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  • #61
  • Feb 5, 2010 12:10am Feb 5, 2010 12:10am
Hi,
I recently created my own table of news for ALL of 2010 pending news releases as well as 3 years prev.

I did this not so much for an indicator, but to use as a filter in my backtests.
it consists of an Indexed flat file (very fast) and a DLL that is called by my EA.

Then, after spending 6 hours writing it all, I discovered your app..
Sigh i could have saved a lot of time, not having to write my own Spider.

Anyway, Can this be integrated into an EA to filter news or is it really designed for manual traders needing visual indication?
  • #62
  • Feb 5, 2010 7:53am Feb 5, 2010 7:53am
Quoting Ghamm
Anyway, Can this be integrated into an EA to filter news or is it really designed for manual traders needing visual indication?
It's designed primarily as a visual indication for manual traders.

It's capable of exporting the news events to a CSV file, which could be read by an EA. That's about the maximum extent of any possible 'integration'. I'm unwilling to post the source code for legal reasons.

Anyway, even if a greater level of integration was possible, the indicator's history capability is limited by the number of events made available, at any given point, by the calendar provider. Since this seems to be restricted to the last few weeks, it wouldn't really be suitable for backtesting over a large sample (assuming that's one of your objectives).

Given all of the above, I would guess that your time spent programming hasn't been wasted.
  • #63
  • Feb 5, 2010 3:36pm Feb 5, 2010 3:36pm
Quoting hanover
It's designed primarily as a visual indication for manual traders.

It's capable of exporting the news events to a CSV file, which could be read by an EA. That's about the maximum extent of any possible 'integration'. I'm unwilling to post the source code for legal reasons.

Anyway, even if a greater level of integration was possible, the indicator's history capability is limited by the number of events made available, at any given point, by the calendar provider. Since this seems to be restricted to the last few weeks, it wouldn't really be suitable...
I ended up writing a DLL , that integrates the Indexing.. So I can Get news realtime past and present, filtering any Impact and pair.. So far so good..
Yours was reading a flat file, which would be very hard to load such a large array into memory in MT4.
  • #64
  • Feb 9, 2010 8:45am Feb 9, 2010 8:45am
Hi, Hanover, Just thought I'd drop a line. Hanging out in public library here before work since is currently only option for getting online. Have however found a forex pupil, my supervisor at work! - who has not paid yet but after a month or so practice is expected to get the low-down on my nasty scalping method. Hope all is well with you. brucewhain
  • #65
  • Feb 9, 2010 12:34pm Feb 9, 2010 12:34pm
Quoting brucewhain
Hi, Hanover, Just thought I'd drop a line. Hanging out in public library here before work since is currently only option for getting online. Have however found a forex pupil, my supervisor at work! - who has not paid yet but after a month or so practice is expected to get the low-down on my nasty scalping method. Hope all is well with you. brucewhain
Hi Bruce, thanks for the update.

David
  • #66
  • Feb 24, 2010 1:33pm Feb 24, 2010 1:33pm
Hi Hanover... First off I love your EA and the fact that it displays news like it does. Well done!!

I'd like to suggest an enhancement, a legend of sorts in the upper right of the chart that shows what each of the numbers is for. Meaning which currency does number 7 refer to?

Thanks!
  • #67
  • Feb 24, 2010 11:22pm Feb 24, 2010 11:22pm
Quoting wazzy
Hi Hanover... First off I love your EA and the fact that it displays news like it does. Well done!!

I'd like to suggest an enhancement, a legend of sorts in the upper right of the chart that shows what each of the numbers is for. Meaning which currency does number 7 refer to?

Thanks!
I could do this easily enough, but I think many users of the indicator might see it as a waste of screen space, especially as there are only 8 different symbols, and after a short time they become easy to remember.

1 and 2 are the North American currencies:
1 = USD (the most important currency)
2 = CAD

Moving eastward round the globe, we get the European currencies:
3 = EUR
4 = GBP (there are 4 nations in GB: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland)
5 = CHF

Then the Asian currencies, from biggest traded volume to smallest (and also from west to east geographically):
6 = JPY
7 = AUD
8 = NZD (the least important currency)

Alternatively, you can change the parameters WingdingForUSD etc to different symbols, to whatever is most meaningful to you. There's a Wingdings table attached to post #25 in this thread.

