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  • #21
  • Mar 21, 2011 2:49pm Mar 21, 2011 2:49pm
Quoting johnsund
David - out of curiosity what indicators do you use? Can you post a chart please. Thanks for all you do.
Must admit, I've been doing more programming than trading lately.

However, near the foot of this post ("I get a number of PMs asking me about my trading method........") there are some links to posts where I described my basic approach. The only 'conventional' indy that I use is Bollinger bands.
  • #22
  • Mar 21, 2011 3:06pm Mar 21, 2011 3:06pm
Quoting michaelwen
Hanover. just find interest thing happen, take look at attach chart. it is same TDI , at same pair , at same time, on both chart (from #14) I set Alertcondle 0. look at end of TDI picture, the green show different shape. then the alert going be different.
how is happen. I just try to put Yellow line from black color to yellow again, to see where was it at current time. when I hit ok . yellow line come out , but green line change to different shape. any idea? thanks for your works. #14 TDI works great . untill this happen.
If I understand you correctly, you're talking about the lines changing only when you reset the indicator (changing the parameters - the color from black to yellow in this case - will cause a reset, as I explained in post #14).

I didn't write the original indy that plots the lines. I simply took a TDI indy that I found somewhere on FF, renamed it to 'TDI alerts', and added alerts to it.

From what I can tell, the original code only re-plots the rightmost values on the chart if they've changed. This is common practice, as there's no need to re-calc/re-plot the historical values/lines on every new tick, because they don't change, and this helps to ensure that your computer isn't slowed down by performing unnecessary calculations.

What has probably happened is that the positions of the lines changed at exactly the same time you happened to edit the settings to change the color. However, I can only guess because, once again, I can't reproduce a situation that's already been and gone.
  • #23
  • Edited 4:11pm Mar 21, 2011 3:11pm | Edited 4:11pm
Quoting michaelwen
another favor need ask. could you add Alert not only once, but make it is repeat for 1 Min if no action take. sometimes I was read bood or watch movie during the waiting. so only one Alert maybe can miss that sound. ( I am use the second TDI Alerts. the one you can change AlertCandle o/1) thanks again.
This is not easy to program, because MT4 doesn't provide a way of accepting input from the user (apart from editing the parameter settings), i.e. to shut off the alert. Obviously you don't want then alert to keep sounding every 1 minute until the next candle forms, after you have seen and acted upon it.

Anyway, I will have a think about it.

Also, I'm starting to spend too much time on unpaid work. I need to pay my bills somehow.

[EDIT]
Here's one possible workaround. Change the alerts sound to one of the attached sirens (unzip the files into your ......../MT4/sounds folder).
To change the sound of the alert: press Ctrl-O in MT4 and go to the Events tab. Then go to the dropdown next to the Alert field. Select 'Choose other....' and select one of the sirens. Click OK. Then press Ctrl-O, go back and double check that the Alert is now set to siren.wav or siren_repeating.wav

--- siren.wav plays the siren just once
--- siren_repeating.wav plays the siren 3 times, with a ~10 second pause between each play

Then provided you turn the volume on your computer up very loud, I guarantee that this will wake you from your sleep. The neighbors living in the house next door will probably hear it, too, LOL.

[EDIT]
Here's another workaround. Use the e-mail alerts built into the indy. Set the EmailSubject parameter to a non-blank value. Have your telecom provider re-route e-mails to your cellphone. Put your phone in your pocket with the vibrate switched on.
Attached File(s)
File Type: zip sirens.zip   523 KB | 1,327 downloads
  • #24
  • Mar 21, 2011 9:43pm Mar 21, 2011 9:43pm
Quoting hanover
This is not easy to program, because MT4 doesn't provide a way of accepting input from the user (apart from editing the parameter settings), i.e. to shut off the alert. Obviously you don't want then alert to keep sounding every 1 minute until the next candle forms, after you have seen and acted upon it.

Anyway, I will have a think about it.

Also, I'm starting to spend too much time on unpaid work. I need to pay my bills somehow.

[EDIT]
Here's one possible workaround. Change the alerts sound to one of the attached sirens (unzip the files...
thanks a lot hanover. I will try that.
  • #25
  • Apr 12, 2011 3:17pm Apr 12, 2011 3:17pm
David - right now I have alerts sent from TDI alerts to my cell phone via a text message. Is there a way to just send a conventional email? MB Trading has modified the standard MT4 platform so it will operate in their ECN environment, but nowhere is there release notes do they mention altering email alert capability. Or is text message to cell phone the best option?

Here is the link to get to release notes, then click release.
http://www.mbtrading.com/metaTrader4.aspx

Thanks.
  • #26
  • Apr 12, 2011 4:39pm Apr 12, 2011 4:39pm
Quoting johnsund
David - right now I have alerts sent from TDI alerts to my cell phone via a text message. Is there a way to just send a conventional email? MB Trading has modified the standard MT4 platform so it will operate in their ECN environment, but nowhere is there release notes do they mention altering email alert capability. Or is text message to cell phone the best option?

