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  • #381
  • Edited 7:29pm Jul 11, 2015 7:15pm | Edited 7:29pm
Quoting honestknave
{quote} Hello Shabs, George and I did discuss this in the early days. The problem is that every currency appears twice. So, if you consider EURGBP... does it get colored Blue for EUR or green for GBP? I did try splitting each pair, but it was such a mess of color we went for 28 unique colors: {image}
Hi honestknave,

This is what I am thinking about colours in the dash on the right. we can pick out strength weakness by colours towards the top of the chart.
Did this with paint so might not be very clear.

The Blues, Greens etc. could be slightly different shades so as to be able to recognize different pairs across the columns.
You could have the XXXUSD pairs shaded darker, so can pick out USD strength even though it is the second instrument in the pair.
Similarly, XXXJPY & so on.

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  • #382
  • Jul 11, 2015 8:09pm Jul 11, 2015 8:09pm
Quoting Bernhard
woah MADdash looks genial. I would love if the click on left side could include my favor template. great job folks!
Not exactly sure your question, but if you click on any time frame from the currency grids on the left, it WILL bring up your default template. So, if you name your favourite template 'default' then clicking anywhere on the left will launch your favourite template in which ever time frame clicked. Nice feature. Maybe this is what you were asking. If not, maybe it will help someone. -Jason.
  • #383
  • Jul 11, 2015 11:56pm Jul 11, 2015 11:56pm
Quoting honestknave
{quote} Hello Shabs, George and I did discuss this in the early days. The problem is that every currency appears twice. So, if you consider EURGBP... does it get colored Blue for EUR or green for GBP? I did try splitting each pair, but it was such a mess of color we went for 28 unique colors: {image}
Hi honestknave,

Regarding the image in your post 352, which I quote above...

I love this arrangement! For me, this is by far easier to see, and find the pair I want in the list of 28. Having 28 separate colors just muddies the water for me.

It is clear that each person using your excellent dashboard will have their preference... so why not give it to them. I suspect all you would need to do is insert the extra block of code for displaying the colors as in post 352, along with retaining the existing one for 28 colors. Then add a flag to the inputs page so each trader could choose. Shabs19 makes sense to him, and perhaps others, so it could be an option as well.

But for me, I really like the display version of post 352, especially how the currency color corresponds the left side of the dashboard. Makes a whole lot of sense to me.

Thanks for considering this as a possible option.

Dial
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  • #384
  • Jul 12, 2015 9:52am Jul 12, 2015 9:52am
Quoting bapakjason
{quote} Not exactly sure your question, but if you click on any time frame from the currency grids on the left, it WILL bring up your default template. So, if you name your favourite template 'default' then clicking anywhere on the left will launch your favourite template in which ever time frame clicked. Nice feature. Maybe this is what you were asking. If not, maybe it will help someone. -Jason.
hey thank you so much this works perfect! I just named my template default thats it
Scan all 28 Forex pairs with ONE chart... Currency Strength28 Indicators
  • #385
  • Jul 12, 2015 9:54am Jul 12, 2015 9:54am
Quoting Shabs19
{quote} Hi honestknave, This is what I am thinking about colours in the dash on the right. we can pick out strength weakness by colours towards the top of the chart. Did this with paint so might not be very clear. The Blues, Greens etc. could be slightly different shades so as to be able to recognize different pairs across the columns. You could have the XXXUSD pairs shaded darker, so can pick out USD strength even though it is the second instrument in the pair. Similarly, XXXJPY & so on. {image}
hey Shabs, I am happy with this colour because if it goes per pair I can see quickly were the pair is in the other time frames. It is anyway sorted the strongest is up.
Scan all 28 Forex pairs with ONE chart... Currency Strength28 Indicators
  • #386
  • Edited 11:50am Jul 12, 2015 10:39am | Edited 11:50am
I managed to dedicate some time this weekend to changing certain features of MADdash. I'll write the changes down, then I will post the new file, then I'll reply to the messages that I can see have been posted over the last couple of days.

Missing Pairs

A major problem for some people.

MADdash can now be used with missing pairs.

If a pair is missing, a note will be made in the log:
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The pair will be blank in both currency blocks.
And the pair will be excluded from the lists.
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The calculation method is the same, but instead of dividing the values in the currency block by 7 the values are divided by 6.

Please note: you can manually remove pairs from the calculations by removing them from the Market Watch
  • #387
  • Edited 11:51am Jul 12, 2015 10:40am | Edited 11:51am
Switching OFF blocks

There is now an option to switch off any of the 5 timeframe blocks:
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Once a timeframe is switched off, it will no longer appear in the currency blocks (left side of screen) and it will no longer have a timeframe column (right side of screen):
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  • #388
  • Edited 11:51am Jul 12, 2015 10:40am | Edited 11:51am
This is subtly different to the above...

