FF Calendar Indicator for MT

Quoting sergien

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Hi! Here is an updated version of my "interpretation" of this indicator, as posted previously here: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...37#post7192537 Main changes from previous versions: Compiled and modified for Build 600. Changed mechanism for getting HTTP pages (see previous point). Changed name of indicator and library to NEWS_B6 to avoid confussion. Location of files follows Build 600 guidelines To install copy all the files to their correspondent directory. Have fun! {file}

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Quoting sergien

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Hi! Here is an updated version of my "interpretation" of this indicator, as posted previously here: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...37#post7192537 Main changes from previous versions: Compiled and modified for Build 600. Changed mechanism for getting HTTP pages (see previous point). Changed name of indicator and library to NEWS_B6 to avoid confussion. Location of files follows Build 600 guidelines To install copy all the files to their correspondent directory. Have fun! {file}

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Quoting fxstan

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{quote} It seems to me your version doesn't work properly. Using the same parameters on MT4 build 610, I compared the previous FFCalMOD_v20d version and NEWS_B6_v20f, and saw some differecencies what they are displaying on the dashboard and the chart (see FFCalMOD_v20d vs NEWS_B6_v20f.pdf). Could u check the problem or comment what I did wrong, please? {file}

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Quoting sergien

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Hi! Here is an updated version of my "interpretation" of this indicator, as posted previously here: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...37#post7192537 Main changes from previous version v20f: Solved problem with Dashboard not showing some of the lines. The developer of the object funtions in MT4 decided it was best not to show the data if it was over a maximum length ... As requested by "ill_be_back": What I had in mind was that Lets say we have the next upcoming news...

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Quoting cemfx

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{quote} Thanks for the reply and update sergien! I assume you are using build 610 for your tests?

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#include "LibNEWS_B6a.mqh"
extern string  __MODULE_NEWS_FILTER__           = "____________________________________________________";
extern string  __MODULE_NEWS_FILTER_title__     = "=== NEWS FILTER SECTION ===                         ";
extern bool NEWS_UseNewsFilter               = false;
extern string __events_selection__                  = "--- NEWS EVENTS SELECTION ---";
extern int NEWS_SelectEventsWithCriticity   = 3;       // 0: Everything; 1: Low; 2: Medium; 3: High
extern string __timezones_configuration__        = "--- SOURCE AND TIMEZONES CONFIGURATION ---";
bool NEWS_AutoGMTZones                       = false;   // Set this to FALSE. It does not work ... yet!
extern int NEWS_LocalGMTZone                      = 1;       // GMT+X
extern int NEWS_BrokerGMTZone                    = 2;       // GMT+Y
extern bool NEWS_UseDailyFXAsSource               = true;    // Set this to TRUE when backtesting
extern bool NEWS_UseGlobalTimeReference         = true;    // Set this to TRUE when back
extern string  __events_window__                     = "--- TRADE WINDOW FOR EVENTS ---";
extern int NEWS_MinutesBeforeNews               = 7;      // Set to -1 for no Alert
extern int NEWS_MenutesAfterNews               = 21;          // Set to -1 for no Alert

  
// Initialization of the NEWS FILTER LIBRARY
NEWSSetTimeReference (NEWS_UseGlobalTimeReference);
NEWSSetTimeOffset (NEWS_AutoGMTZones, NEWS_LocalGMTZone, NEWS_BrokerGMTZone);
NEWSInitLibrary ();

// News filtering logic DEINIT
NEWSDeinitLibrary();
// External time reference DEINIT
GlobalVariableDel("_TimeReference");

// Code for the external Time Reference ...
if(IsTesting()) GlobalVariableSet("_TimeReference", TimeCurrent());
 
// Perform news checks once per minute
// (Only needed if the NEWSMOD filters has been included.
static int previousMinute;
if (NEWS_UseNewsFilter) {
   if (TimeMinute(AltTimeLocal()) != previousMinute && !IsTesting()) {    
      previousMinute = TimeMinute(AltTimeLocal());
      NEWSRefreshEvents (NEWS_UseDailyFXAsSource);
   }
}

bool DoNewsAllowsTrade() {
   if (NEWS_SelectEventsWithCriticity < 0)
      return (true);
   bool skipThisEvent = false;
   datetime now = TimeLocalToGMT(AltTimeLocal());
  
   // Get the currency pair, and split it into the two countries
    string pair = Symbol();
    string country1 = StringSubstr(pair, 0, 3);
    string country2 = StringSubstr(pair, 3, 3);
  
   // string previousEvent[8];
   // int previousEventIndex = NEWSPreviousEvent (3, previousEvent);
   // int previousTime = StrToTime (previousEvent[FFCAL_GMT]);
   static datetime previousTime = 0;
   static datetime actualTime = 0;
  
   string nextEvent[8];
   int nextEventIndex = NEWSNextEvent (NEWS_SelectEventsWithCriticity, nextEvent);
   datetime nextTime = StrToTime (nextEvent[FFCAL_GMT]);
   // Test against filters that define whether we want to skip the selected announcement
   if (country1 != nextEvent[FFCAL_COUNTRY] && country2 != nextEvent[FFCAL_COUNTRY])
      skipThisEvent = true;
      // if (ReportAllForAll)
        //    skipThisEvent = false;
        // if (!SelectSpeaksEvents && (StringFind(eventData[FFCAL_TITLE], "speaks") != -1 ||
        //                        StringFind(eventData[FFCAL_TITLE], "Speaks") != -1) )
        //    skipThisEvent = true;
    if (nextEvent[FFCAL_TIME] == "All Day" ||
        nextEvent[FFCAL_TIME] == "Tentative" ||
        nextEvent[FFCAL_TIME] == "")
        skipThisEvent = true;
   if (now > actualTime && !skipThisEvent) {
      previousTime = actualTime;
      actualTime = nextTime;
   }
   if (previousTime > 0 && nextTime > 0)
      if ((now - previousTime) < (NEWS_MenutesAfterNews * 60 ) || (nextTime - now) < (NEWS_MinutesBeforeNews * 60))
         return (false);
        
   return (true);
}

Quoting sergien

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Hi! Here is an updated version of my "interpretation" of this indicator, as posted previously here: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...37#post7192537 Main changes from previous version v20f: Solved problem with Dashboard not showing some of the lines. The developer of the object funtions in MT4 decided it was best not to show the data if it was over a maximum length ... As requested by "ill_be_back": What I had in mind was that Lets say we have the next upcoming news...

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Quoting sergien

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Hi! Here is an updated version of my "interpretation" of this indicator, as posted previously here: http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...37#post7192537 Main changes from previous versions: Compiled and modified for Build 600. Changed mechanism for getting HTTP pages (see previous point). Changed name of indicator and library to NEWS_B6 to avoid confussion. Location of files follows Build 600 guidelines To install copy all the files to their correspondent directory. Have fun! {file}

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