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  • #281
  • Apr 6, 2015 5:41am Apr 6, 2015 5:41am
Thanks so much to euclid for the great indicator

By the way, is there a way the indicator can look back for older economic data and put vertical lines on the chart to see the reaction of the market on previous data?
  • #282
  • Apr 16, 2015 10:12am Apr 16, 2015 10:12am
thanks but how do I get a news feed from ff here??

found it
Holy grail, pls pm
  • #283
  • Edited 1:44am Apr 17, 2015 1:17am | Edited 1:44am
Here is a NewsCal-AddOn Indicator I wrote to show you how to access the labels on the NewsCalender to use in your code.

This Indicator displays important news like ECB, FOMC, NFP in a Label Object.
You can modify the code to send notfications, emails, or to scan for specific news events or currencies.

Pre-Requisite: NewsCal-v1.07 enabled on same chart.
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File Type: ex4 NewsCal-AddOn.ex4   7 KB | 1,157 downloads
File Type: mq4 NewsCal-AddOn.mq4   3 KB | 1,581 downloads
  • #284
  • May 5, 2015 8:12pm May 5, 2015 8:12pm
Here is V1.10 of the NewsCal-AddOn. This one cycles thru all open charts, find the chart that contains the News Calendar and displays "Important News".

I wish we had the source code for NewsCal There are so many tweaks and enhancements I'd like to make!
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File Type: ex4 NewsCal-AddOn.ex4   7 KB | 1,472 downloads
File Type: mq4 NewsCal-AddOn.mq4   4 KB | 2,046 downloads
  • #285
  • May 5, 2015 10:27pm May 5, 2015 10:27pm
Quoting PMak
Here is V1.10 of the NewsCal-AddOn. This one cycles thru all open charts, find the chart that contains the News Calendar and displays "Important News". I wish we had the source code for NewsCal There are so many tweaks and enhancements I'd like to make! {file} {file}
Thanks PMak
  • #286
  • May 5, 2015 11:08pm May 5, 2015 11:08pm
Quoting PMak
Here is V1.10 of the NewsCal-AddOn. This one cycles thru all open charts, find the chart that contains the News Calendar and displays "Important News". I wish we had the source code for NewsCal There are so many tweaks and enhancements I'd like to make! {file} {file}



Nearly 12 months ago I did a lot of mods to the FFCal.mq4 source to fit my needs, basically a quick hack job, which could still do with a cleanup. The major mod was to sync the News Labels with the Chart (ie candles). on the M15 and lower tf.

It seems to be working well, again, except for some (previous) intermittent issues, which I suspect are due to the FF XML feed. I have not looked at the code for over six months.

Thanks to DeVries et al for the XML scrapping code. I have included their links in the source.

Attached is the source code of my modification, which I renamed CalendarFX-I-A04
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File Type: mq4 CalendarFX-I-A04.mq4   72 KB | 1,379 downloads
  • #287
  • Edited 7:25am May 8, 2015 6:40am | Edited 7:25am
Thanks Rod178!

I have made a couple quick fixes:

 

  1. Show Inputs upon Indicator Activation
  2. Fixed bug with background boxes


I will have a closer look later and add some more enhancements

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File Type: ex4 CalendarFX-I-A10.ex4   99 KB | 1,204 downloads
File Type: mq4 CalendarFX-I-A10.mq4   73 KB | 1,420 downloads
  • #288
  • May 8, 2015 6:45am May 8, 2015 6:45am
i prefer to check my own in forexfactory

why dare to make your mt4 become lagging???

write down the news announcement...it is better on that way...
  • #289
  • May 8, 2015 8:00am May 8, 2015 8:00am
Great indicator. I don't use the table but only use vertical lines. Would be perfect for what i need if i could only see the events in the FUTURE and delete any events in the PAST as the candles go passed. Can't see an option for this. I see the modifications above only show the future but don't show the vertical lines which are essential for me. Hope someone can help.
  • #290
  • May 8, 2015 8:11am May 8, 2015 8:11am
Quoting MJ12
Great indicator. I don't use the table but only use vertical lines. Would be perfect for what i need if i could only see the events in the FUTURE and delete any events in the PAST as the candles go passed. Can't see an option for this. I see the modifications above only show the future but don't show the vertical lines which are essential for me. Hope someone can help.
It only displays one 'past' line and up to four future events.

