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#21
May 23, 2012 11:16am May 23, 2012 11:16am

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

lucklogic had a rare type question the other day...... it involved the possibility of sorting of multideminsional arrays containing strings and doubles.....

in thousands and thousands of indicators, i had never seen one on the net...... he pointed to an indicator that does such.....

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this style of sorting was something i needed several years ago in dashboards..... and also in strength meters.... and ea's..... as in pictures below.....

if you look at the code style from anyone in my vouch for list and compare it to mine, one thing is apparent..... they are pro's and i am a hayseed....

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my code style is simple..... the maximum results with minimum characters...... it is something amatuers can read..... like me..... time permiting, i'll show you how to sort strings and doubles.......

sorta......h

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#22
May 23, 2012 11:29pm May 23, 2012 11:29pm

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

the animation below, you might have to click on it, is a tick by tick screen shot from this morning of the code in action..... also uploaded to youtube but it came out bad......

hopefully you can see.....

most will know this, but some might not, keep in mind when building strength meters there will be times when you must invert the particular 'pairs' reading.... due to numerator vs denominator relationship......

the eur pairs are no problem, as 'eur' is always the numerator..... but in the 'usd', it is numerator in some or denominator in others..... and the 'jpy' is always the denominator...... this must be considered.......

if not clear, you'll see later.... h

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#23
May 24, 2012 12:03am May 24, 2012 12:03am

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

here would be the code in simplist form.....

the pairs are assigned in the inputs section..... for me this has always worked best.....

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the arrays are filled in the 'j' loop......

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      for(int j=0; j<26; j++)                                  // fill array

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array is then sorted....

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      ArraySort(data,WHOLE_ARRAY,0,MODE_DESCEND);              // sort array

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the display is created in the 'i' loop.....

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      for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++)                              // prepare display

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and below would be the full plain jane version...... of course we can doll it up with a few more lines of code...... and we should.....

ain't gonna make the euro's rsi value any better lookin..... but still worth the time......h

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#property indicator_chart_window
       string symbol;
 
       string symlist[26]         = {"USDCADm", "USDCHFm", "USDJPYm", "NZDJPYm", "AUDJPYm", "GBPJPYm", "CADJPYm", "CHFJPYm", "AUDCHFm", "AUDCADm", "GBPCHFm", "NZDCHFm",
 
                                     "AUDNZDm", "EURCHFm", "EURAUDm", "EURCADm", "EURGBPm", "EURJPYm", "EURNZDm", "GBPCADm", "GBPNZDm", "GBPAUDm", "EURUSDm", "GBPUSDm", "AUDUSDm", "NZDUSDm"};                           
 
extern int    horizontal          =       10;                                               
extern int    vertical            =       50;  
 
       double data[26][26];  
 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
  {
//---- indicators
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function                       |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
  {
//----
 
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  {
   int    counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
//---- 
 
      for(int j=0; j<26; j++)                                  // fill array
        {
        symbol     = symlist[j];
 
        data[j][0] = NormalizeDouble(iRSI(symbol,0,5,0,0),2);
        data[j][1] = j;
        }
 
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      ArraySort(data,WHOLE_ARRAY,0,MODE_DESCEND);              // sort array
 
      for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++)                              // prepare display
       {       
       symbol         = symlist[i];
 
       int n = data[i][1];
 
       Display("sym" + i,  horizontal+100,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("sym" + i, symlist[n],12, "Verdana",Blue);
 
       Display("rsi" + i,  horizontal+200,vertical +(i*26));       
       ObjectSetText("rsi" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][0],2),12, "Verdana",Blue);
 
       }     
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
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void Display(string name, int x, int y)
   {
   ObjectCreate(name, OBJ_LABEL, 0, 0, 0);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_CORNER, 0);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_XDISTANCE, x);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_YDISTANCE, y);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_BACK, FALSE);
   }

to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h

#24
May 24, 2012 12:46am May 24, 2012 12:46am

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

so..... let's add some color, but in an informative way...... first add a few more lines to the 'j' loop......

the important line at this point is data[j][4] = pivot(symbol);

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      for(int j=0; j<26; j++)                                  // fill array
        {
        symbol     = symlist[j];
 
        data[j][0] = NormalizeDouble(iRSI(symbol,0,5,0,0),2);
        data[j][1] = j;
        data[j][2] = iVolume(symbol,0,0);
        data[j][3] = iADX(symbol,1440,10,PRICE_HIGH,MODE_PLUSDI,0) > iADX(symbol,1440,10,PRICE_HIGH,MODE_MINUSDI,0);
        data[j][4] = pivot(symbol);

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now let's add a few to the prepare display section...... the important line is [i] if(data[4] == 1) {arrow = 233; aclr = Blue;} else {arrow = 234; aclr = Red;}

data[i][4] represents the pivot function..... the line above will set the symbol color to blue if the pair is above the daily pivot and red if it's below..... also the up/down arrow......

