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Higher High/Higher Low indicator conversion from 4 to 5 decimals. Help anyone?

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 3, 2011 8:09pm Mar 3, 2011 8:09pm
I found this Higher High Higher Low indicator that needs to be converted from the older 4 decimal to be able to be used on 5 decimal charts. Can anyone fix this for me and repost? I don't think it would take much but I am no programmer. I thank you in advance.
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File Type: mq4 ForexProfits.mq4   13 KB | 987 downloads
  • #2
  • Mar 6, 2011 11:23pm Mar 6, 2011 11:23pm
Quoting adsanders
I found this Higher High Higher Low indicator that needs to be converted from the older 4 decimal to be able to be used on 5 decimal charts. Can anyone fix this for me and repost? I don't think it would take much but I am no programmer. I thank you in advance.
It doesn't surprise me that nobody's been able to solve this one for you. I looked at the code for about 30 mins, and couldn't figure out what the indicator was attempting to do, let alone how it does it.

Please try the attached. I've added the following code, which I think should do the trick. I attached my changed version to a NZDUSD,D1 chart, and values in the ensuing alert seemed sensible enough. But without knowing what the indicator is trying to achieve, I can't say whether or not the plotted symbols and the alerts are now working exactly as they should.
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// -------- added this code to hopefully also accommodate 5/3 decimal pricing --------
   if (symbolDigits == 3 || symbolDigits == 5)   {
     pips2         *= 10;
     pips50        *= 10;
     stopLossPips  *= 10;
     minProfitPips *= 10;
   }  
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following line of code occurs twice:
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         profitTarget = NormalizeDouble(entryPoint,symbolDigits - 2);   //   ????? ---- this statement uses symbolDigits and might need modification

It looks like he's trying to reduce the profit target by chopping off the rightmost 2 decimals, and rounding the result. What this achieves, or why it needs doing, I have no idea. The existing code should achieve the same goal no matter how many decimals are in the price, but I've no way of knowing whether it remains appropriate for 5/3 digit pricing.

If I've failed, and nobody else here wishes to take up the challenge, perhaps you could try contacting the original programmer, Greg Spinner at [email protected]

Fingers crossed for you,
David
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  • #3
  • Last Post: Mar 7, 2011 2:14pm Mar 7, 2011 2:14pm
Thanks a bunch! I will try it out. I think what the indicator was suppose to achieve was show the TP and SL on the chart along with an indicator arrow pointing out the HH or HL. I believe the TP had an option to round up to the next big number (ending in either 00 or 50) instead of a set number. I have an older Forex.com chart that this indicator still worked on because it was still 4 decimals and it looks like that was what it was doing.
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