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ATR indicator for MT4

#1
First Post: Jul 22, 2009 3:12am Jul 22, 2009 3:12am

loop2troop
| Joined Mar 2009 | Status: Trader | 2 Posts

Hi there,

please could somebody try to program an indicator that would have following design.

Variable entered by user: list of currency pairs;

Output: table displaying ATR(14); ATR(100); Current daily range(High - low of current daily candle); for each pair that was entered by user.

Thank you in advance!

#2
Jul 22, 2009 2:13pm Jul 22, 2009 2:13pm

hanover
Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts

Try the attached.

The 3 values output, in order, are:

ATR(D1,14)
ATR(D1,100)
Current day's H-L (thus far)

You can use shorthand to enter the pairs: e.g. GU or gu for GBPUSD
Valid abbreviations are:

A = AUD
C = CAD
E = EUR
F = CHF
G = GBP
J = JPY
N = NZD
U = USD

Pairs must be separated by commas, e.g. GU,EU,UF,UJ

Attached File(s)

Display Ccy Info.mq4 15 KB | 3,319 downloads

#3
Jul 22, 2009 3:50pm Jul 22, 2009 3:50pm

toddanderson
| Joined Jul 2005 | Status: Trader | 518 Posts

How do you get EURJPY TO DISPLAY ? i HAVE TRIED EJ

Quoting hanover

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Try the attached.

The 3 values output, in order, are:
ATR(D1,14)

ATR(D1,100)

Current day's H-L (thus far)

You can use shorthand to enter the pairs: e.g. GU or gu for GBPUSD
Valid abbreviations are:

A = AUD
C = CAD
E = EUR
F = CHF
G = GBP
J = JPY
N = NZD
U = USD
Pairs must be separated by commas, e.g. GU,EU,UF,UJ

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#4
Jul 22, 2009 4:22pm Jul 22, 2009 4:22pm

hanover
Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts

Quoting toddanderson

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How do you get EURJPY TO DISPLAY ? i HAVE TRIED EJ

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Works OK for me (my broker = GoMarkets).

To use an abbreviation (EJ), the indy assumes that the pair is EURJPY (exact spelling). If it is something like EURJPYm or EURJPY., you'll need to type the symbol name in full.

#5
Jul 22, 2009 4:44pm Jul 22, 2009 4:44pm

toddanderson
| Joined Jul 2005 | Status: Trader | 518 Posts

Sorry yes it works fine, the HorizPos was way off
moved it to 80 and it works fine
Thank you for your indicator

Quoting hanover

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Works OK for me (my broker = GoMarkets).

To use an abbreviation (EJ), the indy assumes that the pair is EURJPY (exact spelling). If it is something like EURJPYm or EURJPY., you'll need to type the symbol name in full.

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#6
Jul 22, 2009 6:26pm Jul 22, 2009 6:26pm

hanover
Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts

Quoting toddanderson

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Sorry yes it works fine, the HorizPos was way off
moved it to 80 and it works fine
Thank you for your indicator

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Sorry, I should have thought of that. (I have 22-inch wide screen)

Glad it's working correctly for you now.

#7
Jul 23, 2009 1:23am Jul 23, 2009 1:23am

loop2troop
| Joined Mar 2009 | Status: Trader | 2 Posts

Quoting hanover

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Try the attached.

The 3 values output, in order, are:
ATR(D1,14)

ATR(D1,100)

Current day's H-L (thus far)

You can use shorthand to enter the pairs: e.g. GU or gu for GBPUSD
Valid abbreviations are:
A = AUD
C = CAD
E = EUR
F = CHF
G = GBP
J = JPY
N = NZD
U = USD
Pairs must be separated by commas, e.g. GU,EU,UF,UJ

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Thank you this is exactly the indicator I was looking for. Thank YOU!!

#8
Jul 27, 2009 3:24am Jul 27, 2009 3:24am

forexsaint
Joined Jun 2009 | Status: <-That's how u gonna b, in the END! | 1,509 Posts

Quoting hanover

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Try the attached.