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      for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++)                              // prepare display
       {       
       symbol         = symlist[i];
 
       color aclr     = Red;
       int   arrow    = 233;
 
 
       int n = data[i][1];
 
       if(data[i][4] == 1) {arrow = 233; aclr = Blue;} else {arrow = 234; aclr = Red;}
 
       Display("sym" + i,  horizontal+100,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("sym" + i, symlist[n],12, "Verdana",aclr);
 
       Display("rsi" + i,  horizontal+200,vertical +(i*26));       
       ObjectSetText("rsi" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][0],2),12, "Verdana",Blue);
 
       Display("volume" + i,  horizontal+300,vertical +(i*26));       
       ObjectSetText("volume" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][2],0),12, "Verdana",Blue);
 
       Display("adx" + i,  horizontal+400,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("adx" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][3],0),12, "Verdana",Blue);       
 
       Display("pivot" + i,  horizontal+500,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("pivot" + i,CharToStr(arrow),12, "Wingdings",aclr);

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and of course we must add the pivot function......

below would be the next step in the neverending story of dashboard creation.......

still quite simple and easy to read........h

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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                sorta sorting.mq4 |
//|                                                           .....h |
//|                                                    hayseedfx.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright ".....h"
#property link      "hayseedfx.com"
#property indicator_chart_window
       string symbol;
 
       string symlist[26]         = {"USDCADm", "USDCHFm", "USDJPYm", "NZDJPYm", "AUDJPYm", "GBPJPYm", "CADJPYm", "CHFJPYm", "AUDCHFm", "AUDCADm", "GBPCHFm", "NZDCHFm",
 
                                     "AUDNZDm", "EURCHFm", "EURAUDm", "EURCADm", "EURGBPm", "EURJPYm", "EURNZDm", "GBPCADm", "GBPNZDm", "GBPAUDm", "EURUSDm", "GBPUSDm", "AUDUSDm", "NZDUSDm"};                           
 
extern int    horizontal          =       10;                                               
extern int    vertical            =       50;  
 
       double data[26][26];  
 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
  {
//---- indicators
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function                       |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
  {
//----
 
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
  {
   int    counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
//---- 
 
      for(int j=0; j<26; j++)                                  // fill array
        {
        symbol     = symlist[j];
 
        data[j][0] = NormalizeDouble(iRSI(symbol,0,5,0,0),2);
        data[j][1] = j;
        data[j][2] = iVolume(symbol,0,0);
        data[j][3] = iADX(symbol,1440,10,PRICE_HIGH,MODE_PLUSDI,0) > iADX(symbol,1440,10,PRICE_HIGH,MODE_MINUSDI,0);
        data[j][4] = pivot(symbol);
 
        }
 
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      ArraySort(data,WHOLE_ARRAY,0,MODE_DESCEND);              // sort array
 
      for(int i = 0; i < 26; i++)                              // prepare display
       {       
       symbol         = symlist[i];
 
       color aclr     = Red;
       int   arrow    = 233;
 
 
       int n = data[i][1];
 
       if(data[i][4] == 1) {arrow = 233; aclr = Blue;} else {arrow = 234; aclr = Red;}
 
       Display("sym" + i,  horizontal+100,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("sym" + i, symlist[n],12, "Verdana",aclr);
 
       Display("rsi" + i,  horizontal+200,vertical +(i*26));       
       ObjectSetText("rsi" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][0],2),12, "Verdana",Blue);
 
       Display("volume" + i,  horizontal+300,vertical +(i*26));       
       ObjectSetText("volume" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][2],0),12, "Verdana",Blue);
 
       Display("adx" + i,  horizontal+400,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("adx" + i,DoubleToStr(data[i][3],0),12, "Verdana",Blue);       
 
       Display("pivot" + i,  horizontal+500,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("pivot" + i,CharToStr(arrow),12, "Wingdings",aclr); 
 
