MTF Support & Resistance indicator - fine tuning

Hi

could someone please fix this wonderful indicator with the two issues mentioned in below post.

indicator is also attached with that post.

http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...13#post2210613


Regards
.Hawk.

from the description below, only the highlighted issue (bold letters) is resolved which is having different colors for each timeframe, rest still pending i.e

1) lines don't delete after re-applying indicator or deleting it.
2) The second issue is if I choose say to look at the S&R on the 60 min chart and I only want the S&R lines to show up on the 60 min chart it still places them on all time frames. With most indicators you can use the visualisation tab to choose which time frame chart you want the indicator to show up on.

What I wanted to do with the indicator is apply it individually to say the 60, 4hr and daily charts ( each time frame can have a different color S&R line). Then what I wanted to be able to do is tick the visualisation box and apply the 4hr S&R lines to say the 60 min and 4 hr chart. Now I can look at the 4hr chart and see where the S&R lines match up from the 60 min and 4 hr time frames. When you get matching S&R lines it's a strong S&R line.
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[quote=ozziedave;2210613]I've attached a very good S&R indicator that is multi time frame specific, that is you can apply the S&R lines it finds on the 60 min chart to any time frame. The two issues I have with the indicator are it doesn't delete the horizontal lines when you delete the indicator and re-apply it to the chart. I find this very time consuming to deal with. The second issue is if I choose say to look at the S&R on the 60 min chart and I only want the S&R lines to show up on the 60 min chart it still places them on all time frames. With most indicators you cah use the visualisation tab to choose which time frame chart you want the indicator to show up on.

What I wanted to do with the indicator is apply it individually to say the 60, 4hr and daily charts ( each time frame can have a different color S&R line). Then what I wanted to be able to do is tick the visualisation box and apply the 4hr S&R lines to say the 60 min and 4 hr chart. Now I can look at the 4hr chart and see where the S&R lines match up from the 60 min and 4 hr time frames. When you get matching S&R lines it's a strong S&R line.

Any of you programmer types want to take a crack at fixing those issues and I think we'd have a bang up S&R indicator to use.

Hi,

I received your PM. I'll post my answer here, in case my suggestion is helpful to others.

Back in 2009 I wrote and shared a SR indy (here). Assuming that I understand you correctly, it does all that you're asking, and also has many other features (listed in the link). As explained in the link, you can have different timeframe S/R in different colors, by attaching multiple instances of the indy to the same chart. The S/R is locked to its specified TF while you switch chart TFs. You can also use the ShowOnTimeFrames setting to control which TFs you want the plots, generated by each instance, to be displayed on.

Despite the disclaimers, it does apparently run well enough on Win7, provided that you install MT4 somewhere other than under Program Files (as explained here).

If the indy doesn't meet your requirement, then I'll consider enhancing it to do so, within reason. I prefer working with my own familiar style of coding, rather than somebody else's. Please feel welcome to read the user manual (Word doc), and then ask any questions that you might have.

No offense, but I don't see any point in re-inventing the wheel, especially as it would likely take me a significant amount of time to get my head around the other programmer's code. And as a commercial developer, for me time is money. FF is a fun hobby, but I have to pay my bills somehow.

David

david

i would just like to say, ' you are real good, man !!! '

i thank you from the bottom of my heart for the highly customisable indicator.

i shall first read the instruction manual before customising it.

i believe, this is the best S & R ... i 've ever seen on the internet.

3 cheers to you.


best regards,
.hawk.

while, david has provided the best ever possible indicator for S & R, i would still request him & others to look into just the first issue atleast, in the previous attached indicator, for the reason that i always like to have a backup indicator.

david, please spare some time on first issue whenever convenient to you.


1) lines don't delete after re-applying indicator or deleting it. (delete on exit option messed up)


i trade ONLY on H4 or Daily charts. i have observed, i can retain H4 & Daily T.F S & R lines with diff colors in both charts, it's just that lines won't delete when you delete the indicator from the chart.

i know david is a very busy man but i am aware he is also fast on minor tweaks, if this isn't a minor tweak, i apologize as i have no coding experience

as of now, his indicator is being run on an XP & runs perfectly. i'm worried about future of recent sr indy on my upgrade to win7, though it may run fine, but like i said, i believe strongly in backups.

regards
.hawk.

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c'mmon now ! this is S & R !

delete on exit entry .. messed ! is it a lengthy task .. programmers ?

No it is not a lengthy task but as David pointed out trying to understand and modify other people's code is a pain in the ***!

Try this.
Not checked the code so cannot be sure that it will not mess up other parts but I think it should work.

HTH

M.

t h a n k y o u, futurespec !!!

it worked !

i have tried to learn coding but was unable to learn on my own, often went above my head.

i downloaded a pdf on coding, recommended by a programmer, but found difficult to understand after a certain point.

i think if someone mentors and explains coding in a layman term, it might not be difficult.

i apologize if someone felt bad after reading the question, is it a difficult or lengthy task ? but, i certainly meant no sarcasm there. it was just a newbie question asked in a direct way.

i do value what you've done for me.

while, it may not interest someone to look into queries like this, but the bottom line is - futurespec, YOU RESOLVED IT instead of writing a huge essay.

tommorow, if i would like to pay someone to get something done, you shall be on my mind, besides hanover, becuz hey, you resolved it proactively without complaining a bit & your logic like hanover also pointed regarding others code was well understood.

i remember asking steve hopwood a favor on an EA & bang ... he was lightening fast !

similarly, i have ranked hanover in the same class, his work speaks & not just words !

so, if a programmer will help others, no matter how much, DISINTERESTING, a specific query is, he'll surely get more vouchers & more people willing to pay for future assignments as you'll be on their minds as in how effective your programming was in real time !!!

if a programmer doesn't wishes to help others on something, he can just IGNORE THE QUERY & NO NEED TO TAKE IT PERSONALLY !!!


i appreciate you looking into this & i do thank you for your time.

best regards
.Hawk.

It is nice that you posted your thanks.
Much appreciated.

M.

Hi guys,
this is a great indicator! Can someone please explain what these inputs mean?:

- ExtDept
- ExtBackstep
- ExtDeviation

Thanks