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  • #1
  • First Post: Dec 29, 2009 11:17am Dec 29, 2009 11:17am
Does anyone have any advice on how to change the start time of an indicator so that one can have "Pips to Open" from a specific start time and "Hi to Lo" for a specific period?

I've seen it done with a few pivot indicators but found it confusing.


double low0 = iLow(NULL,PERIOD_D1,0);
double high0 = iHigh(NULL,PERIOD_D1,0);
double OPEN = iOpen(NULL,1440,0);
double CLOSE = iClose(NULL,1440,0);

PIPS = DoubleToStr(((CLOSE-OPEN)/xecn)/Point,0);
HILO = DoubleToStr(((High_Today-Low_Today)/xecn)/Point,0);
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  • #2
  • Dec 30, 2009 6:53pm Dec 30, 2009 6:53pm
Anyone?
  • #3
  • Dec 30, 2009 7:42pm Dec 30, 2009 7:42pm
Angus,

Assuming that you know how many bars back you want to go then you can use the following:

extern int Bars_back = 10;

Period_High = High[iHighest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,Bars_back,0)]; //this will tell you the highest value over the past 10 periods
Period_Low = Low[iLowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW,Bars_back,0)];
OPEN = iOpen(NULL,0,Bars_back);

I am using 0 for the timeframe meaning the current TF but if you wanted other timeframes then just use it accordingly.

if you don't know how many bars back that you want to go but you know the time then use iBarsShift function to determine Bars_back
  • #4
  • Dec 31, 2009 9:43am Dec 31, 2009 9:43am
Thanks for the reply,

But,

The problem with that approach is that you will not have a fixed start, because every bar that prints will cause the start time to move forward by one bar. I'll keep hunting around and see what I can come up with.

Anyway, thanks again.
  • #5
  • Dec 31, 2009 12:48pm Dec 31, 2009 12:48pm
Quoting angus
Thanks for the reply,

But,

The problem with that approach is that you will not have a fixed start, because every bar that prints will cause the start time to move forward by one bar. I'll keep hunting around and see what I can come up with.

Anyway, thanks again.
Angus,

As I was not sure exactly what you were trying to do i also included the concept of determining how far based on time. The iBarsShift function will give you the shift for a set time.

So if the time is 03:00 on 21 dec 2009 and currently that is 150 bars back then when a new bar is created that time will just become 151 bars back. The ibarsshift function will recalculate how many bars back for your start function.
  • #6
  • Last Post: Jan 5, 2010 10:23am Jan 5, 2010 10:23am
Quoting flyer415
Angus,

As I was not sure exactly what you were trying to do i also included the concept of determining how far based on time. The iBarsShift function will give you the shift for a set time.

So if the time is 03:00 on 21 dec 2009 and currently that is 150 bars back then when a new bar is created that time will just become 151 bars back. The ibarsshift function will recalculate how many bars back for your start function.
Sorry, I thought the iBarShift did something different. I think I'm on the right track now. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks again.
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