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  • #101
  • Apr 20, 2007 12:49am Apr 20, 2007 12:49am
Quoting ajgrey
Why T3MA is not refreshing itself?I mean why its not recalculate with every tic ? Its not drawing without update the chart.
Yeah, I've noticed that too, I have no explanation for that. All the other indicators refresh with every tick, except T3MA.

I will look into it and report back. Otherwise I will have to rewrite it or use another indicator which refreshes. Anyone with any ideas as to why it does not refresh with every tick is welcome to join in. I did not have anything to do with writing this indicator.

Cheers

Pip2
  • #102
  • Apr 20, 2007 3:48am Apr 20, 2007 3:48am
Snobol1,

Same issue here as well. I'll check the core logic to this indicator and get back with you soon. I purposely left the original logic untouched so as not to alter the signal and focused strictly on reducing the alarm frequency, but this issue has to be addressed to make the indicator effective. By the way, it appears attachments are working again, so I've included the revised indicator with the alarm fix for testing purposes. Let me know if you spot any problems.

Jam
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File Type: mq4 T3MA-ALARM_V2.mq4   4 KB | 894 downloads
  • #103
  • Apr 20, 2007 4:16am Apr 20, 2007 4:16am
Quoting Snobol1
Its always nice to get help, but there is a difference between help and "spoon-feeding". readind and getting acquainted with the way things work is a necessity.

I am NOT a programmer, but I have read and tried enough to program simple things like this indicator.

If I have to explain what to do with a text file to make it work as an indicator it would take too long on the Forum. Please PM me for such help which is not in the public interest and will bore people to death.

LARGER ARROWS: actually "Perky" a similar indicator, but not based on T3MA, uses small dots. I read up on MT4 and found that the symbol is called from the "Wingdings" palette of symbols. To change the arrow to anything you want, you must change the numbers in red. Before you do, you must take a look at the "Wingding" set which gives numbers to symbols. So change the numbers in RED and re-compile and your new choice of arrow will be displayed.

//---- indicators
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW,2);
SetIndexArrow(0,233);//This is buy signal
SetIndexBuffer(0, upbuffer);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW,2);
SetIndexArrow(1,234);
SetIndexBuffer(1,dnbuffer);


I could not find larger symbols in their list so I settled for those arrows. To change the arrow you must change the buffer assignment. See RED numbers above.

Please use a confirming indicator like Stochastics, or a separate trend indicator like LWMA(50), I hope to include LWMA as a filter to reduce the chance of an up arrow in a downtrend.

My objective is to have one indicator that you can trust on the chart, thereby keeping it Simple!

Cheers guys, thanks for testing.

Pip2

PS. The Alarm fix does not seem to work, but I'll keep trying
Snobol, I have fixed the indicator as your above text. But there's so strange happened, take a look at this two charts.

Take a look at the candle number 1 (two candles from right, the last ones). The other has an arrow below (buy) but the other one doesn't have it. The one with the arrow below it, is the chart that I keep opened, but the other one without an arrow below it, is the new chart I load to my metatrader.

Could you please explain what's going on with the indicator? I note that there are 2 times for today it happened like that. This I mentioned to you is the second one. The first one is the Sell Arrow before the buy arrow which I mentioned.

Thanks for your time to explain.
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  • #104
  • Apr 20, 2007 4:17am Apr 20, 2007 4:17am
Thanks for the indicator..I will be testing it out also.

Good luck with it
  • #105
  • Apr 20, 2007 6:07am Apr 20, 2007 6:07am
Hi.

I've been demo practicing your "The Simple System and it works well on 1Hour time frame. I've entered both the Indicator and alarm and this is how my setup looks. [See imagfe TSS Setup.jpg.] However, I've noted in your posted [35] that your setup looks different. Could you perhaps help me out on this?

As far as the annoying contious alarming is concerned, I suggest the following:

1. Remove sound from Alarm.
2. Compile an Expert Advisor to sound the alarm. Then you can deactivate advisor after you have made your choise.

Sorry, would have done the programming but am not yet into that part of this powerfull charting system.

I'm still in my cralling phase. Thus, thanks for a very simple sestem. I've made 150 pips on two demo trades already using two lots at a time.
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  • #106
  • Apr 20, 2007 7:20am Apr 20, 2007 7:20am
Hello Snobol1

Thank you for sharing this system with us. I recently found it...

I didn't find anything about stops.

Do you use any? What is your loginc about stoploss?

Thank you

!i!
  • #107
  • Apr 20, 2007 7:38am Apr 20, 2007 7:38am
BTW T3MA-ALARM_V2 does not correct the alarm problem... does it?
may I try to help?

!i!
  • #108
  • Apr 20, 2007 7:49am Apr 20, 2007 7:49am
hai i have a question , why my indicator does not same
and i my chart didnt have any arrow only moving average , i used indicator that snobol1 post..
  • #109
  • Apr 20, 2007 1:20pm Apr 20, 2007 1:20pm
Quoting eddyforexedi
Thank you for the indicator....
May I know how to enlarge the arrow?

Thank you

Eddy
Eddy, take a look at the wingding symbols available on MT4 choose the ones you like and enter the number in the red space I sent before, re-compile and its done.

Cheers,
Pip2
I will TRY to attach.
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  • #110
  • Apr 20, 2007 1:23pm Apr 20, 2007 1:23pm
Quoting putera04
hai i have a question , why my indicator does not same
and i my chart didnt have any arrow only moving average , i used indicator that snobol1 post..
Did you compile before attaching? Am not sure what your problem is. PM me for more help.

