Master candle indicator needed

Hi,

i have 2 questions:
1. i have a problem with MCindicator which doesnt work with MTi trading simulator and it also does not work with LFH simulator.
I have tried different versions, and it shows master candles when you load the indicator on you chart, but when you run backtester bar by bar, it does not point out to new mastercandles. Do you guys know what might be the problem?

2. I would really appreciate if i could get mastercandle indicator with additional filter for candle size. For example; only Mcandles which are larger then 50 pips gets marked.

By&thanks

I have found the indicator at http://forums.babypips.com/newbie-is...-mt4-code.html and have modified it, I think it works, pls. see attached (I have not changed the alert-logics, only extended the alert-methods!)

Wow, many thanks. But i think it does not work properly, or i just dont get it.
When i set mincandlelenght 55.00 and max to lets say 100.00, there are some random Mcandles displayed.
Am i missing something?

I do not know.

What I have added is the min/max length filter, pls. see below (the "&&" means "AND", "!=" means "NOT EQUAL", the "==" means "EQUAL", I think you will understand it):

after the detection logics the function returned TRUE if master candle found, otherwise false;

so I replaced the "return (true);" with the min/max length filter:
if (MinCandleLength==0.0 && MaxCandleLength==0.0) return (true);
double CandleSize = MathAbs(High[h]-Low[h])/pips2dbl;

if (MinCandleLength!=0.0 && MaxCandleLength==0.0) if (CandleSize<MinCandleLength) return(false);
if (MinCandleLength==0.0 && MaxCandleLength!=0.0) if (CandleSize>MaxCandleLength) return(false);
if (MinCandleLength!=0.0 && MaxCandleLength!=0.0) if (CandleSize<MinCandleLength||CandleSize>MaxCandleLength) return(false);
return(true);//everything ok, also return TRUE now

I appreciate your work, but it just does not work. Some random Mc gets displayed and i cant figure it out by which rules. It looks random.

What does this line do?
double CandleSize = MathAbs(High[h]-Low[h])/pips2dbl;

This computes the candle-length.

Does it work with the default-settings? If not there could be a problem with the indicator-logics. You could search for another mastercandle indicator and attach it ... (because I do not know what master-candle means and I do not want to totally re-code that stuff).

Hi,

on default settings, all mcandles are displayed, but when i limit the size of candles, nothing works.
Definition of a master candle:
http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...1&d=1348811676

Here is another indicator

not 100% sure, last try (btw. the indicator you have attached is the same as the already uploaded one)
-> http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...75#post7465075

Once aggain, thanks for you effort, but it just does not work. When i load indicator and let the settings on default MinCandlelenght:0,0 and MaxCandlelenght:0,0 all Master candles gets displayed, which is OK. But as soon as i type any number for limits, nothing gets displayed. Any ideas why that might happen?

I do not know. I assume I did some stupid mistake but cannot find it (maybe it is something like "to miss the forest for the trees", lol) ...
maybe this works? pls. try again

Wow, it seems it works.However, i am in a rush to get to work, so i will test it when i get back. Many thanks for this!!!Will let you know if it works

pls. re-download (previous post), should be a bit faster then ...

I think my error was (the forest and the trees, lol):

The candlelength should be checked for the inital candle only, in the code named CandleTop and CandleBottom.
What I did: checking the length for all other candles which get checked, but not for the initial candle.

So now it only checks the initial candle, so it should be fine (I hope) ...

Hi,

yes it works great. Do you maybe know why it does not work in Mti or LFH simulator? When i run the simulator in mt4 and load the indicator it does mark the correct candles for existing candles, but when the simulation is running, new candles are not marked...Anyway, thanks for you effort.

perfect

sorry, I do not know LFH simulator ...
I suggest that you open a new thread (or search if there does one already exist)

hi,
i`m new here but i read long ago in this forum, sorry my english is not so good but i try it. ;-)
this indikator looks very well. but i have a question.
can anybody this a little modify ? maybe ??