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  • #1
  • First Post: May 18, 2010 12:00am May 18, 2010 12:00am
Hi Experienced Metatrader users,

May I ask anyone who know if there are built-in functions for:

1. Snap cursor to the nearest round pip (vertically)? (so that I don't need to round up the number for S/R every time)

2. Can I select a number of vertically/horizontal lines and change all of their colour at once?

cheers,

kk007
  • #2
  • Jul 15, 2010 6:06am Jul 15, 2010 6:06am
Two months has passed, anyone any ideas?

cheers,
  • #3
  • Jul 15, 2010 10:24am Jul 15, 2010 10:24am
Perhaps, there is no way to do so then.

cheers!
  • #4
  • Jul 15, 2010 5:17pm Jul 15, 2010 5:17pm
#1 - I worked on a recent project with Andrew's Pitchfork to do this. It was much more involved than it looked at first and involved a lot of coding, but I came up with a successful solution. What you want is much simpler. I don't care to share in a forum like this.

#2 - it is simple to do in MQL script. I don't care to share in a forum like this.
  • #5
  • Jul 15, 2010 5:35pm Jul 15, 2010 5:35pm
Hi CodeMeister,

Very kind of you. It sounds to me that this is not a build-in function, and I have to use an indi to do this.

If not mind, may I have the one "Snap cursor to the nearest round pip" (i.e. the nearest 4-decimal place), so that I don't need to adjust my line properties each time when I create a horizontal line.

Many thanks,

kk

Quoting CodeMeister
#1 - I worked on a recent project with Andrew's Pitchfork to do this. It was much more involved than it looked at first and involved a lot of coding, but I came up with a successful solution. What you want is much simpler. I don't care to share in a forum like this.

#2 - it is simple to do in MQL script. I don't care to share in a forum like this.
  • #6
  • Jul 15, 2010 6:32pm Jul 15, 2010 6:32pm
I just sent you a PM about this.
  • #7
  • Jul 15, 2010 8:44pm Jul 15, 2010 8:44pm
Quoting CodeMeister
I just sent you a PM about this.
I will try to code it myself when I have time to study it. Not prepare to pay for this. cheers.
  • #8
  • Jul 15, 2010 8:51pm Jul 15, 2010 8:51pm
hey kk.... could you perhaps better explain maybe with perhaps a chart....

changing the color on multiple lines and placing multiple lies is easy.... having a line move on it's own is easy....

but i can't understand exactly the steps your taking in the process.....h
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #9
  • Jul 15, 2010 8:54pm Jul 15, 2010 8:54pm
Quoting hayseed
hey kk.... could you perhaps better explain maybe with perhaps a chart....

changing the color on multiple lines and placing multiple lies is easy.... having a line move on it's own is easy....

but i can't understand exactly the steps your taking in the process.....h
Thanks hayseed,

Let me prepare some illustrations.

cheers,

kk

P.S. By the way, someone seems to suggest this snap is a build-in feature in MT5, not sure about this.
  • #10
  • Jul 15, 2010 9:02pm Jul 15, 2010 9:02pm
Hi Hayseed,

The story is here. I prepared two figures for illustration. On the Figure 1 (bigger one) below, I have created a horizontal line and want to set it to 0.8837. Nevertheless, on the chart, it can usually give me a 5-decimal place value close to but not equal to 0.8837. And this time, it is 0.88366.

So, I have to go to the properties to change the value (Figure 2). The value is a 6-decimal place value.

I find this is a bit time-consuming to do it repeatedly. If there is a "snap" feature there, the cursor can only moving across nearest pip (for example, if the cursor is on 0.8837, it can only move up to 0.8838 and there is no movement in between the two.

I hope this explained my issue,

cheers,

kk
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  • #11
  • Jul 15, 2010 9:36pm Jul 15, 2010 9:36pm
hey kk.... try this..... it will change all horizontal lines color at the same time and allow for precision setting of the digits.....

it's an indicator..... once attached if you place a line at 1.45462 and have the precision set at 4, it will move the line to 1.4546..... with precision set to 3 it will move the line to 1.455..... and so on..... if you drag the line to another area, it will adjust the line to the same manner...... colors also.....

holler if any changes are needed......h
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  • #12
  • Last Post: Jul 15, 2010 9:50pm Jul 15, 2010 9:50pm
Quoting hayseed
hey kk.... try this..... it will change all horizontal lines color at the same time and allow for precision setting of the digits.....

it's an indicator..... once attached if you place a line at 1.45462 and have the precision set at 4, it will move the line to 1.4546..... with precision set to 3 it will move the line to 1.455..... and so on..... if you drag the line to another area, it will adjust the line to the same manner...... colors also.....

holler if any changes are needed......h
Hi Hayseed,

Tons of thanks. Let me try!!

007
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