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Fib. Reverse Engineered.

#301
Apr 14, 2009 6:37am Apr 14, 2009 6:37am

censura
| Joined Sep 2006 | Status: Trader | 405 Posts

works a treat thank you again

#302
Apr 14, 2009 7:40am Apr 14, 2009 7:40am

MissPips
Joined Jul 2008 | Status: #welcomebackGator | 2,418 Posts

You're welcome. Here is one last improvement. I returned the function that draws the fib to the init function. Advantage: Uses less CPU. Disadvantage: Fib won't snap to box after you move it when PA gives a tick. You have to click on the indie and click ok to get it to move.

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#303
Apr 14, 2009 5:03pm Apr 14, 2009 5:03pm

traderathome
Joined Mar 2008 | Status: PVSRA with Traderathome | 23,552 Posts

I am amazed at what has happened here! In just a week or so, initiated by a call for assistance, talent from known and unknown places arrived....gathered specs....designed engineering models....knocked out prototypes.....and presented candidates for production models! Wow....simply, WOW!!!!!!

And based upon the programming talent involved and the user features provided, any production model has just gotta have a User Manual!

By the way, I tried the last posted (Bemac ICCE eights1.12) and compiled it for assurance. I got a message that "start" could not be found and so it would not run. Looking into the compile, I saw..."//return", and "//start", and such. So I am thinking that in a rush to post, some cleanup went a few lines too far? I removed the several "//" that kept the code from successfully compiling, but soon as I put the indy to work, a box showed up on the screen which, for the life of me, I could not move. I deleted the indy, but had to go to "objects" and delete the box which remained on the screen.

All that is certainly not a complaint. The work accomplished here, and in the scant time that it was, is astounding, to say the least. And it is clear that good documentation is going to be required to enable successful use of the feature laden product being put together here by all of you.

I have often looked for tight ranging and applied my own "doctored" fibonacci expansion to the top and bottom of the range, to get exit targets...entering on a breakout of the range. As many know, I also do this with Bollinger band squeezes. But it seems that the tool you are creating has a two dimensional use. It does not only have the vertical aspect, but if I am reading correctly, there is a lateral aspect that is still unfolding....a slanted line, predictor of WHEN certain levels might be reached.....?

I am facinated. And if I can be of assistance, I certainly will.

Congratulations to all that joined in spirit and were fruitfull!

..........and, Bemac.......I have been told you may be hard to understand at times, but there is no mistaking your tenacity, in which we are kindred spirits.
Congratulations on the bounty God has brought to you.

#304
Apr 14, 2009 8:45pm Apr 14, 2009 8:45pm

Bemac
Joined Jan 2006 | Status: Monarch o' the Glen | 5,561 Posts

Ok ok. I need some help here.
"again...."
We already have 2 dozen indicators & ,to be honest, I have looked at a few & dnlded a couple.

Which is your favourite? Why?
{remember this is about Trading & not about Lipstick}

#305
Edited 4:30am Apr 15, 2009 12:17am | Edited 4:30am

MissPips
Joined Jul 2008 | Status: #welcomebackGator | 2,418 Posts

Ah, no, that wasn't a mistake (at least I don't think so.) I put all the functionality back in the init function (as the indie was originally posted by smjones.) As I mentioned the advantage here is that it saves CPU because the fib is only drawn once on init and not continually. The disadvantage is that in order to make it snap to the box if you move it then you have to do something to cause init (click click on the indie and click ok) instead of having a tick in PA move it for you.

Re cleaning up the box, if you change the rangemethod to 1 before you remove the indie that will clean it up for you. I couldn't find a way to clean up the box and also not have it snap back to the input hours (if you moved the box) when you changed timeframes.

To move the box you have to select it. You can select it in the objects list if you have trouble clicking on it. You can also just enter different hours for it. Or you can change the rangemethod to 1 and enter a range.

Re manual, I did describe the parameters in an earlier post.

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I am amazed at what has happened here! In just a week or so, initiated by a call for assistance, talent from known and unknown places arrived....gathered specs....designed engineering models....knocked out prototypes.....and presented candidates for production models! Wow....simply, WOW!!!!!!

And based upon the programming talent involved and the user features provided, any production model has just gotta have a User Manual!

By the way, I tried the last posted (Bemac ICCE eights1.12) and compiled it for assurance. I got a message that "start"...

