 to 1.0004=1
from 1.0004 to 1.0003=1
from 1.0003 to 1.0002=1
1+1+1=3
I have no idea how much good the indicator will be but I know a good trader obtained a volume indicator with this way. I find useless volumes indicator in metatrader

Sorry man, if you find the volume indicator useless because volume is always one tick more than you think it should be, I can't help you. I'm of the opinion that there's no such thing as a decent volume indicator for spot forex.

I didn't know that the difference is always of one pip. So my idea is not good. What is the best volume indicator for you?
thanks

The best alternative would be to look at CME volume.