There is little point in looking too far into the future as -
events only as good as data scrapped from FF
news can often be rescheduled

I orginally wrote in the lines as I've sometimes forgotten upcoming News or been to lazy to examine FF.

Additionally the indicator will not signifcantly slow down MT4, it is refreshed on a New candle, not continuously.
  • #291
  • May 8, 2015 8:39am May 8, 2015 8:39am
Is it an easy task to modify the original NewsCal-v1.07 to show zero 'past' vertical lines line and up to 4 future events? I really like your version but as i say, i need no past events and vertical lines with descriptions rather than trend lines which is i think how you have done it.
  • #292
  • May 8, 2015 8:46am May 8, 2015 8:46am
Quoting MJ12
Is it an easy task to modify the original NewsCal-v1.07 to show zero 'past' vertical lines line and up to 4 future events? I really like your version but as i say, i need no past events and vertical lines with descriptions rather than trend lines which is i think how you have done it.
The source code isn't available for NewsCal-V1.07 so unfortunately it cannot be modified, and since NewsCal-V1.07 keeps redrawing the Vertical Lines after they are deleted, a script to delete past due events won't help.

Your best option is to use CalendarFX-I-A10.ex4 to draw vertical lines as they are removed as they are past due.
  • #293
  • May 8, 2015 8:55am May 8, 2015 8:55am
So you could modify your Newscal add-on so that it makes the NewsCal-V1.07 past vertical lines disappear automatically? If so that would be amazing and the best option. A script would also work as i could assign a hotkey and press it whenever i needed to flush out the history. First option with the add-on sounds ideal though and would be fantastic if its not too much trouble. edit - just reading your edited post.
  • #294
  • May 8, 2015 9:08am May 8, 2015 9:08am
Yes calenderFX works well but i need vertical lines which i can change the color of (i need the lines to be the same/similar color as the background so i can only see the description clearly). With vertical lines the description is only shown at the foot of the line/chart which is useful to me as i minimize the charts to smaller windows quite a lot. With trendlines the text of the news event which is the desription on a trendline, is in displayed on the middle of the chart. calenderfx also shows text of 1 past event which can obstruct the PA view when watching on smaller TF's and in a smaller window. i like to try to minimise the objects on my charts as much as possible or i find they get too crowded for my style.
  • #295
  • May 8, 2015 9:48pm May 8, 2015 9:48pm
Ah I see what you mean. I'll have a look when I put in enhancements and see what I can do.
  • #296
  • May 8, 2015 11:41pm May 8, 2015 11:41pm
The lines can be toggled on and off as can the labels
  • #297
  • May 10, 2015 5:25am May 10, 2015 5:25am
Quoting PMak
Thanks Rod178! I have made a couple quick fixes: Show Inputs upon Indicator Activation Fixed bug with background boxes I will have a closer look later and add some more enhancements {file} {file}
Hi PMak,
You can help me add Notification.
Thank you very much
  • #298
  • May 12, 2015 12:02am May 12, 2015 12:02am
I have made some more enhancements:

- added SleepInSeconds for better performance, default 30 seconds
- added NewsLineTextSize input parameter to control size of NewsLineText, default = 25 characters
- added spacing for Multiple News Events at same time to prevent overlap
- added Notifications
- added EMails
- added AlertsOn, NotificationOn, MailOn input parameters to select preferred alert method
- added Alert parameters to headline text

As you can see in the screenshot, there are two news items on the same H4 candle, spaced out to prevent overlap.
The FFCal News: headline indicates Notifications and Alerts are on. Mail is off. 5min before.
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File Type: ex4 CalendarFX-I-A11.ex4   102 KB | 1,226 downloads
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  • #299
  • May 12, 2015 7:16am May 12, 2015 7:16am
Quoting euclid
{quote} It's already free for all to use. I haven't had time to do any development on this for a while, but I'll take look at the alternate source feature.
Hi Euclid, Thanks for the great indicator. Its perfect for me except that i find the historical events text/lines get in the way of PA on the chart sometimes. Would be great if you could make an option to erase all past events and only show future events on the chart as they are what i pay attention to. Just thought i would make a request in case it was a simple task and you were going to be making any improvements. Thanks again.
  • #300
  • May 12, 2015 9:12am May 12, 2015 9:12am
This latest version, CalendarFX-I-A12 has a HistoryOn input parameter. If set to false then past due event lines and text are deleted from the chart.
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