The 3 values output, in order, are:
ATR(D1,14)

ATR(D1,100)

Current day's H-L (thus far)

You can use shorthand to enter the pairs: e.g. GU or gu for GBPUSD
Valid abbreviations are:

A = AUD
C = CAD
E = EUR
F = CHF
G = GBP
J = JPY
N = NZD
U = USD
Pairs must be separated by commas, e.g. GU,EU,UF,UJ

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Thanks David

But there are few problems
1) When we enter Two or more Symbols ... it just re-writes all the values interposed on each other at same location of screen.So nothign can be read.
2) There is a field Vertical Distance in options, I tried selecting zero... still Colums are not so Close.. Trying to clutter less on screen. Any help?

&
Can you kindly do the following mods to it..if you can..
1) Options to Change Periods of ATR in settings
2) Options to Select open for calculating daily range, based on GMT timing as open

Best Regards. Thanks in advance!

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#9
Jul 27, 2009 12:23pm Jul 27, 2009 12:23pm

hanover
Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts

Quoting forexsaint

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Thanks David
But there are few problems
1) When we enter Two or more Symbols ... it just re-writes...

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Not sure why you're having problems. Increase VertSpacing value to widen gap between data rows, decrease to narrow it. Screenshot below uses FontSize = 12 and VertSpacing = 20, no problem. Just a thought: does your broker quote prices using 4/2 decimal places or 5/3?

Version below allows factional VertSpacing values, and variable ATR periods. Need to give GMT variation some thought.

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#10
Jul 27, 2009 9:12pm Jul 27, 2009 9:12pm

forexsaint
Joined Jun 2009 | Status: <-That's how u gonna b, in the END! | 1,509 Posts

Thanks David. My broker is 5/3 Decimal. This is working.
First problem is solved now.
Also ATR Values in options is a nice one.
oops! Regarding spacing, i thought vertical spacing is distance between columns.. i was tryin to decrease that actually..as that quite a distance on my charts & i want to make it compact. (i know u have 22inch screen

, but i don't )
May be a horizontal spacing option !
Will wait for the gmt option too, whenver u are free and can.. !
Thanks for the help, once again!
Best Regards

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#11
Jul 27, 2009 10:12pm Jul 27, 2009 10:12pm

hanover
Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts

Quoting forexsaint

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Thanks David. My broker is 5/3 Decimal. This is working.
First problem is solved now.
Also ATR Values in options is a nice one.
oops! Regarding spacing, i thought vertical spacing is distance between columns.. i was tryin to decrease that actually..as that quite a distance on my charts & i want to make it compact. (i know u have 22inch screen , but i don't )
May be a horizontal spacing option !
Will wait for the gmt option too, whenver u are free and can.. !
Thanks for the help, once again!
Best Regards

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Change horiz spacing using the OutputFormat parameter:

The default value of ,R-5.1 means allow 5 digits to left of the decimal point, and 1 digit to the right. Increase or decrease as necessary.

The – symbol allows an extra space for a sign; removing it conserves one further space, but means that negative numbers will show without a sign.

The , symbol means that commas will print between every 3 digits to separate thousands etc - remove to conserve further space.

The R means round up/down to the required number of decimals, e.g. R5.1 means that 32.44 would display as 32.4, but 32.46 would display as 32.5

There are lots of other symbols that you can use: * ( $ % L T Z B ;
Feel welcome to experiment with them

#12
Edited 8:09am Jul 28, 2009 2:22am | Edited 8:09am

forexsaint
Joined Jun 2009 | Status: <-That's how u gonna b, in the END! | 1,509 Posts

Cool..infact that was was i was about to ask abt that "output format" feature.
Thanks again

EDIT : Just tried it !

