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  • #41
  • Oct 17, 2013 12:17pm Oct 17, 2013 12:17pm
@skenobi: I originally wrote the indicator for my own use, and I'm happy with the way the ADR is calculated. You can change the ADRdays setting to any value you wish. The objective is simply to give an approximate idea to what the average daily move is, and which pair(s) move the farthest; entering a higher number gives a more statistically balanced result. We could take a poll among pro traders to see whether to include Sundays or not; probably some would want to include them, and others not. Anyway, I don't have a lot more time to spend on this, and would draw your attention to point #4 in post #1.

@Dopey: I'm totally stumped. It sounds like you're doing everything correctly. I can't think of any reason why the indicator wouldn't work, if all of the files are present in the correct folders, it's compiling with no (fatal) errors, and you're using the default settings. There's nothing unusual or complex about the indicator, at least that I can think of, that would cause it to run on some MT4s/computers, but not others.

All I can suggest is that you check the ....(MT4)/experts/indicators folder, and make sure that the DisplayInfoAllPairs.ex4 file exists there. From your description it sounds like it must be, otherwise it wouldn't be appearing in MT4's Navigator tree, allowing you to drag it onto the chart.

Perhaps it is the dreaded Win7/Win8 user permissions problem; explanation and solutions can be found here.
  • #42
  • Oct 17, 2013 1:20pm Oct 17, 2013 1:20pm
Quoting hanover
@skenobi: I originally wrote the indicator for my own use, and I'm happy with the way the ADR is calculated. You can change the ADRdays setting to any value you wish. The objective is simply to give an approximate idea to what the average daily move is, and which pair(s) move the farthest; entering a higher number gives a more statistically balanced result. We could take a poll among pro traders to see whether to include Sundays or not; probably some would want to include them, and others not. Anyway, I don't have a lot more time to spend on this,...
No worries!

Don't mind me. Just my OCD gettin' into gear! Methinks I'll stick with your ADR method. It ranks roughly about the same anyways.

Cheers!
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I'm not in the "convincing" business.
  • #43
  • Oct 19, 2013 10:01am Oct 19, 2013 10:01am
Hey Guys,

I got it. I restarted my desktop and it worked. Go figure!

Thanks.
  • #44
  • Oct 19, 2013 9:51pm Oct 19, 2013 9:51pm
Quoting Dopey
Hey Guys, I got it. I restarted my desktop and it worked. Go figure! Thanks.
Hmm, very strange. Great to hear that you have it working, though.
  • #45
  • Nov 6, 2013 9:20pm Nov 6, 2013 9:20pm
I started using the Display Info indicator on an MT4 broker I haven't used in a while and I noticed my CPU fan running inordinately fast every time I loaded the template with the indicator on my main PC.

(The fan ran "normal" for this broker on my laptop, however, which was why I think it odd that the indicator would require so much CPU usage on my PC. )

When I went to the broker's history directory and deleted the subdirectories with .hst files in them, the MT4 terminal re-downloaded the pairs and the fan ran normal again on my main PC.

Just thought I'd mention this, in case anyone else encountered the same occurrence.
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I'm not in the "convincing" business.
  • #46
  • Nov 7, 2013 12:22am Nov 7, 2013 12:22am
Quoting skenobi
I think it odd that the indicator would require so much CPU usage on my PC
Agree, it seems odd. I ran Windows Task Manager to check my computer's CPU usage before and after attaching the indy, and there was no obvious increase.

Anyway, you can change the RefreshPeriod setting:
T means that the full processing loop (checking data for every pair you've specified) will occur on every price tick.
You can change this to M1, M5, H1, etc to have the full processing loop occur only on the first tick of each M1, M5, H1 etc candle, respectively. In other words, if you were to enter M15, the indy will update only once per M15 candle.
  • #47
  • Nov 7, 2013 12:36am Nov 7, 2013 12:36am
Quoting hanover
{quote} Agree, it seems odd. I ran Windows Task Manager to check my computer's CPU usage before and after attaching the indy, and there was no obvious increase.
I'm guessing it was probably due to the indicator inducing the history download of pairs I've never encountered before (a function of the Currencies setting) and that during the downloads, maybe a history file got corrupted along the way and then maybe MT4 went into a never-ending cycle of dunno-WTF because of it.... LOL.

Deleting the history files and restarting MT4 seemed to confirm and fix the problem. No harm done in the end.

Quoting hanover
{quote} Anyway, you can change the RefreshPeriod setting: T means that the full processing loop (checking data for every pair you've specified) will occur on every price tick. You can change this to M1, M5, H1, etc to have the full processing loop occur only on the first tick of each M1, M5, H1 etc candle, respectively. In other words, if you were to enter M15, the indy will update only once per M15 candle.
Good to know sir! But now am able to have the indicator on multiple charts in single profile, the CPU fan is still purring nicely!