Pip2
  • #111
  • Apr 20, 2007 1:26pm Apr 20, 2007 1:26pm
Quoting isto
BTW T3MA-ALARM_V2 does not correct the alarm problem... does it?
may I try to help?

!i!
No the fix does not work. I will give it some thought. You're welcome to contribute for the common good. Go ahead, what do you have?

Pip2
  • #112
  • Apr 20, 2007 1:34pm Apr 20, 2007 1:34pm
Quoting AubreyCraller
Hi.

I've been demo practicing your "The Simple System and it works well on 1Hour time frame. I've entered both the Indicator and alarm and this is how my setup looks. [See imagfe TSS Setup.jpg.] However, I've noted in your posted [35] that your setup looks different. Could you perhaps help me out on this?

As far as the annoying contious alarming is concerned, I suggest the following:

1. Remove sound from Alarm.
2. Compile an Expert Advisor to sound the alarm. Then you can deactivate advisor after you have made your choise.

Sorry, would have done the programming but am not yet into that part of this powerfull charting system.

I'm still in my cralling phase. Thus, thanks for a very simple sestem. I've made 150 pips on two demo trades already using two lots at a time.
Yes, your chart is correct but you should change the background to BLACK OR change all the line colours in T3MA to white. All you need is the first T3MA line.

Actually there is a problem with T3MA not refreshing so you can use an LWMA(55) to establist trend if any, and forget about T3MA.

LWMA= Linear Weighted Moving Average, a standard indicator which refreshes no prob.

Pip2
  • #113
  • Apr 20, 2007 1:42pm Apr 20, 2007 1:42pm
Quoting isto
Hello Snobol1

Thank you for sharing this system with us. I recently found it...

I didn't find anything about stops.

Do you use any? What is your loginc about stoploss?

Thank you

!i!
Hi, I use a trailing stop of 25 to 35 p depending on the TF I am trading. A fixed stop it a ticklish matter which I am not qualified to explain but there are lots of stoploss strategies out there just use the one that gives the best results.

Sorry I could not be more helpful.

Pip2
  • #114
  • Apr 20, 2007 4:15pm Apr 20, 2007 4:15pm
Here is the latest version of the Simple System. I have included a slope detector for the LWMA(55). Linear Weighted MA refreshes and indicates trend all of what we want. In the top LEFT corner of your chart, SECOND line for Daily chart, you will see the slope of that MA at default level.

Those levels, P0 and P1, ie. point 0 to point 1 are the points between which the slope of the MA is calculated. It is not the true slope in a mathematical sense, but it gives an answer in pips per period. So if your currency is trending UP at 60 pips per day on a daily chart, that's a nice healthy UPtrend and you would BUY on pullbacks and be extremely careful on selling at all in that uptrend.

I have modified again, the code for stopping the alarm, but no time to test until Monday.

I will probably add slopes for other TF's so you could see what other TF's are doing when in another chart. The H1 slope is of the tail end of the MA (RHS) and is correct for H1 even though you may be looking at another TF.

Cheers,
Pip2
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  • #115
  • Apr 20, 2007 4:40pm Apr 20, 2007 4:40pm
Those are the biggest arrows available, you can scale them down by changing the code, instructions in the program itself.

Pip2
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File Type: mq4 STOCH-ALARM-3x.mq4   4 KB | 700 downloads
  • #116
  • Apr 20, 2007 8:53pm Apr 20, 2007 8:53pm
Snobol1

Hey there...just wanted to pass along that we appreciate your work on this thread. Your dedication is great and you have a good system.

Keep up the good work
  • #117
  • Apr 20, 2007 10:54pm Apr 20, 2007 10:54pm
Quoting Snobol1
Those are the biggest arrows available, you can scale them down by changing the code, instructions in the program itself.

Pip2
Does anyone know why I can't transfer this or any other custom indicator to my MT4?
I can do it fine on my computer but on my wifes computer(2 months old using Vista) they don't work and when I try to compile I get the message"cannot launch compiler".

The indicators do show up in Navigator but you can't do anything with them.
  • #118
  • Apr 21, 2007 12:25am Apr 21, 2007 12:25am
OK...another attempt at fixing the alarm annoyance. Markets are closed so I cant' test the change, but any testers would be appreciated. I picked up the latest versions of the indicators, so it should carry through any core logic changes Snobol1 incorporated since i released my first attempt at the alarm fix.
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File Type: mq4 STOCH-ALARM-3x.mq4   4 KB | 564 downloads
File Type: mq4 T3MA-ALARM.mq4   4 KB | 737 downloads
  • #119
  • Edited 2:51am Apr 21, 2007 2:43am | Edited 2:51am
Quoting Snobol1
Here is the latest version of the Simple System. . .
Hello Pip2,

I've tried to modify the file adding alarm control. Comments are inside the code. Alarm should fire once per bar when a signal is triggered.

All the best
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File Type: mq4 STOCH-ALARM-3x1.mq4   5 KB | 834 downloads
  • #120
  • Apr 21, 2007 4:06am Apr 21, 2007 4:06am
Quoting Snobol1
Yes, your chart is correct but you should change the background to BLACK OR change all the line colours in T3MA to white. All you need is the first T3MA line.

Actually there is a problem with T3MA not refreshing so you can use an LWMA(55) to establist trend if any, and forget about T3MA.

LWMA= Linear Weighted Moving Average, a standard indicator which refreshes no prob.

Pip2
Thanks Snobol!!

Am I correct in replacing the T3MA [15:0.7] with a LWMA [Period: 55 applied to: High?]?

I read in one of the threads that you suggested to change T3MA setting to 28:0.7 and add it using it as a trend indicator. Question: To what should this be changed or do I leave it in place?

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