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#306
Apr 15, 2009 1:17am Apr 15, 2009 1:17am

MissPips
Joined Jul 2008 | Status: #welcomebackGator | 2,418 Posts

Wake up on the old curmudgeon side of bed today, did we?
{remember this is about Trading & not about Lipstick}[/quote]

#307
Apr 15, 2009 7:14am Apr 15, 2009 7:14am

kd3726
| Joined Feb 2009 | Status: Trader | 121 Posts

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I couldn't find a way to clean up the box and also not have it snap back to the input hours (if you moved the box) when you changed timeframes.

Save the position to a global, then read it back. It should work even if everything is in init. Rgrds.

#308
Apr 15, 2009 9:04am Apr 15, 2009 9:04am

MissPips
Joined Jul 2008 | Status: #welcomebackGator | 2,418 Posts

Thanks. I tried it, but I couldn't get it to work. Chicken and the egg I think, because you have to start with something as a reference in the init.

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Save the position to a global, then read it back. It should work even if everything is in init. Rgrds.

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#309
Apr 15, 2009 10:47am Apr 15, 2009 10:47am

kd3726
| Joined Feb 2009 | Status: Trader | 121 Posts

First time through the globals will return zero, eliminating the catch 22.

The example below remembers when the timeframe is changed, so the fib stays in place when the user changes the timeframe, tested working.

I'm sure you could apply this to your box, its an object too. And it shouldn't matter if its in init, my code below also gets de-init'ed and init'ed every time too, every time the time period is changed. Same problem.

Just trying to help... i admit this was a tricky one to figure out.

The only thing your going to lose by running it in init is the interactivity, thats ok, it runs once and its over. It'll still pick up the globals. I prefer putting in a timer and then skipping start when required, to retain interactivity, that's why i haven't interfered with the new indi's.

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//------------------------------------------------
       ChartPeriod=GlobalVariableGet("FibCP");      
       if (ChartPeriod==0)                                 //if FibCP doesn't exist
       {
        ChartPeriod=1;                                     //set a default
        GlobalVariableSet("FibCP",ChartPeriod);
       }
      
       
       if  (ChartPeriod!=Period())       // Time Period was changed
       {
       
         HighPrice=GlobalVariableGet("FibHP");
          LowPrice=GlobalVariableGet("FibLP");
             
         if (HighPrice==0) HighPrice=Ask;  // if null assign a default
         if (LowPrice==0) LowPrice=Bid;     
       
         ObjectSet(FibObject[31], OBJPROP_PRICE1, HighPrice);   //set fib
         ObjectSet(FibObject[32], OBJPROP_PRICE1, LowPrice);   
        
         GlobalVariableSet("FibCP",Period());  // set period in case it changes
         ChartPeriod=Period();                    // update local var

       }

       // at this point you can now go retrieve the positions as normal      
       // all fibs are calculated from high low so you only need to know 2 var's

         HighPrice=ObjectGet("Fib31", OBJPROP_PRICE1);   // get the fib pos's
          LowPrice=ObjectGet("Fib32", OBJPROP_PRICE1);
          
          GlobalVariableSet("FibHP",HighPrice);   //set them for next time round
          GlobalVariableSet("FibLP",LowPrice);  

      .... draw calculated fib % levels.

Ps. For multiple fibs you need to check a global counter that increments and decrements, to create unique objects.

#310
Edited 11:38am Apr 15, 2009 11:04am | Edited 11:38am

kd3726
| Joined Feb 2009 | Status: Trader | 121 Posts

can't edit previous post so i'll finish the thought....

so if all the code were in start()

and the market is closed

and you add this:

start()

into your init

then everytime you right click and hit refresh...

it triggers the start, which triggers the drawdelay, which paints the indi(s) and the data.

if the data is tied into candle[0] or better yet EndDraw ( a floating zero) then there will be a movable reporting point. if chartautoscroll is turned on then all references hold at one point, zero.

So in definition and terms of OOP, in that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts , ie: a greater entity is formed.

So the chicken and the egg theory may be... "You cannot understand something, that you cannot concieve of."

PS. 'You' meaning anyone, not you personally

#311
Apr 15, 2009 11:05am Apr 15, 2009 11:05am

Bemac
Joined Jan 2006 | Status: Monarch o' the Glen | 5,561 Posts

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First time through the globals will return zero, eliminating the catch 22.

The example below remembers when the timeframe is changed, so the fib stays in place when the user changes the timeframe, tested working.

I'm sure you could apply this to your box, its an object too. And it shouldn't matter if its in init, my code below also gets de-init'ed and init'ed every time too, every time the time period is changed. Same problem.

