Plot News indicator (version 3.0)

Sorry, source code is not available.

Given that (1) the indicator would need to be recoded, in order to compile in MT4 build 600 onward, and (2) the downloader was written using Clarion, it is probably not much use, in any case.

Hanover or Batman,
I'm a bit of a newb here and I try to learn as much as I can by diving into forums yet I can't find the answers I am looking for. I saw you wrote that your news plotter does not work at all anymore. Is that correct? I thought I saw a few posts back that one of them seemed to work. I've skimmed most of the relevant posts and still I'm mystified.

With that being said, I'm a bit confused on how some of these indicators come together. Several of the MQ4 files I've downloaded (not yours) into my indicator folder do absolutely nothing when I attach them to a chart. I managed to get "some" success when downloading your plotter zip and running it. I got the files to the correct destinations, but even that I'm not sure because MT4 is dumb and has multiple locations for the same folder names. In any event, I double up and cover all possible locations even if the file is not needed, etc. As you can see from the screen shot, the chart has only a few events posted and it's all out of whack.

When I run the news download program (FFCAL 3.24) I notice that the FF data is indeed screwed up. In addition to that, I can't even get the screwed up info to show up on the chart and there's nothing in the indicator window either. I've attached a couple screen shots. The other problem could be I've piece-mealed the files since the FFCAL 3.24 only produced a few files when I ran it. I still don't have an updated Recent News.

I am running FXCM MT4 on Windows 7 64.

Is there any way that if anyone is having any success with this plotter still that I can get the files needed to run it (and I mean all files, core and peripheral, in one spot). The earlier version was an executable file that dumped all the files where they needed to go (version 3.11). I guess part of my problem is not fully understanding what needs to go where and perhaps I just need to create another fresh "terminal" for the nth time so no other potential pitfalls may occur.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that, from my little research and googling of MT4 news plotters I have come up empty handed and if there is a plotter out there it certainly doesn't do what your adorned program has done, which is to precisely lay out the events clearly as they happen right on the chart, with such elegance.

If indeed I am allowed to get all the files necessary (from A to Z), I would appreciate it. Just assume I have no files and know very little and we will be on the same page. I saw a few posts and heard of ungrateful scums not getting their money out of their free programs, but that's not me.

Again, I highly doubt there is another program out there that does what yours does. I looked at those links you supplied and those programs looked like garbage. Having the news displayed so elegantly on the chart is THE only way to do it and I know the importance of convenience, which your program exudes.

Please Please Please??

You can also email me any possible files at [email protected] or if you have a REAL substitute for what you program does/did, I would listen to that as well I suppose. Several of those other indicators did absolutely nothing when attaching them to a chart, so I don't know. It's most likely because people post certain files on these forums and falsely assume the reader knows about all of the other files that need to be in other locations.

Thanks!

Hi,

I'm sorry that you went to a lot of trouble trying to get this news indicator to work.

The data is "screwed up" because FF have changed the HTML format of their news calendar, since the FFcal.EXE downloader program was last updated. I am no longer providing public updates to this program (more info in post #336).

Re your comment about no data showing up on the chart, this may be caused by your parameter settings (just for starters, the time zone settings are tricky), or perhaps because the indicator code no longer works after MetaQuotes changed the programming language in build 600, or possibly some other reason. I can't be sure.

Anyway, I will send you an e-mail when I get some time within the next 24 hours, outlining a possible alternative solution.

David

You are absolutely legendary. Thank you

I find this very interesting because I just decided to try my original FFCAL copy again and it seems to still be working flawlessly. I'll run it for a couple days this week to make sure it works right, otherwise, if anyone wants a copy pm me. If I missed something and it's not working I'll come back and post it here. The only thing is, it will have to be in .ex4 format so if you want it with certain settings make it clear and I'll set them for you.

I had that happen to with an old copy but for the life of me I can't find it. can you send the copy you are using?

Sure just give me a couple days to make sure it's working. I only used it for a partial day last friday and it seems to be working but let me test it for a day or two.