       }     
//----
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 int pivot(string sym)
      {
      int up;
 
       if(MarketInfo(sym,MODE_ASK) > (iHigh(sym,1440,1)+iLow(sym,1440,1)+iClose(sym,1440,1))/3) {up = 1;}
       else
       {up = 0;}
 
      return(up);
      }
 
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void Display(string name, int x, int y)
   {
   ObjectCreate(name, OBJ_LABEL, 0, 0, 0);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_CORNER, 0);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_XDISTANCE, x);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_YDISTANCE, y);
   ObjectSet(name, OBJPROP_BACK, FALSE);
   }

to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h

#25
May 24, 2012 6:32pm May 24, 2012 6:32pm

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

haven't read dailyfx's latest yet, 'how to trade panic'.... but i'll take a wild guess and say 'don't'.......

yesterday their article was about tradin with the trend.....

that's going from one extreme to the other......

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the new kid on the trading systems block , al's extreme tma, seems to attempt to trade panic..... so let's add the tma ..... or my preference zznbrm's version , 'tmatrue'.....

we could also include igors version of the 'tsr', for 'non-panic' trend detection.....

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it should come as no surprise that when rsi is at extremes, the tmatrue will be also...... as seen in the image below.....

if someone is thinkin of expanding to all timeframes keep in mind the tma will increase the tick count considerably...... tick count as in the function 'gettickcount'......

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about 7 years ago both kimiv and sx ted put out quite a few includes containing functions many of which involved string array manipulations...... trouble was back then i did not i++ from i-- ...... they are below.....

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the code for tmatrue and tsr would be similar ......h

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       if(iClose(symlist[n],0,0) > iCustom(symlist[n],0,"TmaTrue",true,true,true,true,1,0))    {aclr = Blue; arrow =  74;} else        
       if(iClose(symlist[n],0,0) < iCustom(symlist[n],0,"TmaTrue",true,true,true,true,2,0))    {aclr = Red;  arrow =  76;} else         
                                                                                               {aclr = Gray; arrow =  83;}
 
       Display("extremettma" + i, horizontal+600 ,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("extremettma" + i, CharToStr(arrow),16, "Wingdings",aclr); 
 
       if(tsr(symbol,1440) == 1)    {aclr = Blue; arrow = 233;} else         
       if(tsr(symbol,1440) == 2)    {aclr = Red;  arrow = 234;} else         
                                    {aclr = Gray; arrow = 83;}
 
       Display("tsr" + i, horizontal+700 ,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText("tsr" + i, CharToStr(arrow),12, "Wingdings",aclr);

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#26
May 26, 2012 8:36pm May 26, 2012 8:36pm

mobthehop
| Joined May 2010 | Status: Trader | 215 Posts

Thanks hayseed for this elaborate explanation - very useful!

#27
May 28, 2012 5:55am May 28, 2012 5:55am

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

years ago there once was an indicator that appealed to me.... seems it started with a 's' or 'c', can't remember the name.....

eventually binned it due to the excessive gettickcount.... or more so, due to the fact i could not rewrite the indicator in a manner that would lower the gtc.....

if a single indicator is applied to a single chart there are seldom problems.... but start calling several complex icustom's across all timeframes and all pairs just to load the results in a dashboard....... you''ll quickly see where the phrase 'a watched pot never boils' came from.....

unless there is a need for all the indicators bells and whistles, change the name and try reducing the icustoms down to their bare minimum code ..... sometimes it's better still to include the math in the dashboard and avoid the icustom all together.....

using al's extreme system as an example again, we could use,

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       if(iClose(symbol,1440,0) > iMA(symbol,1440,20,0,3,0,0) + (2*iATR(symbol,1440,100,1)))          {arrowlwmacclr = Lime; lwmacwing = 233;} else
       if(iClose(symbol,1440,0) < iMA(symbol,1440,20,0,3,0,0) - (2*iATR(symbol,1440,100,1)))          {arrowlwmacclr = Red;  lwmacwing = 234;} else
                                                                                                      {arrowlwmacclr = Gray; lwmacwing = 83;}

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alerts are nice..... it just boils down to a matter of your preference and the indicators load.....

when reducing to a minimum, the goal would be the ability to write it your mind while conversing with a 3 year old.....

example below.....h

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to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h

#28
May 28, 2012 8:35pm May 28, 2012 8:35pm

mobthehop
| Joined May 2010 | Status: Trader | 215 Posts

Hayseed

Thanks for latest post - question - dashboard based on 24 currencies - how would I go about applying a filter to show only those currencies that meet either/or or both conditions? Example: your post #19 show only those currencies that are within 5 pips of either upper or lower bb on H1