The following are the details and settings i have set in by editing the indicator (attached) by hanover. (& are Default)
- Concise (less workspace) , Less Clutter
- No decimals
- 4 majors
- Positioning Top left
ScreenShot
http://i25.tinypic.com/sl3386.jpg

Hope that helps anyone else.
Regards

Attached File(s)

Display Ccy Info_modsettings.mq4 15 KB | 1,989 downloads

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#13
Jul 28, 2009 5:55am Jul 28, 2009 5:55am

rdennis
| Joined Jan 2009 | Status: Trader | 9 Posts

Quoting toddanderson

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How do you get EURJPY TO DISPLAY ? i HAVE TRIED EJ

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cool, realy useful

#14
Jul 29, 2009 2:29am Jul 29, 2009 2:29am

Royston
| Joined Nov 2008 | Status: Trader | 280 Posts

Something to be aware of is that I believe the majority of brokers output prices for 6 days, the first day being Sunday. As Sunday is a short trading day, this skews the ATR figures . For example, IBFX (6 day broker) gives GU 14 period ATR as 136.3, Alpari (5 day broker) gives ATR as 165. This is a substantial difference.
Is it possible to adapt this code to take into account whether the broker outputs Sunday data?

#15
Jul 29, 2009 1:47pm Jul 29, 2009 1:47pm

hanover
Joined Sep 2006 | Status: ... | 8,113 Posts

Quoting Royston

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Something to be aware of is that I believe the majority of brokers output prices for 6 days, the first day being Sunday. As Sunday is a short trading day, this skews the ATR figures . For example, IBFX (6 day broker) gives GU 14 period ATR as 136.3, Alpari (5 day broker) gives ATR as 165. This is a substantial difference.
Is it possible to adapt this code to take into account whether the broker outputs Sunday data?

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I agree, the Sunday candles are a real nuisance! My broker is 6-day, but I also have a 5-day MT4 version open concurrently, for much the same reason as yours.

The indicator uses MQL4's factory-supplied iATR() function. To merge Sunday/Monday candles, and/or include variable daily cut-off points (requested back in post #8) would require replacing this with a manually calculated ATR. This is possible, but it's not a trivial programming task. I may look at it at some future point, when I get some time...... if that ever happens. I get maybe 10-15 requests to code EAs for money every week, and I have to decline the majority of these. I need 48 hour days, but alas, this is one thing that's definitely not programmable.

#16
Oct 31, 2009 6:15pm Oct 31, 2009 6:15pm

ctnie2143
| Joined Dec 2007 | Status: Trader | 119 Posts

Quoting hanover

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Try the attached.

The 3 values output, in order, are:
ATR(D1,14)

ATR(D1,100)

Current day's H-L (thus far)

You can use shorthand to enter the pairs: e.g. GU or gu for GBPUSD
Valid abbreviations are:

A = AUD
C = CAD
E = EUR
F = CHF
G = GBP
J = JPY
N = NZD
U = USD

Pairs must be separated by commas, e.g. GU,EU,UF,UJ

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Hanover,

Just wonder, if it's possible for you to program average daily range based on the previous day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 1 year & importantly today average daily range.

Thanks

#17
Nov 3, 2011 3:27pm Nov 3, 2011 3:27pm

showme1976
| Joined May 2009 | Status: Trader | 2 Posts

Hi.

I am kinda new in the forum and need help on ATR indicator as well.

I am looking for an indicator that displays average daily range in main chart.
(I either find a lot of ATR's displayed on sub chart or daily range displayed as a number the corner of main chart as numbers. I also see ATR's displayed as a channel or SL line on main chart)

I want to display them on my main chart as a line like daily pivot line. I believe I can use this line as a take profit point, so I would appreciate it if you can help me find or find a person to code this for me. thanks!!

#18
Mar 4, 2012 6:20am Mar 4, 2012 6:20am

pippin4me
| Joined Aug 2010 | Status: Trader | 121 Posts

Quoting hanover

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Try the attached.

The 3 values output, in order, are:
ATR(D1,14)

ATR(D1,100)

Current day's H-L (thus far)

You can use shorthand to enter the pairs: e.g. GU or gu for GBPUSD
Valid abbreviations are:

A = AUD
C = CAD
E = EUR
F = CHF
G = GBP
J = JPY
N = NZD
U = USD
Pairs must be separated by commas, e.g. GU,EU,UF,UJ

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Hi guys, this is a nice indicator for the daily.

Please, does anyone know if there is a multipair meter like this that shows daily, weekly then monthly?

#19
Dec 24, 2014 11:52am Dec 24, 2014 11:52am