Thanks heaps!
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I'm not in the "convincing" business.
  • #48
  • Jan 8, 2014 9:04am Jan 8, 2014 9:04am
Hanover can you help me out with this display info all pairs indicator? I want it to show daily percent change. What do I put in the box? I put: R1.1% - Is this correct? Also, is there a way to change the start time of the calculation for the daily percent?

Regards,
pbylina
  • #49
  • Jan 8, 2014 12:45pm Jan 8, 2014 12:45pm
Quoting pbylina
Hanover can you help me out with this display info all pairs indicator? I want it to show daily percent change. What do I put in the box? I put: R1.1% - Is this correct? Also, is there a way to change the start time of the calculation for the daily percent? Regards, pbylina
Try setting ShowDailyMovePercent to something like ;R3.2%
That will allow for 3 digits to the left of the decimal point, 2 digits to the right, and a % symbol at the far right of the field. R means that the final digit will be rounded up or down, e.g. a value of 0.177% would be rounded up to 0.18% (since there are 2 allowable digits to the right of the dp), while a value of 0.174% would be rounded down to 0.17%
--- If you use ;R–3.2% then a leading minus sign will be displayed if price has fallen since today's open.
--- If you use ;R+3.2% then a leading + or – sign will display, depending on whether price has risen or fallen.

Note how the calculation works: if M is the move since today's open, and D is today's open price, then the displayed value = M/D x 100%

The calculation works from the open price of your MT4 br0ker's daily candle. Hence you need to find a br0ker whose daily candles use your desired start time.

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The display masks work as follows:

This formats a number (int or double) into a string, performing alignment, rounding, inserting commas (0,000,000 etc), floating signs, currency symbols, and so forth, according to the instructions provided in the 'mask'.

The basic mask is "n" or "n.d" where n is the number of digits to the left of the decimal point, and d the number to the right,
e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"5") will return "<space><space>123"
e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"5.2") will return "<space><space>123.45"

Other characters that may be used in the mask:

  1. Including a "-" anywhere to the left of "n.d" will cause a floating minus symbol to be included to the left of the number, if the number is negative; no symbol if positive
  2. Including a "+" anywhere to the left of "n.d" will cause a floating plus or minus symbol to be included, to the left of the number
  3. Including a "-" anywhere to the right of "n.d" will cause a minus to be included at the right of the number, e.g. NumberToStr(-123.456,"3.2-") will return "123.46-"
  4. Including a "(" or ")" anywhere in the mask will cause any negative number to be enclosed in parentheses
  5. Including an "R" or "r" anywhere in the mask will cause rounding, e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"R3.2") will return "123.46"; e.g. NumberToStr(123.7,"R3") will return "124"
  6. Including a "$", "€", "£" or "¥" anywhere in the mask will cause the designated floating currency symbol to be included, to the left of the number
  7. Including a "," anywhere in the mask will cause commas to be inserted between every 3 digits, to separate thousands, millions, etc at the left of the number, e.g. NumberToStr(123456.789,",6.3") will return "123,456.789"
  8. Including a "Z" or "z" anywhere in the mask will cause zeros (instead of spaces) to be used to fill any unused places at the left of the number, e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"Z5.2") will return "00123.45"
  9. Including an asterisk "*" anywhere in the mask will cause asterisks (instead of spaces) to be used to fill any unused places at the left of the number, e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"*5.2") will return "**123.45"
  10. Including a "B" or "b" anywhere in the mask ("blank if zero") will cause the entire output to be blanks, if the value of the number is zero
  11. Including a "~" anywhere in the mask will cause a tilde to be output, if overflow occurs (the value of n in "n.d" is too small to allow the number to be output in full)
  12. Including a "L" or "l" anywhere in the mask will cause the output to be left aligned in the output field, e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"L5.2") will return "123.45<space><space>"
  13. Including a "T" or "t" anywhere in the mask will cause the output to be left aligned in the output field, and trailing spaces trimmed e.g. NumberToStr(123.456,"T5.2") will return "123.45"
  14. Including a ";" anywhere in the mask will cause decimal point and comma to be juxtaposed, e.g. NumberToStr(123456.789,";,6.3") will return "123.456,789"

Any combination of the above can be used in the mask. Feel welcome to experiment.