You can hover your mouse cursor near the top of a symbol, and the help 'bubble' will give you a full description of the event, including the currency identifier: USD, CAD, etc.

If you set ShowUpcomingXEvents to a number > 0, it will show the next upcoming events with the relevant currency identifiers.

You can right-click the attached image below, and save it to your desktop. Then you could use it as a pop-up until the numbers become familiar.

Or you can change your Wingdings font to that provided by Monzulu here. This replaces the numbered circles with "US", "CA", "EU", "GB", etc. However, keep in mind that it updates Wingdings across your entire computer.
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  • #68
  • Mar 10, 2010 2:22pm Mar 10, 2010 2:22pm
Quoting hanover

Or you can change your Wingdings font to that provided by Monzulu here. This replaces the numbered circles with "US", "CA", "EU", "GB", etc. However, keep in mind that it updates Wingdings across your entire computer.
The indicators great and working fine, I'm just interested in changing the Wingdings font as you describe above, from numbers to US, GB, EU etc. I had a look at the thread linked and downloaded the wingdings zip but still have no idea how what to do next to change them.
  • #69
  • Mar 10, 2010 9:45pm Mar 10, 2010 9:45pm
Quoting spacePip
The indicators great and working fine, I'm just interested in changing the Wingdings font as you describe above, from numbers to US, GB, EU etc. I had a look at the thread linked and downloaded the wingdings zip but still have no idea how what to do next to change them.
I assume that you simply unzip the file, then follow Microsoft's instructions here (if you're running Win XP) or here (if you're running Vista).

For more info, Google something like "install font windows". That's how I found the above links.
  • #70
  • Mar 11, 2010 12:45am Mar 11, 2010 12:45am
Quoting hanover
I assume that you simply unzip the file, then follow Microsoft's instructions here (if you're running Win XP) or here (if you're running Vista).

For more info, Google something like "install font windows". That's how I found the above links.
Thx, simple as that then, done and works
  • #71
  • Mar 14, 2010 2:49pm Mar 14, 2010 2:49pm
Hi,

Iīm having a problem with this.
When i try to attach it to a chart, nothing appears!

Whatīs happening?

Thanks!
  • #72
  • Mar 14, 2010 4:41pm Mar 14, 2010 4:41pm
Quoting josemarcoss
When i try to attach it to a chart, nothing appears!
Make sure you set the parameters as follows, when you attach the indy to your MT4 chart:

ParameterFile = NONE
MT4TimezoneGMTplus = 0 (you will ultimately need to set this value to correct MT4 time - see post #1 for instructions)
LocalTimezoneGMTplus = 0 (you will ultimately need to set this value to correct local time - see post #1 for instructions)
ThisWeekOnly = true
VerticalSpacingPips = 5
SymbolSize = 2
TimeFrames = M1,M5,M15,M30,H1,H4,D1,W1,MN
PlotTheseImpacts = H,M,L
RelevantCcyChartsOnly = false
WingdingForUSD = 140
WingdingForCAD = 141
WingdingForEUR = 142
WingdingForGBP = 143
WingdingForCHF = 144
WingdingForJPY = 145
WingdingForAUD = 146
WingdingForNZD = 147
WingdingForOther = 139
ShowUpcomingXEvents = 12
EventFont = Courier New
EventFontSize = 11
EventScreenCorner = 1
RefreshEveryXMins = 1
OutputFile =

The other parameter values don't matter, at least in the context of your problem.

Wait until the market opens. Depending on your MT4 time zone relative to the news source, the indy may not be able to gather data when the market (i.e. your MT4 broker) is closed.

Then press the minus (-) key several times, to compress the candles toward the left of the screen. You should see the news event symbols for the coming week in the empty space at the right of the chart. As MT4 time 'catches up' with news event times, the symbols will appear above/below the candles. You should also see the next 12 upcoming events displayed at the top right of the price window.

If this doesn't solve the problem, then I'm lost. The indy runs fine here on my Win-XP config, but I can't test it on either Vista or Win-7.
  • #73
  • Mar 15, 2010 4:17pm Mar 15, 2010 4:17pm
Hi Hanover.

