the impossible EA?

KD,

It sounds like you've also got some programming skills. (I have zero.)

So I'm going to ask you to post your version of this EA/indicator so that RR and Zen Leow can see what you're suggesting in full. Would you do that for us?

some more questions after using this. how can the modeling be determined? it looks like the bulls bears percentage not add up to 100, when using 100 ticks?. the tick counter should never contain a zero, since a move is a move, and the array shifting looks ok... I have changed it so it calculates the amount of the move not just the direction, but it started dropping some ticks. i'll post that code and if you want it then use it.


//CalculatePercentage();

double Bulls = 0;
double Bears = 0;

for (int i=0; i<100; i++)
{
//-------------
if (TickDirectionArray[i] > 0)
{
for( int j=TickDirectionArray[i]; j>0; j--)
{
Bulls=Bulls+1;
//Print("Added "+j+" to bulls:"+Bulls);
}
}
//--------------
if (TickDirectionArray[i] < 0)
{
for( j=TickDirectionArray[i]; j<0; j++)
{
Bears=Bears+1;
//Print("Added "+j+" to bears:"+Bears);
}
}
}

Thanks for that. Would you mind posting the modified files so that I can try it out myself?

While you're at it, do you know enough to attempt anything with the F key toggles I mentioned?

I'm still wondering how we can improve the ability to "recover" after a power outage, or system shutdown, or something which closes metatrader.

Do you know how to write to a file? I think writing to CSV would be ideal

Time|Direction|Tick Value

http://articles.mql4.com/440
http://docs.mql4.com/files

im going to translate the percentages into histogram bars on the candles see what that looks like.

I actually thought about this when coding the first draft. but the thing is, doing so will generate a monumental amount of arrows. I was under the impression that mc wanted to use those percentages as a buy/sell signal of sorts and the current implementation is used to mark out when those levels were reached.

However, now that we've moved into an indicator. your suggestion of applying a range of values to the arrows can be used for the numbers instead.
e.g.
the Bull Percent value will be the color of Ratio_Bullish_Color_1 when it is a value between DivergencePercent_1 and DivergencePercent_2

how about that?

regards,
Zen

Assuming:
NumberOfSeconds = 250
NumberOfTicks = 100

The ticks that are to be stored and to remain in the storage tank must adhere to a couple of rules.

1. It must be a tick that cause a change in price (yes that's right. occasionally, ticks received just don't change the quote at all. I was surprised too)
2. It must not be older than 250 seconds.
3. It must not be the 101th tick in history.

There actually SHOULD be a lot of occasions when the bulls-bears percentage don't add up to 100 because "ticks" that are too old (exceeding 250 seconds) gets purged away automatically leaving less than 100 ticks in the tank. This is particularly apparent when the indicator has just loaded and is accumulating ticks or at times of low volatility.

Speaking of which I've noticed a mistake in my codes, I should reset the last position in the array to 0 whenever there is a shift. so that the result won't get screwed.

It's fixed now, so if you've been using the version 1 of the indicator or even the EA, please discard all findings and start with this one instead.
This version also incorporates the changing of colors for the numbers as mentioned in my earlier post. Doesn't do much good for data collection but at least I hope it'll add to your viewing pleasure. =)

regards,
Zen

My personal thanks to all 3 of you guys! When I come here and see all this work you guys are doing it gives me an incredible boost!

For what it's worth this thread is becoming one of the most watched in the programming section. Lots of views, lots of downloads. Not a lot of love for the programmers helping us out, though.

I'm not asking anything for me, not even a vote. But if you're here long enough to bag a cool indicator, all I ask is that you drop a short note of thanks to the 3 main programmers here.

Peace out, pips in.

Chance

I haven't contributed anything here yet. Zen_Leow deserves much of the credit.

note: i did notice that the array is being shifted in two spots in start(), this 'may' present a problem writing stuff to a file depending on how and where its done.

KD, do me a favor and post the indi with what ever corrections you feel ought to happen. Give me a chance to work with it, and give Zen Leow and RR a chance to inspect your codes.

ummmm its not little corrections any more
all the objects and most of the code i removed temporarily, cause they were in the way.

The picture shows what i was talking about with the pips totaled up plus the spread tick by tick. It doesn't match up with the candles above them, its streaming. I'm going to put a cutoff on each new candle open, reset it, then total the bulls bears and overlay that using two more histograms per candle ( so then the candles will match up again ) with the 2 percentages. this should tell more about spread.

i just noticed that you cant see the spread line in the photo, its the blue line. and nothing lines up with the candles or the dates below the indie so don't read into anything, its tick by tick...

Hi Zen Leow,

I've read that you are a great programmer and very generous with helping non-programmers out. I am trying to rework this indicator so that displays the second buffer contents, Ac_Vis, in the first buffer place so that I can apply other indicators over it. I took a look at it and tried a few things that didn't work. Appreciate it very much if you could show me how it's done.

Thanks so much.

Scott