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Session Indicator Xi-Sessions v1.00

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited Jul 25, 2014 5:45pm Mar 23, 2011 8:38am | Edited Jul 25, 2014 5:45pm
Update 2014-07-26
- Update for build 600+
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Xi-Sessions.mq4   22 KB | 5,096 downloads | Uploaded Jul 25, 2014 5:44pm


Someone requested that session boxes be added to the Xi-Sessions indicator so it has now been updated to include session boxes.

Features/Quirks:

 

  1. Use multiple instances for multiple sessions.
    Set parameter 'Session.IndicatorId' to a unique string for each session.
  2. Works with whole hours only. Session.OpenHour and Session.CloseHour must be at least 2 hours apart.
  3. Optional vertical line and label for session open.
  4. Optional vertical line and label for session close.
  5. Option to extend high/low lines beyond the session end.
  6. Optional session box.
  7. Optional range value label and box label below the session low.
  8. Optional alert when the channel range goes above a set threshold.

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File Type: mq4 Xi-Sessions 1.00.mq4   20 KB | 7,008 downloads
File Type: ex4 Xi-Sessions 1.00.ex4   16 KB | 5,079 downloads
File Type: mq4 ASCTrend1i-Alert.mq4   8 KB | 3,147 downloads | Uploaded Jan 31, 2014 1:35am
  • #2
  • Mar 25, 2011 3:22pm Mar 25, 2011 3:22pm
Ola Xaphod, thanks sir
  • #3
  • Aug 2, 2012 12:13pm Aug 2, 2012 12:13pm
Thanks for good session indicators.
  • #4
  • Dec 1, 2012 5:11pm Dec 1, 2012 5:11pm
Hi Xaphod

Thanks for an awesome indicator.

I was hoping you could enlighten me on something - when backtesting strategies manually, using this indicator, it gets to a certain point and it seems to unravel and stop functioning correctly. Are you able to tell me why this is? I thought it might have been an overflow problem with metatrader only being able to handle X amount of lines. I am a newbie coder so as a challenge I thought I'd try customising it a bit, so I added a code to it see if it was this issue, whereby now you can cut off the indicator at x amount of days (i.e. you can show 80 sessions prior, cutting it off at say 40, so you dont see sessions current, to 40) but this didn't seem to work, it still stops working at a certain amount of sessions. Currently its stopped at 14 sept - and a few weeks ago it had stopped at mid June, so it seems to change.

Firstly, hope you don't mind me having a crack at your indicator, it was good practice =)

and Secondly, do you know why there seems to be a limit to the historic sessions?

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated - thanks once again on a sterling indicator.

All the best,

Tom
  • #5
  • Dec 2, 2012 4:14pm Dec 2, 2012 4:14pm
Quoting tom.forex
I was hoping you could enlighten me on something - when backtesting strategies manually, using this indicator, it gets to a certain point and it seems to unravel and stop functioning correctly. Are you able to tell me why this is? I thought it might have been an overflow problem with metatrader only being able to handle X amount of lines. I am a newbie coder so as a challenge I thought I'd try customising it a bit, so I added a code to it see if it was this issue, whereby now you can cut off the indicator at x amount of days (i.e. you can show 80...
Hi

You do not provide much useful information. "it seems to unravel and stop functioning correctly" is not a particularly helpful description of a software malfunction.

I just tried it out on a chart and it maxed out after about 370 days. I do not know why, however it seems far back enough.

It run in the strategy tester from Jan 2010 - Dec 2011: No problem, and from Jan 2012-Nov 2012: No problem.

Maybe your historical data has deficiencies? It could possibly get stuck if it encounters missing data in certain formations. I doubt I have covered all possible cases of data incoherencies. Also, have you checked the 'experts' and 'journal' tabs for error messages?
  • #6
  • Nov 17, 2015 10:14am Nov 17, 2015 10:14am
It is a useful indicator to my needs.

Thank you xaphod...
  • #7
  • Nov 18, 2015 4:50pm Nov 18, 2015 4:50pm
Quoting redwed
It is a useful indicator to my needs. Thank you xaphod...
You are welcome, redwed. Nice to see the indicator is still useful. It must have been one of the first ones I wrote.
  • #8
  • Mar 8, 2016 3:00pm Mar 8, 2016 3:00pm
Hi Xaphod!!!

This indicator is great. Could you please make it work with minutes too rather than just whole hours and make Session.OpenHour and Session.CloseHour be in minutes rather than be at least 2 hours apart?

Also for some reason it doesn't show higher than H1 even though I put 1440 in the extern values for example.