Just trying to help... i admit this was a tricky one to figure out.

The only thing your going to lose by running...

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Ok. With a Logical Mind, which you apparently have.
What do you think of it so far?

My opinion is that we now have 60% of this Ind out in Public.
Tie it to Time & we are almost there.

#312
Edited 12:27pm Apr 15, 2009 11:57am | Edited 12:27pm

kd3726
| Joined Feb 2009 | Status: Trader | 121 Posts

I haven't looked at one line of code, busy ( see previous post ), but i'll help out whenever i still can. My previous posts should keep 'em busy for a bit.

Maybe i'm going off topic a bit, but i'll wrap up my thoughts.

As Craig says ' One wave cannot explain the entire Sea '
So then missing waves paint a very different sea.

The fib tool is one wave. I'm not interested in just one wave. That's why what I thought you had was an original 'wave', or idea, that was worth pursuing. Regardless of who code is who's....

The entity becomes the AI, in some respects. Artificially the collective intelligence is represented as the greater entity, or sea.

So hows the view of the Sea? and what boat to sail it with?

#313
Apr 15, 2009 12:51pm Apr 15, 2009 12:51pm

traderathome
Joined Mar 2008 | Status: PVSRA with Traderathome | 23,552 Posts

From a "user" viewpoint, the Indicator Window should be accessible thru a label that comes up when the cursor is moved to some part of the indy display. As it is, the only label that comes up is the label that allows access to the box properties. While this is normal, and should remain, there should also be a way to access the main window for the indy, perhaps when the box is double clicked on, then moving the cursor to any of the lines (or maybe just the "central" line) will bring up a label giving immediate access to the Indy main window.

I would like to see this.....

1) Add the "turn on/off" code. In external inputs add "extern bool Indicator_On? = true;" Then, as the first code line after the opening bracket of the int start() section, add "if (Indicator_On? == false){return(0);}"

2) When the indy is "turned off" in the indy main window, closing that window should make the entire indy display, including the box, disappear. But the Bemac Indy will remain on the chart's list of indicators, and can be "turned on" again anytime without having to add/delete/add the indy to the chart's list with each use and non-use, and re-use!

3) Add/fix label coding to provide some label that can come up on the screen when the cursor is directed to some part of the display, that provides access directly to the indy main window.

#314
Apr 15, 2009 12:59pm Apr 15, 2009 12:59pm

MissPips
Joined Jul 2008 | Status: #welcomebackGator | 2,418 Posts

Thanks! That's very helpful!

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can't edit previous post so i'll finish the thought....

so if all the code were in start()

and the market is closed

and you add this:

start()

into your init

then everytime you right click and hit refresh...

it triggers the start, which triggers the drawdelay, which paints the indi(s) and the data.

if the data is tied into candle[0] or better yet EndDraw ( a floating zero) then there will be a movable reporting point. if chartautoscroll is turned on then all references hold at one point, zero.

So in definition and terms of OOP,...

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#315
Apr 15, 2009 1:11pm Apr 15, 2009 1:11pm

kd3726
| Joined Feb 2009 | Status: Trader | 121 Posts

Last thought.

So if some super duper EA were to eat up all the money, then the entity becomes the lesson. We're all way better off than 100 years ago, so its not about the money then, its now about, the lesson... ok done.

#316
Apr 15, 2009 2:11pm Apr 15, 2009 2:11pm

traderathome
Joined Mar 2008 | Status: PVSRA with Traderathome | 23,552 Posts

I just tried to put the box according to the times shown below the chart...I was, for experiment, on a M1 chart. The box was off-screen....had to scroll back in time 24 hours, to previous day to find it! ...and then, bit by bit, work the box back as I took turns moving the box to the right, and then scrolling the screen to the right, then moving the box to the right.....GEEZ!!!!!

Maybe the times are not the user's server times, but should be? Or maybe this is a code error? Or maybe the instructions are not clear enough? HELP!

Anyway, finally manipulated the durned box to the current screen....but this ain't the way it should work!

#317
Apr 15, 2009 2:49pm Apr 15, 2009 2:49pm

StoragePro
Joined Jun 2006 | Status: Vivere! | 1,034 Posts

For those of us in "The Know"

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Quoting kd3726

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Last thought.

So if some super duper EA were to eat up all the money, then the entity becomes the lesson. We're all way better off than 100 years ago, so its not about the money then, its now about, the lesson... ok done.

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I'm pretty much done with all this ...