Itīs back!

Thanks for your instructions and your help!
  • #74
  • Apr 16, 2010 3:52pm Apr 16, 2010 3:52pm
when I left click or right click and try to save this new indicator, the name transforms into the above

is this normal?
  • #75
  • Apr 16, 2010 5:22pm Apr 16, 2010 5:22pm
Quoting al-1852
when I left click or right click and try to save this new indicator, the name transforms into the above

is this normal?
This is a known bug; I'm not sure if the fault lies with FF or your web browser. Some people seem to experience it; others don't. I have no idea why.

Anyway, if you can't download the files from post #1, click on the 'paper clip' symbol (see first screenshot), then download the file
Recent News.EX4 into folder ....../experts/indicators

and, but only if you want to use the parameter file facility, file
Presets---Recent News.TXT into folder ....../experts/files

If you can't get that to work, go to my profile and e-mail me (see second screenshot), with something suitable in the subject, so that I don't treat it as spam......... and I will send you the files by return e-mail.
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  • #76
  • Apr 17, 2010 5:30am Apr 17, 2010 5:30am
I should have tried the "paperclip" download ... thanks, Hanover, for taking the trouble to answer so completely.

All my little dots popped right up smooth as silk.

By the way, all this is in "Vista" ... so anybody out there wondering -- now you know: this works in my Vista, anyway, so it should also work in yours.

Thanks again Hanover ... a terrific indicator
  • #77
  • Apr 20, 2010 9:47am Apr 20, 2010 9:47am
... I guess, even though the main Forex Factory chart, showed a red folder for those two times .... I guess maybe Bernanke did NOT "speak" on Monday after all or "testify" on Tuesday ... so there were no red dots

... does that sound right?
  • #78
  • Edited 1:05pm Apr 20, 2010 12:39pm | Edited 1:05pm
Quoting al-1852
... I guess, even though the main Forex Factory chart, showed a red folder for those two times .... I guess maybe Bernanke did NOT "speak" on Monday after all or "testify" on Tuesday ... so there were no red dots

... does that sound right?
The indicator simply plots whatever data (including impact - high/medium/low) is currently available from its source. If data is incorrect or missing, that will be reflected in the plot. The source is NOT Forex Factory's calendar.

To force the indicator to re-read the latest news data from the source, change the currency pair or timeframe in the chart, or edit or reattach the indicator. There will likely be a delay of a few seconds while it does this.

If valid events are being plotted, but at the wrong times, it's possible that you might have the MT4TimezoneGMTplus parameter value set incorrectly. Please see post #1 for instructions.

[EDIT]
Plot News shows Bernanke testifying at 15:00 GMT (my broker is GMT+2) here. See attached screenshot. The source rated it as low impact, hence it is a yellow dot.
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  • #79
  • Apr 20, 2010 2:09pm Apr 20, 2010 2:09pm
Hanover:

(1) thanks for the reply -- I WAS under the impression that the source for the data is the "Forex Factory" calendar, but now I know better.

(2) and that explains the "missing" dot ... the Bernanke speech and testimony were showing as red / high-impact on "Forex Factory" but as you say, as yellow / low-impact on your source feed.

So my "red" setting on Plot News did not have a dot show up for that event.

(3) May I ask, please, how did you get such a large space on the right-hand sid of an MT chart to display so many upcoming dots?

(And that nifty 8-clock inset is very nice.)
  • #80
  • Apr 20, 2010 4:07pm Apr 20, 2010 4:07pm
Quoting al-1852
(3) May I ask, please, how did you get such a large space on the right-hand sid of an MT chart to display so many upcoming dots?

(And that nifty 8-clock inset is very nice.)
Near the top right corner of the price window is a small, downward pointing triangle. This sets the point where the rightmost candle will be plotted. Drag it toward the left to get more 'whitespace' at the right of your chart. Then press the End key on your keyboard to proceed directly to the last candle.

If you can't see the triangle, press F8 and set the 'Grid' color to the opposite of the 'Background' color (e.g. White; Black). Then it should be more easily visible.

The Clocks indicator is attached to this post.
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