Here is the link to get to release notes, then click release.
http://www.mbtrading.com/metaTrader4.aspx

Thanks.
John,

I wasn't able to find either of the words "mail" or "alert" in MB Trader's release notes. The notes appear to deal primarily with trade execution.

My understanding is that the most that can be achieved at the MT4 end of things is to send an e-mail. (To set this up, you must press Ctrl-O and then complete the details in the Email tab correctly. Then the SendMail() command in TDI, and other indys, will use these settings).

Whether or not e-mails get forwarded to your cellphone depends on the arrangement you have with your telecoms provider. I suspect that the mechanics (and costs, terms and conditions, etc) will differ from provider to provider, and country to country.

I'm not sure, but some providers might have a facility where any e-mail sent to an address like <cellphone number>@<provider>.com goes directly to your phone. In which case you should be able to type that address into the relevant field in MT4 Options' Email tab.

David
  • #27
  • Edited 5:47pm May 10, 2011 4:36pm | Edited 5:47pm
I received a PM asking me to make a very complex alerting system even more so.

Attached is TDI alerts advanced v2.

There are two new operators:
>> means 'much greater than'
<< means 'much less than'

And a new parameter, Differential, which answers the question "how much greater or less than?"

I've set the default parameters as:
AnyCondChange = TRUE
Differential = 10.0
Alert0 = "alert buy,G1>>G2,G1>R1"
Alert1 = "alert sell,G1<<G2,G1<R1"

This means that:

Alert0 will trigger with an "alert buy" message if:
(i) The value of the green line at candle #1 is at least 10 points higher than the value of the green line at candle #2, AND the value of the green line at candle #1 is greater than the value of the red line at candle #1
AND
(ii) At least one of these conditions was not met on the immediately prior candles (#2 and #3)

In other words, this is effectively saying: IF (G1 >= G2+10 AND G1 > R1) AND NOT(G2 >= G3+10 AND G2 > R2) THEN trigger "alert buy"

Alert1 will trigger with an "alert sell" message if:
(i) The value of the green line at candle #1 is at least 10 points lower than the value of the green line at candle #2, AND the value of the green line at candle #1 is less than the value of the red line at candle #1
AND
(ii) At least one of these conditions was not met on the immediately prior candles (#2 and #3)

In other words, this is effectively saying: IF (G1 <= G2–10 AND G1 < R1) AND NOT(G2 <= G3–10 AND G2 < R2) THEN trigger "alert sell"

This is VERY complex logic. Please read all earlier posts in this thread THOROUGHLY before asking any questions; you'll likely find all of the answers there. If you don't understand these posts, then please DON'T attempt to use the advanced versions of the indicator; use the simpler version attached to post #2 instead. I'm 99% sure that the code works perfectly. Sorry to be rude, but I'm too busy working on this project to answer questions.

David
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File Type: mq4 TDI alerts advanced v2.mq4   81 KB | 2,471 downloads
  • #28
  • Oct 28, 2012 11:07pm Oct 28, 2012 11:07pm
The way I'm reading this is that the alarm will sound 1 candle after the cross if it's set to G1>R1.....is there any way to set it so the alarm will sound a small bit before the touch of green to red. This is a great thing.

Quoting hanover
When you're satisfied that the indy works correctly, you're ready to move up to the advanced version! This is the version that I wrote for my friend Malcolm.

This is even more complex, so please make sure that you understand all of the concepts in posts #7 and #12 before you even consider reading on.

The advanced version includes these further concepts:

1. Instead of using tokens like G, Y, etc you now use G0, Y1, etc. G0 means the "value of the green line at candle #0", Y1 means the "value of the yellow line at candle #1", and so on....
  • #29
  • Jan 13, 2013 8:25pm Jan 13, 2013 8:25pm
Hey Hanover,

I want to thank you for making this custom version of the TDI indicator with alerts available.

I was able to get it set up and got my e-mail notifications working great.

I'm running into a problem though.

Simple alert set-ups such as G>R or G<R work great. So does G>L and G<U too.

The problem I ran into was when I set up G>R,G<R,G>R. No alert is triggering.

I set up a 2 step alert using G>R,G<R but no luck either. When I set up G>Y,G>U it worked fine.

Is there any way I can set up an alert to trigger when G>R,G<R,G>R-when all of those conditions are met in that order from left to right?

Thanks, Joe
  • #30
  • Jan 14, 2013 1:53pm Jan 14, 2013 1:53pm
Quoting Joe12s
Hey Hanover, ..........
Joe,

It's a long time since I wrote this indy, and without studying the code in detail, I can't recall exactly how it works. The last couple of versions (post #15, #27) are very complex, and I wouldn't want to modify them, at least not without first spending considerable time re-familiarizing myself with the code, for fear of introducing bugs. I don't use TDI myself, so there's no real incentive for me to do this. The indy is offered on a "take it or leave it" basis. Source code is there if anybody else wants to modify it.