Thanks in advance.
  • #9
  • Mar 8, 2016 11:58pm Mar 8, 2016 11:58pm
Quoting Diki
Hi Xaphod!!! This indicator is great. Could you please make it work with minutes too rather than just whole hours and make Session.OpenHour and Session.CloseHour be in minutes rather than be at least 2 hours apart? Also for some reason it doesn't show higher than H1 even though I put 1440 in the extern values for example. Thanks in advance.
The indicator was written to show the market open hours of the various trading zones. They are typically measured in hours so that was what the indicator was written for. Drawing these on a bar chart over 1 hour does not work very well. You can adjust the highest timeframe in which it will show the sessions:
Inserted Code
Session_MaxTimeFrame=240; /* Session: Maximum TimeFrame */ // Highest TF to show lines in 1,5,15,30,60,240,1440 etc

Doing it in minutes would have made the task quite a bit more complicated as one would have to figure out and account for various data abnormalities in order for it to work consistently. Since the indicator was intended for showing trading zones, it was not necessary. It is not simple thing to adjust the indicator to do.
  • #10
  • Mar 9, 2016 1:07pm Mar 9, 2016 1:07pm
Quoting Xaphod
{quote} The indicator was written to show the market open hours of the various trading zones. They are typically measured in hours so that was what the indicator was written for. Drawing these on a bar chart over 1 hour does not work very well. You can adjust the highest timeframe in which it will show the sessions: Session_MaxTimeFrame=240; /* Session: Maximum TimeFrame */ // Highest TF to show lines in 1,5,15,30,60,240,1440 etc Doing it in minutes would have made the task quite a bit more complicated as one would have to figure out and account...
Thanks for your reply Xaphod ,

If it's not too much to ask, could you make the range value print above the session box instead the bottom?
Or an option to choose placement top/bottom perhaps?
Thanks, I hope i'm not bothering.
  • #11
  • May 16, 2016 10:08pm May 16, 2016 10:08pm
Xaphod, could you please add a horisontal line for the open? that would be great
Bulls are stupid Animals!especially when Im short!
  • #12
  • Oct 26, 2017 3:35pm Oct 26, 2017 3:35pm
Hello, Xaphod!


The indicator seems to be great, but can't get along with /* Session High/Low Line Settings */ section from settings.

The option "HighLowLine_Show" draws a vertical line to show the session close time, as said in the indi's code. But I can't get this vertical line in any combination of all settings.

Also, as I understand, there is no way not to show high low horizontal lines?
  • #13
  • Oct 10, 2018 1:07pm Oct 10, 2018 1:07pm
May I ask if anyone has the following indicator that Xaphod created for the London Session/Market Hours.
I have been searching for days.
I did have it installed but a virus attacked my computer from another source and things have not been quite the same since, so starting from scratch!
I have the Asian version but I am looking for the UK version in exactly the same format.

the File name would have looked something like this...but for the London version
Name: Xi-AsianSession.mq4
Copyright 2010, Xaphod, http://forexwhiz.appspot.com

Any help, gratefully received, thank you




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  • #14
  • Nov 2, 2020 9:20am Nov 2, 2020 9:20am
This indicator has not been updated since 2014. I found some errors in it. It may not be reliable to use. Some programmer needs to update it.

1. It does not show the session closing line for the current period.

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2. According to the timeframe (5min, 15min, etc.) it does not show the vertical line at the beginning of the session if you look at the graph a few days ago.

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  • #15
  • Aug 24, 2021 2:42am Aug 24, 2021 2:42am
Quoting Xaphod
Update 2014-07-26 - Update for build 600+ {file} Someone requested that session boxes be added to the Xi-Sessions indicator so it has now been updated to include session boxes
Hello,

Great indicator. I would like to ask if it would be possible to add "minutes" somehow instead of session hours only. I would like to box/line a range from something like 10:00 - 10:15 on my chart while also showing me the range in Pips.

So on my example chart here i would like to to box or add high/low lines and showing the range for the first M15 candle starting at 10:00.

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Somehow i can't find any indicator doing what i would like it to do hah

kind regards!
  • #16
  • Aug 24, 2021 3:32am Aug 24, 2021 3:32am
Quoting lddd
{quote} Hello, Great indicator. I would like to ask if it would be possible to add "minutes" somehow instead of session hours only. I would like to box/line a range from something like 10:00 - 10:15 on my chart while also showing me the range in Pips. So on my example chart here i would like to to box or add high/low lines and showing the range for the first M15 candle starting at 10:00. {image} Somehow i can't find any indicator doing what i would like it to do hah kind regards!

so you just want to see the LO first 15-min candle range in pips?

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  • #17
  • Aug 24, 2021 4:55am Aug 24, 2021 4:55am
Quoting emmanuel7788
{quote} so you just want to see the LO first 15-min candle range in pips? {image}
Yes, or any other custom defined range starting for XX hour XX min - XX hour XX min.

The indicators i do have and tested are either based on the bars/candle's or they do not include the option of showing me the size of the range in pips below/above that.

So yes, like on your example chart.
  • #18
  • Aug 24, 2021 5:47am Aug 24, 2021 5:47am
Quoting lddd
{quote} Yes, or any other custom defined range starting for XX hour XX min - XX hour XX min. The indicators i do have and tested are either based on the bars/candle's or they do not include the option of showing me the size of the range in pips below/above that. So yes, like on your example chart.

I dig deep in my old MT4 folders and found this which I can modify ... to show the buy/sell stops plus TP

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  • #19
  • Last Post: Feb 14, 2022 6:59am Feb 14, 2022 6:59am
Quoting emmanuel7788
{quote} I dig deep in my old MT4 folders and found this which I can modify ... to show the buy/sell stops plus TP {image}
Can you share with us here?
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