Thanks for your advise

#29
Jun 1, 2012 3:20pm Jun 1, 2012 3:20pm

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

Quoting mobthehop

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show only those currencies that are within 5 pips of either upper or lower bb on H1

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hey mobthehop...... the terms in red can be read several ways, each of which would be coded differently......

any filter condition would go in the 'if' line..... h

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       color  arrowclr;
       int    wing;
       double point          = MarketInfo(symbol,MODE_POINT)*10;
 
       if((iClose(symbol,0,0) - iBands(symbol,timeframe,20,2,0,0,MODE_UPPER,0)) > (-pips*point))   {arrowclr = Lime; wing = 233;}
 
       else
 
       if((iBands(symbol,timeframe,20,2,0,0,MODE_LOWER,0) - iClose(symbol,0,0)) > (-pips*point))   {arrowclr = Red;  wing = 234;}   
 
       else                                                                                        {arrowclr = Gray; wing =  83;}
 
 
       Display(&quot;bands&quot; + symbol + i,  horizontal + 100 ,vertical +(i*26));
       ObjectSetText(&quot;bands&quot; + symbol + i, CharToStr(wing),12, &quot;Wingdings&quot;,arrowclr);

to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h

#30
Jun 1, 2012 3:32pm Jun 1, 2012 3:32pm

hayseed
Joined Nov 2006 | Status: Trader | 4,417 Posts

the first of every month i download all new platforms, savin only a few indicators and experts...... and start over clean...... past work can become a real distraction.......

while weedin out i came across this picture which someone must have posted.......

interesting....

usually, if you can see it you can program it...... the hard part is figuring out the math represented by the graphics......h

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#31
Jun 2, 2012 4:42am Jun 2, 2012 4:42am

lucklogic
| Joined Sep 2011 | Status: Trader | 162 Posts

Quoting hayseed

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lucklogic had a rare type question the other day...... it involved the possibility of sorting of multideminsional arrays containing strings and doubles.....

in thousands and thousands of indicators, i had never seen one on the net...... he pointed to an indicator that does such.....

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//----

this style of sorting was something i needed several years ago in dashboards..... and also in strength meters.... and ea's..... as in pictures below.....

if you look at...

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Having had to look at this need ( string and doubles sorting) very carefully, I decided to follow the hanover module method and succeeded but it is quite cumbersome but the string array really does end up having been sorted.

The way that I pointed out (after steve hopwood) and that you have elaborated on, is a more easy to follow and generally a neater solution but of course the string array is not really sorted and sometimes that may be better to actually do.

Great description of a quite complex issue to get to grips with

#32
Jun 2, 2012 9:11pm Jun 2, 2012 9:11pm

mobthehop
| Joined May 2010 | Status: Trader | 215 Posts

Hi hayseed, thanks for your response - really appreciated!

Mop

#33
Apr 2, 2015 12:08pm Apr 2, 2015 12:08pm

Surgefx
| Joined Apr 2015 | Status: Trader | 118 Posts

Please how can i add and make a dashboard of this indicator level . Appreciate

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#34
Edited Apr 3, 2015 11:11am Apr 2, 2015 12:24pm | Edited Apr 3, 2015 11:11am

dagoods
Joined Nov 2007 | Status: Trader | 3,060 Posts

hey there coders...if its really quicker than grits...perhaps a request that may be a good idea can be fullfilled.

dashboard showing current candles for each timeframe either green for + higher than 50% of current high and low of current candle or - red for below 50% of current candle's high low. this can be adjustable in case someone prefers 33% or whatever.

when all timeframes agree either +50% of current candles high/low or - 50% of current candles high/low then alert given.

rule 2 must have "correlation" i'm still learning this idea...but basically the idea is when you have both eu and ej going same direction lets say long then you can trade them. you need both. for gj and gu both must be same direction ...etc. again which two or group should be changeable by user input. not a novel idea, but an idea that actually works

http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...1&d=1428045980

#35
Apr 30, 2015 7:28am Apr 30, 2015 7:28am

Mathcharyst
| Joined Mar 2015 | Status: Trader | 46 Posts

dashboard doesn't update.

#36
Last Post: Jun 11, 2017 10:28pm Jun 11, 2017 10:28pm

Zambe
| Joined Jun 2014 | Status: Trader | 30 Posts

Started using the dashboard.Looks good for me. A great help if someone please add an alert when the strenght above 70 or below 30. Thanks

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