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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 2, 2011 8:39am Jan 2, 2011 8:39am
Greetings,

Can anyone tell me how to have MT4 place vertical lines on the chart for each new day? I read somewhere that it can automatically draw vertical lines to separate each day but I can't figure out how to do it. Does anyone know?

Thank you for your help.
  • #2
  • Jan 2, 2011 8:45am Jan 2, 2011 8:45am
you are either after an actual session indicator (of which i have a basic one attached in the factory somewhere),

or

you are after... right click chart -> properties -> common tab -> show period separators
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  • #3
  • Jan 2, 2011 11:06am Jan 2, 2011 11:06am
Perfect, thank you!

Quoting nubcake
you are either after an actual session indicator (of which i have a basic one attached in the factory somewhere),

or

you are after... right click chart -> properties -> common tab -> show period separators
  • #4
  • Jan 2, 2011 11:20am Jan 2, 2011 11:20am
A shortcut for the "period separators" is CTRL Y .

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  • #5
  • Jan 2, 2011 11:24am Jan 2, 2011 11:24am
Ah, even perfect-ER!

Quoting bluesteele
A shortcut for the "period separators" is CTRL Y .

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  • #6
  • Jan 2, 2011 11:28am Jan 2, 2011 11:28am
Great thread http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=67529

All the shortcuts laid out nicely.
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  • #7
  • Jan 3, 2011 12:17am Jan 3, 2011 12:17am
bluesteele you stole my thank you *shakes fist*

also, i believe you can set this up to be the default settings for a chart if you go up the top and look through the options... i'm sure it's in there somewhere.
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  • #8
  • Jan 3, 2011 7:32am Jan 3, 2011 7:32am
For those that want to display vertical lines at other times than midnight (which is the MT4 default) here is an indicator for you. You can change the time and the color, but if you want to change the line style you have to do some minor coding.
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Time_vLines.mq4   2 KB | 1,911 downloads
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  • #9
  • Jan 3, 2011 7:51am Jan 3, 2011 7:51am
This is wonderful, was really looking forward to using them, but they don't appear to work on range bars (offline charts). Can any other indicator work with offline charts?

Quoting bug
For those that want to display vertical lines at other times than midnight (which is the MT4 default) here is an indicator for you. You can change the time and the color, but if you want to change the line style you have to do some minor coding.
  • #10
  • Jan 3, 2011 8:34am Jan 3, 2011 8:34am
Quoting Dreamliner
This is wonderful, was really looking forward to using them, but they don't appear to work on range bars (offline charts). Can any other indicator work with offline charts?
That's because they're range bars. Get it? The formation of a bar on a range bar chart has nothing to do with time so it's not a big surprise. Maybe some genius will be able to recode this indicator for you.

PS. I'm not a coder.
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  • #11
  • Jan 3, 2011 8:47am Jan 3, 2011 8:47am
Time period bars should show up on range bars, after all the range does have a start and an ending time. Even the standard period separators that come with MT4 show up on range bars, so I don't know why this indicator does not.

Quoting bug
That's because they're range bars. Get it? The formation of a bar on a range bar chart has nothing to do with time so it's not a big surprise. Maybe some genius will be able to recode this indicator for you.

PS. I'm not a coder.
  • #12
  • Jan 3, 2011 10:13am Jan 3, 2011 10:13am
Because a range bar could start on an odd minute, missing the time setting parameter of the indicator.

eg. set for 9.00 am, bar opens @9.01 am
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  • #13
  • Jan 3, 2011 10:24am Jan 3, 2011 10:24am
Then why can the period separators that come with MT4 have no problem with range bars? If a period starts at midnight, and a range bar starts at 11:00 PM and goes through 1:30 am it will have a period separator on that bar. If standard indicators that come with MT4 can do it, other indicators should be able to as well, depending on how they are programmed.

Quoting Shabs19
Because a range bar could start on an odd minute, missing the time setting parameter of the indicator.

eg. set for 9.00 am, bar opens @9.01 am
  • #14
  • Jan 3, 2011 2:25pm Jan 3, 2011 2:25pm
Quoting Dreamliner
Then why can the period separators that come with MT4 have no problem with range bars? If a period starts at midnight, and a range bar starts at 11:00 PM and goes through 1:30 am it will have a period separator on that bar. If standard indicators that come with MT4 can do it, other indicators should be able to as well, depending on how they are programmed.
Hi Dreamliner,
Range bar do not recognize built-in Time[] funtion therefore it is not possible to have these bar displayed in a way it is implemented in the scripts like these. Also, there may not be clear demarcation of particular Hour on the chart becasue one bar may have Hour of the day at somewhere in the middle of the bar unlike regular chart where time changes at every new bar opened. However, it should be possible to write a special script to indicate particular hour of the day at a given bar.
Can you tell me your specific requirement? what exactly you are looking for - like you want see that which bar lies at particular hour of the day and minute of the day? I can write something for you if you can give me your exact specification.
Please let me know.
AshN
  • #15
  • Jan 3, 2011 2:29pm Jan 3, 2011 2:29pm
Wow, thank you. I just want an indicator to tell me when 8:00 AM EST (1300GMT) is on a chart, and be able to adjust it to whatever hour I wanted to. It would be nice to be able to change colors and thickness as well, but just a basic indicator showing 8:00 AM (adjustable) would be fine.

Quoting netFX
Hi Dreamliner,
Range bar do not recognize built-in Time[] funtion therefore it is not possible to have these bar displayed in a way it is implemented in the scripts like these....
  • #16
  • Jan 3, 2011 2:51pm Jan 3, 2011 2:51pm
Quoting netFX
Hi Dreamliner,
Range bar do not recognize built-in Time[] funtion therefore it is not possible to have these bar displayed in a way it is implemented in the scripts like these....
This should show vertical lines on the bars which has the hour of the day. If bar has more than one hour of the day then you may not see any line.
Let me know if it works for you.
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 VerticalTimeLines_rangeBarChart.mq4   2 KB | 1,219 downloads
AshN
  • #17
  • Last Post: Jan 3, 2011 3:26pm Jan 3, 2011 3:26pm
Perfect. Thank you very much!

Quoting netFX
This should show vertical lines on the bars which has the hour of the day. If bar has more than one hour of the day then you may not see any line.
Let me know if it works for you.
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