What I don't understand is why you would want an alert for G>R, G<R. It's impossible for G to be both greater than R, and less than R, at the same time. However, you could try something like G2>R2, G1<R1 which (if I recall correctly) means that "if G>R two candles ago, and then G<R one candle ago". Also, for an alert to sound immediately G becomes greater than R, means that G must have been less than R on the previous candle (i.e please note my comment in post #7: "Now for the alert to trigger, ALL of the conditions must apply on candle #1, and at least one of the conditions must NOT apply on candle #2.". I've done my best to explain how to use the indy in the earlier posts.

David
  • #31
  • Edited 3:38pm Jan 14, 2013 2:00pm | Edited 3:38pm
Hey David,

Thanks for the reply post.

Joe
  • #32
  • Apr 6, 2013 4:01pm Apr 6, 2013 4:01pm
Thanks hannover may God save and bless you.
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  • #33
  • Apr 6, 2013 4:13pm Apr 6, 2013 4:13pm
can u please code this alarm each to enter a trade based on user set alarm parameters. That's it enters a trade instead of only sending alert. I will be very grateful. Thanks.
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  • #34
  • Dec 30, 2013 11:58am Dec 30, 2013 11:58am
is this thread still live ??
this indicator is great, although i am having difficulties just now setting so that it will alert only when green cross MBL (yellow) -
it seems to have a mind of its own on this one ...

any advice on this would be greatly appreciated,

happy new year everyone

nelly
  • #35
  • Dec 30, 2013 12:34pm Dec 30, 2013 12:34pm
Quoting Nellycopter
is this thread still live ?? this indicator is great, although i am having difficulties just now setting so that it will alert only when green cross MBL (yellow) - it seems to have a mind of its own on this one ... any advice on this would be greatly appreciated, happy new year everyone nelly
Nelly,

I wrote this indicator more than 2 years ago, and I forget exactly how it works now, except that the code is very complex and I spent many hours getting it to work correctly. Sorry to be selfish, but I don't use TDI myself, and I've no great desire to re-visit it.

No offense, but you haven't said what parameters you're using, which version of the indicator (there are at least 3 in the thread) you're using, or what exactly the problem is. In any case, with trades placed by EAs, and also alerts, it's almost impossible to re-create past scenarios exactly as they occurred, in order to begin troubleshooting a problem. I find that these are the hardest and most time consuming problems to solve.

The parameter settings are complex; you might find that by re-reading earlier posts in the thread that a different set of parameters will generate the result that you're seeking.

Failing that, I've attached another TDI indy that has alerts, that I found somewhere in my travels. I didn't write it, and I don't know what conditions trigger the alerts. But I hope that it is useful to you.

Happy New Year to you also, and again I apologize for being selfish. I'm happy to share some of my indicators on forums, but I don't have the time or the motivation to keep re-examining them every time somebody has a question, hence they are offered on a 'take it or leave it' basis.

David
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 TDI_mtf+alerts.mq4   20 KB | 1,256 downloads
  • #36
  • Dec 31, 2013 5:56am Dec 31, 2013 5:56am
Quoting Nellycopter
i am having difficulties just now setting so that it will alert only when green cross MBL (yellow) - it seems to have a mind of its own on this one
I think there is no alert-function when RSI (green) crosses the MARKET-BASE-LINE (yellow).
PM me with coding requests and I'll probably put you on my ignore list
  • #37
  • Dec 31, 2013 11:44am Dec 31, 2013 11:44am
thanks for your reply Hanover,
i understand what you are saying, thanks anyways,
i will keep fiddling with the setting see if i can get it to alert what i need.

all the best for the new year.

best regards

nelly
  • #38
  • Feb 19, 2014 4:05pm Feb 19, 2014 4:05pm
Hey guys.
Please I downloaded (TDI alerts.mq4) from this thread this indicator, put it into MT4 / indicators but I can not insert a graph.
Can you please help. Thank you so much!
  • #39
  • Feb 19, 2014 6:33pm Feb 19, 2014 6:33pm
Quoting Viktor.kren
Hey guys. Please I downloaded (TDI alerts.mq4) from this thread this indicator, put it into MT4 / indicators but I can not insert a graph. Can you please help. Thank you so much!

perhaps you are face problems in the new MT4 build 600 above.

go tot this link and watch that video:

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...15#post7290115
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  • #40
  • Feb 19, 2014 7:03pm Feb 19, 2014 7:03pm
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File Type: mq4 TDI_mtf+alerts b600+.mq4   20 KB | 1,328 downloads
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