Plot News (version 2.0)

Sorry, I haven't looked at MT5 yet. There are a number of MT5 threads around - you might be able to find your answer there.

Plotthese impacts do not work. I try only H,M and still shows low impact events. How can i set it up to only give me the medium and high impact and only show the news for that currency.

I tried Relevantccychartonly as true and Plotthese impacts: H,M

Thanks for this great indicator.

What is the number on those circle represent??? I have 4 yellow circle with number 3. and the box where you get the news says a: p: c: i know what those mean but at the ends says (R-) or (R+)<--- whats that??

Ok I figure out you have to modify the Presets---Recent News.TXT file. Its there a way to improve the performance. every time i change time frame it lags alooootttt and only have the news for current currency and medium and high news. at the end of the news message (R-) or (R+)<--- whats that??

The numbers/colors in the circles are as follows:
American currencies: 1=USD, 2=CAD
European currencies: 3=EUR, 4=GBP, 5=CHF
Asia/Pacific currencies: 6=JPY, 7=AUD, 8=NZD

Yellow = low impact
Orange = medium impact
Red = high impact

You can change all of these using the parameter settings. The WingdingforXXX sets the wingding character code for that currency (wingding 140 is a '1' inside a circle). For a table of wingding codes, see the image attached below.

The impact (high, medium or low) is set by the source from which the data is obtained. You can set the color using the parameters HighImpactColor etc.

The R+ and R- are also set by the data source. I think they mean that the previous period's value has since been revised upward(+) or downward(–). e.g. last month's GDP was 1.6%, but it later got revised to 1.7%, so the entry will show P: 1.7% (R+)

About PlotTheseImpacts not working. You can set the parameters in either of two ways:

1. The settings in the parameter file: Presets---Recent News.TXT, which exists in the ....../experts/files folder. The settings here will override any that you enter in MT4's dialog window when you attach or edit the indicator. For more info, please read the PARAMETER FILE section in post #1. The advantage of using the parameter file is that you don't have to re-enter the settings every time you attach the indicator.

2. If you prefer to enter the settings using MT4's dialog window, then delete the Presets---Recent News.TXT file. Then the settings that you enter via the dialog window will take effect.

I think you are probably trying to change the parameters in the dialog window, but these are being overridden by those in the parameter file. If you delete the parameter file, it should work properly for you.

Thanks Hanover, V1.37 works great. Haven't got V2.03 working yet, but as I tried iton the weekend it may notwork until we get ticks to come through to kick it into gear. Meanwhile I would like (as in V1.37) be able to select wich currencies to show on which charts ie USD, GBP + EUR and JPY on the EURJPY Chart.

Hi Again, This maybe a bit ambitious but is there a way to set up some date parameters to control daylite saving. Some Brokers use GMT, others BST and some acutually adjust the charts in line with New York DST. ( ig PFGBest and Ikon) Attached is my period indicator wich provides the dates for 2008 and 2009 in the header.

It would greatly facilitate back testing and might be done by having a switch for daylite saving and creating a list of daylite saving dates in the idicator.

1. Re not being able to see the plotted data.......

If the parameter ThisWeekOnly = TRUE, then only the current week's (Sunday to Saturday) events are shown. If - on a Sunday - you zoom right out (press the minus key a few times) and scroll hard right, you should be able to see events for the upcoming days.

If you set ThisWeekOnly = FALSE, then you can enter any date range into FromDate and ThruDate, and all news events between those dates will be gathered and plotted. However, the indicator can only gather one week's data at a time, so setting a wide date range (e.g. more than 3-4 weeks) could result in several seconds (possibly even minutes) wait for the process to complete.


2. Different currencies plotting on different charts.......

There are three ways to achieve this:

i) If you set RelevantCcyChartsOnly = TRUE, then only EUR and USD related events would plot on a EURUSD chart, for example. If set to FALSE, events for all currencies will plot.

ii) If you set WingdingforUSD = 0, then USD events will not plot on any charts to which the indicator is attached. Same logic applies for the other currencies.

iii) If you want (as in your example) USD, GBP, EUR and JPY events plotted on the EURJPY chart, then you'd need to create a parameter file, e.g. Presets---Recent News.EJ in the ..../experts/files folder with the following settings:

WingdingForUSD = 140;
WingdingForCAD = 0;
WingdingForEUR = 142;
WingdingForGBP = 143;
WingdingForCHF = 0;
WingdingForJPY = 145;
WingdingForAUD = 0;
WingdingForNZD = 0;

Use a text editor like Notepad to load the Presets---Recent News.TXT file, make the changes, and then save the end result as Presets---Recent News.EJ. Then set ParameterFile to EJ on the EURJPY chart only, when you attach the indicator. In this way, you can different parameter settings for each chart, and the settings will remain permanent (until you edit the parameter file content) every time you attach the indicator.


3. Daylight saving

I want to keep the indicator as broker-generic as possible, and it's impossible for the indicator to know every broker's daylight saving rules. Currently the only way to set the time zone differentials is via the MT4TimezoneGMTplus and LocalTimezoneGMTplus parameters (see post #1 for instructions). This means changing these manually as your broker, and relevant forex related countries, enter and exit daylight saving periods.

