need help to translate a simple indicator

hello, i have a very simple indicator i made in easylanguage and now i would like to translate it to mt4. the easylanguage goes like this:

vars: mmoment(0);

mmoment=maxlist(pos(momentum(h,2)),pos(momentum(l,2)),
pos(momentum(l,6)),pos(momentum(l,5)),
pos(momentum(l,3)),pos(momentum(h,6)),
pos(momentum(h,5)),pos(momentum(h,3)));
if mmoment<percentile(0.05,mmoment,100) then plot1(l,"xxx")


it plots a signal when all those momentums are in the lowest 5% of the momentums in a 100 period.
can anybody help me with this?

I don't know easy language so I can't help you this way.

I do understand the english language rather well.

perhaps you can describe what you need the indicator to do in plain english and people here can help out.

regards,
Zen

thank you for the reply

the logic is this:

1. we calculate the momentum function for the parameters:

high , lenght 2
high - lenght 3
high - lenght 4
high - lenght 5
high - lenght 6

low - lenght 2
low - lenght 3
low - lenght 4
low - lenght 5
low - lenght 6

2. we transform all the numbers in positive ones (i don't know what the function is named in english) ex: if is -7 we make him 7

3. we find the greatest number. this will be the "A" result.

4. we arrange the last 100 values of "A" ascending.

5. then we verify if the most recent "A" is in the lowest 5% of our list. (if is lower then the 95% of the rest of values of "A") -this is the percentile function.

6. if the answer to "5" is yes , then we put a dot on our chart. or an arrow :d


this indicator will give as signals for areas of congestion
i hope this is clearer

anybody?

What do you want to call this indicator?

you mean what name to have the indicator? do not matter really

i'll name after you if you want

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for. It takes a while to load cos of the amt of calculations it needs to run. but it'll stabilise and won't be so resource intensive onces it finish it's initial run.

regards,
Zen

thank you a lot. i will try it and give you a feed back. (i know it should be lot of calculations)

something is wrong. i tried to understand the code to corect it but i can't.

i'll try to explain again shortly: first we calculate the HIGHEST of those momentums. then we want to find if our indicator is in the LOWEST 5% of precedent values.

maybe this will help:
========================================================================================================
Easy Language - yeah really
========================================================================================================
Momentum (Function)
The Momentum study is an overbought/oversold oscillator. It is calculated by subtracting the value returned by the parameter PRICE for the current bar from the value returned by the parameter PRICE for the bar that occurred LENGTH bars ago. If the value for the current bar exceeds that of the bar in the past, the value of the function is positive. If the value for the current bar is less than that of the bar in the past, the value of the function is negative. Therefore, the values returned by the MOMENTUM function oscillates above and below zero.
Function
Momentum(PRICE,LENGTH)
Parameters
PRICE specifies some price of the asset of interest
LENGTH the number of trailing bars to consider
Returns
A numeric value containing Momentum for the current bar.
Usage
If the market has decreased by more than x points, the market is considered to be oversold. If the market has increased by more than x points, the market is considered to be overbought.
If you were to hard code the parameter PRICE with Close, and the parameter LENGTH with 10, the function would subtract the Close of 10 bars ago from the Close of the current bar.
========================================================================================================
Pos (Reserved Word)
(num) is a numeric expression.
Returns the absolute value of num.
Examples
Pos(-5) returns 5.
Pos(350) returns 350.
=================================================================================
MaxList (Reserved Word)
Returns the highest value of the specified inputs.
(Num1) is a numeric expression representing a value to be used in the calculation.
(Num2) is a second numeric expression representing a value to be used in the calculation.
(Num3) is a third numeric expression representing a value to be used in the calculation, etc.
Examples
MaxList(45, 72, 86, 125, 47) returns a value of 125.
MaxList(18, 67, 98, 24, 65, 19) returns a value of 98.
============================================================================
Percentile (Function)
Calculates the Percentile (k-th value) of a specified period.
Function
Percentile(PCNTILE,PRICE,LENGTH)
Parameters
PCNTILE a numeric expression that represents a chosen percentile value between 0 and 1 (.25 = %25)
PRICE specifies which price information to be considered
LENGTH indicates the length of time (in bars) to be considered
Returns
A numeric value containing the percentile (k-th value) of a specified period, as defined by Price and Length.
Usage
The percentile is the price value, such that PCNTILE percent of the observations are less than the PCNTILE value.
Example
Assigns to Value1 the value of the 25th percentile, based on the Closing prices of the last 10 bars:
Value1 = Percentile(.25,Close,10);
Assigns to Value2 the value of the 50th percentile, based on the Range of the last 21 bars:
Value2 = Percentile(.5,Range,21);
============================================================================

lol kenz,

is not about how smart i am but not being a programmer i learned metastock and easylanguage programming. i'm kind of fed up to start with mt4.

maybe sometimes

thanx anyway

Don't mean that to be insulting, but thought the definitions might be helpful to the programmers helping you - Zen and all. I don't really understand "percentile" or I might take a stab at it. Ken.

LOL that smart enough to trade, smart enough to program line is his signature bill. he wasnt talking to you, thats in all his posts. lol.

so this Momentum isn't the momentum indicator we have on MT4?

ok then I'll make the amendment when I have time later.

regard,
Zen

lol stupid me

Here's the updated version incorporating what Kenz987 described.

regards,
Zen

zen thanks a lot. looks like it' ok now. i'll look more closely later.
i hope i can pay you back sometimes

excellent job zen, tanx again
i set max bars in chart at 300 and now is not taking long time to load the indicator.

your code is so clear even i was able to make some minor modification lol

That's great. glad it worked out well for you. if you can, do share your modified work with the class so that hopefully others can benefit from it. cheers. =)

regards,
Zen

Hey - I didn't know you could assign these things dynamically! I always change them and recompile - this will be a great help. Thanks.
I learn something new about MT4 every day. Ken
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