EDIT: On second thought it really does look like it's working so I'll post the mq4 and the ex4 here. If you need the default setup changed, colors or whatever and can't do it because of the 600 restrictions let me know and I can post an ex4 changed the way you need it, just give me clear instructions

Thanks for the update

ZIP of comma separated file of FF calendar news events from Jan 1, 2006 Dec 1,2015, GMT

HI Masouda

Quick question, could you enlighten us as to how to get csv export such as the one above from the events calendar?

Hello, i wanted to ask if its available commerically ? i don't might paying for it, since am already doing all the input manually every day

You can email me at [email protected], if interested

Thank you
Nick

Thank you for replying. Prehaps it was my mistake by not specifiing exactly that i want only the indicator wokring not the source code.

The reason i made such a bold offer, which i hope it didin't offend you, is because is a fantastic tool and with what you have been through trying to help for free (i read the majority of the posts), i didin't want to have the overehead of asking you something for free.

If that change anything, again i would be please to have your feedback. Maybe sugesting something simillar, even i practically looked everywere.

Nick

I just want to say a big thank you to David for his years of helping us traders out for no gain on his part. I just revisited this news plotter indicator because in the past I haven't been able to get it to work and I am HAPPY to say that I finally got smart enough to use it properly with fresh downloaded data from FF.

I don't use this for live news, but I will be using it extensively to back test the market. What an asset!

Thanks

Many thanks for the feedback. Around 8 years of intermittent work has gone into this indicator since it was first released here.

To anybody who's interested:
As noted in post #1, version 3 no longer works correctly. The latest version is currently 4.04 and can be found here.

Hi there,

Thanks so much for this - alot of work has gone into it's creation and for that I'm most appreciated.

I have a question:

Is there a way of providing an indication of the actual impact of the news event, programatically?

For example, another user does this:

http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...7&d=1180059565

Ideally, what I'd like to do is capture the historical market impact of the news, across key pairs (i.e for EUR, EURUSD, EURGBP) in a similar method to what the attachment above has done.

I understand this may be outside the scope of this tool itself, but I would be most appreciated if you could point me in the direction of someone or a service that could do this for me?

Thanks
Paul

I looked for something similar a few years back and was unsuccessful. If Google can't find anything, then I don't know what else to try.

Hi @hanover (David)
I have been able to download the news and the graph have been plotted, with the dotted numbers against the charts. However, this was possible only when I downloaded and ran the "PythonNewsDownloader.exe". I hope that those finding it difficult to download new from FF using "News Downloader.exe" can find "PythonNewsDownloader.exe" useful.

Well I am new to using this News Plotter. I know that colour means "Impact", but I am still wondering the meaning of the numbers on the circles, and why several circles have been arranged vertically against each candle. Also, why are there no circles above the candle but only below the candles. Can any one be of help please? Thank you in advance.

Before I discovered the news plotting app, I was actually looking for a way to capture "Actual" data from Forex Factory as they are released so that I can incorporate the data into my Expert Advisor (EA) by programming my EA to open a buy or sell position according as "Actual" data is greater or less than "Forecast" data as fast as possible, but I have not been able to find it. Well, I hope someone will refer me to the best place or explain to me how I can obtain the solution to what I an looking for. Thank you in advance.

1. Numbers in the circles: You control which Wingding symbols are plotted via the PlotTheseCurrencies setting.
2. Several symbols arranged vertically = multiple news announcements occurring at the same time.
3. Where symbols are plotted (above/below the candles): You control this via the VertSpacingPips setting.

All explained further in the instruction manual --- can be downloaded here.

You would probably need to write your own downloader and include it in your EA. Even then, you'd be disadvantaged by any latency/delay in the 'Actual' values being made available by FF. If you want instantaneous data, you would need to pay for a newsfeed service like Bloomberg or RANsquawk.

hi hanover
please help me...i am not asking you to code anything for me....probably it is already there in your existing arsenal ... i am looking for an indicator that will plot ohlc horizontal lines on two previous days... that will also work on mtf.. viz two previous 4H....1H...appreciate your guidance....thnx

Sorry, I don't know of such an indicator. Perhaps you could try posting on one of the "I code your indicators for free" threads.