Switching off the viewing of timeframe columns

Some people are only interested in the currency blocks (left side of screen) and don't want to see the timeframe columns (right side of screen).

Therefore the timeframe columns (right side of screen) can now be switched off individually:
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Please note that the timeframe will still appear in the currency blocks:
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  • #389
  • Edited 11:52am Jul 12, 2015 10:40am | Edited 11:52am
And the same for currency blocks...

Switching off the viewing of currency blocks

Some people do not want to see all 8 currency blocks.

Viewing for each currency block can now be switched off individually:
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The currency block will disappear, but the graph remains:
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Please note: all currency blocks are still processed; you are simply no longer seeing the display on the screen.
  • #390
  • Edited 11:25am Jul 12, 2015 10:40am | Edited 11:25am
Switching off pairs from appearing in the lists

Some people would like all the pairs to be used in the calculation, but do not want to track all the pairs in the lists.

The display of a pair can now be switched off:
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Any pairs switched off will no longer appear in the lists (but will still be shown in the currency blocks).
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Important note: You will not get alerts for a pair that is not set to show.

Please note: all available pairs are still used in the calculation method. This only switches off the display
  • #391
  • Edited 11:29am Jul 12, 2015 10:47am | Edited 11:29am
Hiding the the alerts column

If alerts are disabled, the Alerts column will also disappear.

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  • #392
  • Edited 1:12pm Jul 12, 2015 10:47am | Edited 1:12pm
Chart Positioning

As has been shown above, it is now possible to greatly condense MADdash e.g.
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This means people may want to add it to charts:
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Previously, MADdash "took over" whatever chart it was applied to. Hiding the candles and scales etc. Now you can disable this behaviour:
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You can also select the positioning of the dashboard:
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  • #393
  • Edited 11:44am Jul 12, 2015 10:55am | Edited 11:44am
Switching off Global Variables

An earlier modification enabled the use of Global Variables (GVs) for people who wanted to use MADdash in their own EAs.

I think the uptake on this has been very small so I've kept the functionality but it is disabled by default. This is to help keep the processing burden as light as possible.

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  • #394
  • Edited 12:08pm Jul 12, 2015 10:55am | Edited 12:08pm
As a result of all these changes, the options list has had to grow substantially

This is not something I like doing; I'm not a fan of code with countless options that nobody really knows how to use. However, it has been necessary in order to implement these changes.

In an attempt to mitigate this sea of options, I have split the options up into sections to make it easier to navigate:
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And finally, here is the latest version:
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  • #395
  • Jul 12, 2015 11:00am Jul 12, 2015 11:00am
Quoting 919gilead
NB My father just passed on to be with our Lord and Saviour in the early hours of yesterday morning and may not be as available as before but will pop in once in awhile. He was 83 years old. One of his most frequent and precious words to me was - "One must learn daily as if he's going to live forever, and live your life as if you're going to meet God tomorrow." I thank God for his life and legacy, and trust to see him some day. Cheers, and God bless
May the good Lord grant you and all yours the fortitude to bear this great loss IJN.
That is a very great quote and it must have had a great effect on you considering your astute and generous contributions.
Take heart bro and remain blessed!
  • #396
  • Jul 12, 2015 11:42am Jul 12, 2015 11:42am
Quoting honestknave
Switching off pairs from appearing in the lists Some people would like all the pairs to be used in the calculation, but do not want to track all the pairs in the lists. The display of a pair can now be switched off: {image} Any pairs switched off will no longer appear in the lists (but will still be shown in the currency blocks). {image} Important note: You will not get alerts for a pair that is not set to show. Please note: all available pairs are still used in the calculation method. This only switches off the display

Hi
Why indicator information I differ with you
I have not some information
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  • #397
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:08pm Jul 12, 2015 12:08pm
Wow, such a significant update honestknave!!! Many, many thanks for your efforts!!!

It loads now with my broker that doesn't support NZDCAD.

  • #398
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:09pm Jul 12, 2015 12:09pm
Quoting idiamond
Wow, such a significant update honestknave!!! Many, many thanks for your efforts!!! It loads now with my broker that doesn't support NZDCAD.
Thank you idiamond - I will send you a PM shortly
  • #399
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:12pm Jul 12, 2015 12:12pm
Quoting ahhamidz
{quote} Hi Why indicator information I differ with you I have not some information {image} {image}
Hello ahhamidz,

Please make sure you download the latest version of MADdash from here.

The latest version is 1.14:
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  • #400
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:15pm Jul 12, 2015 12:15pm
Quoting Bernhard
{quote} hey thank you so much this works perfect! I just named my template default thats it
Hello Bernhard, you should be able to specify any template (and timeframe) for the chart that opens in the settings:
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