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Quoting zackery

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@hanover: I would like to export all my needed Objects from my MT4/MT5-Charts to an other Platform because if I would like to open a new Account with an other Broker it will take several months to create all my Objects again in all the charts I trade.....

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Quoting zackery

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@hanover: I would like to export all my needed Objects from my MT4/MT5-Charts to an other Platform because if I would like to open a new Account with an other Broker it will take several months to create all my Objects again in all the charts I trade . In the Thread "Export to Excel" you have posted a script which could write objects in to Excel. Please see here : http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?p=6236715 I haven't tested it yet because I really like to know before if the script can write my Horizontal and Vertical Trendlines...

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Quoting cyber1

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{quote} zackery- Have you tried using Profiles?

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Quoting hanover

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{quote} Zack, I posted a script (i.e. as opposed to an indicator) here that will export object details to a csv file. It was compiled using MT4 build 509. I don't know if the ex4 file will run on build 600 or higher, or MT5. Even if it runs correctly, you still have the problem of importing your object data back into MT4/MT5. Sorry, but I don't have a script for that. That's the best that I can do. You could try posting your request in one of the "I code your indicators...

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Quoting zackery

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{quote} Thanks for your reply. But the question is : Is it possible to get this CSV-file to work in an other platform (like the Trade-Work -Station) with an other programming-language ? I am not a Coder so this is the main question for me. thanks for any info. Regards Zack

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Quoting hanover

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{quote} It depends on the platform that you're transferring the data to, i.e. how it handles CSV files, and what programming facilities it has. Every platform is different.

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Quoting hanover

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Attached is a ZIP containing a comma separated (CSV) file of FF calendar news announcements from Jan 1, 2007 thru Nov 28, 2014, timestamped New York EST (or DST when applicable). The CSV file can be imported to any platform (e.g. Excel) for further analysis. Columns (from left to right) are: Date, Time, Currency, News description, Impact, Actual, Forecast, Previous, Revised from, Plotted wingdings symbol (ignore), Color value (ignore), Spacing (ignore), FF event ID Hope it's useful to somebody. David {file}

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Quoting DXanatos

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{quote} All I can say is I know the level of work you put into this... I did the same thing going back to 2005, I abandoned it because of the way the brokers manipulated news time trading.... It is an excellent strategy to employ with a broker that will honor entries and exits... Hats off to you... I broke it out by currency pair and the movement up to 1hr after the announcement Highs and Lows.... News Trading Memories

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Quoting hanover

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{quote} Many thanks for your kind words. I actually coded the news downloader (and indicator) to plot news announcements on my MT4 charts, to (1) inform me of upcoming high impact events (so that I could exit trades before the storm arrived!) and (2) show me, historically, how far/quickly price moved as the result of each announcement. I totally agree about br0ker manipulation; hence I've never attempted to 'trade the news'.

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Quoting DXanatos

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{quote} 1. Can you show me that indicator...

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Quoting hanover

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Attached is a ZIP containing a comma separated (CSV) file of FF calendar news announcements from Jan 1, 2007 thru Nov 28, 2014, timestamped New York EST (or DST when applicable). The CSV file can be imported to any platform (e.g. Excel) for further analysis. Columns (from left to right) are: Date, Time, Currency, News description, Impact, Actual, Forecast, Previous, Revised from, Plotted wingdings symbol (ignore), Color value (ignore), Spacing (ignore), FF event ID Hope it's useful to somebody. David {file}

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Quoting Innate

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Can you please tell me the headers? The first few columns are obvious, but what are columns F - M?

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Quoting hanover

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{quote} Column headings are explained in post #208 (and in your quote).

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int period = 13; //bar number to include for breakout
double MA20_1 = iMA (NULL, 0, 20, 0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_OPEN, 1);
double MA20_2 = iMA (NULL, 0, 20, 0, MODE_EMA, PRICE_OPEN, 2);
 
double arrowbuffer[];
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 1
#property indicator_color1 Blue
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0,233);
SetIndexBuffer(0,arrowbuffer);
 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//---
  bool openposition;
  bool c2;
  
  openposition = breakout(); //checking against breakout function
  c2 = buysetup();
  
  if (openposition == true && c2 == true)
    Alert("Entry at "+(High[1]+ 0.0002)); 
  else
  Alert("NO");
//---
 
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert deinitialization function                                 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
  {
//---
   
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function                                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()
  {
//---
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
  bool breakout()
  {  
  double rhigh = iHigh(NULL, 0, iHighest(NULL, 0, MODE_HIGH, period, 0)); //rhigh is highest value over last "period" of bars
  if (High[3] == rhigh) //checking for breakout over x periods
  return (true);
  else
  return (false);
  }
  
    bool buysetup ()
  {
  if (Low[2] < MA20_2 && Close[2] > MA20_2 && Close[1] > Close[2]) 
  return (true);
  else
  return (false);
  }

#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 1 //1 line
#property indicator_color1 Red
double buf_0[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//--- indicator buffers mapping
SetIndexBuffer(0, buf_0);
SetIndexStyle(0, DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,2); //select indicator 0, draw solid line width 2   
//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
  {
//---
   
//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
   return(rates_total);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Quoting N7h

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Hi, I am trying to build an indicator but many of the tutorials use the old mt4 code. I can't find much information on the "int OnCalculate ()" function

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