However, since you're talking about an EA, you could use the indicator's export facilities to gradually build up a CSV file of all news events, correctly adjusted to your broker's daylight saving time (set Date_GMT_MT4_Local = M to export the MT4 time), by appending to the file on a week by week basis. Then your EA could simply read the file and perform any news-adjusted trading strategies while it is back-testing.

Thanks for yr speedy reply.

Everything is cooking along nicely now.

It is my intention to build history files from 2007.01.01. (When I tried that in V1.37 it created a problem in that the debug txt files showed it did not like to go past 9999 lines.)


I would appreciate your advice on how to build a history file from say 2007.01.01 on one instance of MT4, and copy the Recent News.csv to other MT4 installations and than update them individually.

This would also assist in accounting for broker and daylite saving by making adjustments as required. (As u suggested of course)


Thanks again.

Len

Len, V 2 is not capable of gathering news events earlier than mid-Oct 2009. That's due the restricted amount of history held by the website from where the indicator gathers the data (it is not Forex Factory calendar). Sorry if the info in the last paragraph of my earlier post is misleading. I only just discovered this now.

FFcal.EXE V 1.37 is no longer supported, because it was written using a version of Clarion that's about 12 years old, which runs only on Win-98, and my antiquated Win-98 PC has finally given up the ghost. Given that Plot_News is provided free of charge, I can not cost justify upgrading to a newer version of Clarion (to run on my other PCs).

Sorry that I'm unable to help.

Hanover, thanks again.

Is it safe to assume that once I gathered the news from mid October 2009, the Recent News.csv will keep accumulating as in V1.37; (not replacing), so that by say Oct 2010, the news from Oct 2009 will still be there?

Seasons Greetings

Len

Len, no I'm afraid this is not the case. V 1.37 maintains its own database (viewable by pressing F9 in FFcal.EXE). V 2.XX merely plots/exports whatever news events are available from the internet-based source, either for the current week (if ThisWeekOnly = TRUE), or within your specified date range (if ThisWeekOnly = FALSE).

To keep accumulating you would need to maintain your own file by manually copying and pasting the exported data into your own 'database' (e.g. Excel spreadsheet). The export file gets overwritten every time you run the export facility.

At least that's the way it works at the moment. I may look at ways of enhancing the functionality of V 2.XX in 2010.

Seasons Greetings to you also,
David

Len, and everybody,

Unzip the attached, and you'll find a CSV file containing all news events from Forex Factory calendar, between 1/1/2006 and 12/31/2009. Of course the events from 12/23/2009 onward don't have their 'Actual' results posted yet.

All events are time-stamped with unadjusted Forex Factory time, which I believe is New York time (and I assume that whenever NY is on daylight saving, then it's NY daylight saving time, but I'm not 100% sure). You will need to perform whatever adjustments are necessary to being the times into line with your broker's MT4.

That's the best that I can do.

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Dear Hanover,
I wanted to download version 2 but the link Recent News.ex4 download a file called attachment.php only (and not possible to open), same happens to the txt file.
I am a new trader and I find great to have the information on screen, at the moment I have some providers on internet and I have to switch always; my strategy is a mixture between fundmental and technical, no emotions, a lot of patience and only few very confirmed trades.
I will try version 1.37 that has downloaded correctly.

As you have decommissioned v1.xx I will wait to comment on v2.xx when the download link will be available.

P.S.: are you planning to prepare a mq5 version?

Thank you for your job and great help
With Kindest Regards
g.enio
Switzerland

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11:56 - 8 Jan 2010
Hi Again,
this is to notify that I haven't been able to get the file PlotNews.mq4 from v1.37 anywhere in my computer. I followed the instructions 3 times.
I know you are not supporting this version anymore therefore I will wait for your answer about v2.xx
Only one detail: I am running on Vista Business, is there any limitaton for v1.37?
Thank you
Again g.enio

I've re-posted the EX4 file as part of version 2.04. Please try again.

I'm using Opera v 10.00 as my web browser, running on Win XP-Pro Home Edition v2, and everything downloads fine.

Looks like I can't contact you via FF, either by e-mail or PM. If you send me an e-mail, I'll reply with the files attached.

Helo Hanover, how to make the indicator shows like "rolling window" like old version 1.37. From that, i can see the calender from mt4 screen, not from FF web.

http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...&d=12214422791

V 2.XX displays only future events in the 'rolling window'. Enter a non-zero value into the ShowUpcomingXEvents parameter. For example, if you set it to 3, it will display the next 3 events.

[quote=giorgenio;3351879]Dear Hanover,
I wanted to download version 2 but the link Recent News.ex4 download a file called attachment.php only (and not possible to open), same happens to the txt file.

All attachments are located in this folder.

Hi there,

I think I'm doing something wrong here. I'm able to setup the indicator and modify the parameters a little bit to my liking. For example, have only high-impact news listed and only to the relevant pairs.

However, what I'm unable to get going is the rolling news window. I've tried resetting the parameters, and have it set to display anywhere from 5 to 15 news events ahead.

However, only the circled news show, but nothing in advance, nor does the rolling window show-up. I've tried combing the instructions and this thread to see if anyone experience this problem. (And yes, I too made sure to allow for DLL imports.)

Is there something common I forgot to do? (I've tried all different time-frames in hopes to 'refresh' the indicator. No luck as well.)