  • #50
  • Jan 8, 2014 1:22pm Jan 8, 2014 1:22pm
Thanks hanover!
  • #51
  • Jan 9, 2014 8:43am Jan 9, 2014 8:43am
I was trying to get it so that I only can see a group of currencies. For example, I just wanted to see GBP currencies so I erased the other symbols and just put GBP, but nothing showed up. Is there anyway you can do this?
  • #52
  • Jan 9, 2014 12:48pm Jan 9, 2014 12:48pm
Quoting pbylina
I was trying to get it so that I only can see a group of currencies. For example, I just wanted to see GBP currencies so I erased the other symbols and just put GBP, but nothing showed up. Is there anyway you can do this?
Try the attached update:

--- Download the .mq4 and .ex4 files to your ....(MT4)/experts/indicators folder.
--- Download the .mqh files to your ....(MT4)/experts/include folder (note: the .mq4 file will not compile correctly without these).

--- Then exit and restart MT4.

Re the Currencies parameter, you can now enter either:
(1) 'half symbols', and every possible combo-cross will be output (e.g. entering EUR,GBP,JPY will result in EURGBP, EURJPY and GBPJPY being output — but GBPEUR, JPYEUR and JPYGBP will be rejected because your br0ker does not offer these pairs);
OR
(2) full symbol IDs (e.g. entering AUDUSD, EURJPY will result in AUDUSD and EURJPY being output).

In both cases, to save typing, you can use the following abbreviations:
A=AUD
C=CAD
E=EUR
F=CHF
G=GBP
J=JPY
N=NZD
U=USD
e.g. to have AUDUSD output you could type AU (or au)

If one full symbol ID is entered, then all entries are assumed to be full symbols.
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 Display Info All Pairs.mq4   12 KB | 745 downloads
File Type: ex4 Display Info All Pairs.ex4   39 KB | 617 downloads
File Type: mqh hanover --- function header (np).mqh   14 KB | 579 downloads
File Type: mqh hanover --- extensible functions (np).mqh   120 KB | 611 downloads
  • #53
  • Jan 9, 2014 2:57pm Jan 9, 2014 2:57pm
Thanks. Did you leave out the sort field on purpose?
  • #54
  • Jan 9, 2014 4:13pm Jan 9, 2014 4:13pm
Quoting pbylina
Thanks. Did you leave out the sort field on purpose?
See post #32. Sort is accomplished by placing a forward or backward slash before the semi-colon, in the relevant Show... field. The format mask for that field is placed after the semi-colon.
  • #55
  • Jan 9, 2014 5:10pm Jan 9, 2014 5:10pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} See post #32. Sort is accomplished by placing a forward or backward slash before the semi-colon, in the relevant Show... field. The format mask for that field is placed after the semi-colon.

I don't see a semi-colon... I tried this: /R-2.2%
  • #56
  • Jan 9, 2014 9:58pm Jan 9, 2014 9:58pm
Quoting pbylina
{quote} I don't see a semi-colon... I tried this: /R-2.2%
Entry should be /;R-2.2%
  • #57
  • Jan 10, 2014 4:46am Jan 10, 2014 4:46am
Quoting hanover
{quote} Download the .mq4 and .ex4 files to your ............

Display info indicator is very good. Is there a similar one which will display the number of pips in profit or loss for the day or the week? for each individual currency or the Total for all currencies.

I'm currently going through them one by one like this:
Eur/usd 1.3615 - 1.3557 = 48pips, not hard to do but I am testing +20 currency pairs so its quite time consuming.

I just want to know how much pips I have made or lost each day/week for each currency rather than going through them one by one.

Any help would be appreciated.
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  • #58
  • Jan 10, 2014 8:37am Jan 10, 2014 8:37am
Quoting hanover
{quote} Entry should be /;R-2.2%

  • #59
  • Jan 10, 2014 11:41am Jan 10, 2014 11:41am
Quoting mrafzal
{quote} Display info indicator is very good. Is there a similar one which will display the number of pips in profit or loss for the day or the week? for each individual currency or the Total for all currencies. I'm currently going through them one by one like this: Eur/usd 1.3615 - 1.3557 = 48pips, not hard to do but I am testing +20 currency pairs so its quite time consuming. I just want to know how much pips I have made or lost each day/week for each currency rather than going through them one by one. Any help would be appreciated.
Try this one. Or, if it doesn't meet your requirement, you could try posting in one of the 'I code your indicators for free' threads, and maybe a visiting programmer will help you.
  • #60
  • Jan 10, 2014 2:55pm Jan 10, 2014 2:55pm
how can i keep the table sorted by the 'Currencies' list ?

e.g.
extern string Currencies = "EURUSD,EURGBP,EURJPY,EURAUD, ....

i want them to stay in this order.
thanks.
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