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  • #401
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:17pm Jul 12, 2015 12:17pm
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}
Quoting diallist
{quote} 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...
Quoting Bernhard
{quote} 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.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into some options for this
  • #402
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:17pm Jul 12, 2015 12:17pm
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.
Thanks Jason
  • #403
  • Jul 12, 2015 12:22pm Jul 12, 2015 12:22pm
Quoting ahhamidz
Hi honestknave (post No 2) Why do you think in time frame M1 when the price moves up or down back again. Do not continue to the upside or downside. How can you tell price movement rest and retrace. How can determine .
Hello ahhamidz,
I'm sorry if I have missed an earlier post. I don't trade using this dashboard but perhaps George may be able to shed some light on your question for you.
Green pips
  • #404
  • Jul 12, 2015 1:09pm Jul 12, 2015 1:09pm
Quoting honestknave
{quote} {quote} {quote} Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into some options for this
My, you have been busy this weekend. What I can I say - Brilliant work again.
I trade the major pairs, so the feature of removing currency pairs is great.
Colour block options would be a great feature, I leave that up to you.

Thanks again.
It never gets easier, you just get better
  • #405
  • Jul 12, 2015 1:31pm Jul 12, 2015 1:31pm
Quoting Shabs19
{quote} My, you have been busy this weekend. What I can I say - Brilliant work again. I trade the major pairs, so the feature of removing currency pairs is great. Colour block options would be a great feature, I leave that up to you. Thanks again.
Thanks Shabs19,
I still need to look at:
> color-coding pairs
> changing the alert criteria
> changing the calculation method (ATR or whatever weighting mechanism is decided upon)
  • #406
  • Jul 12, 2015 4:24pm Jul 12, 2015 4:24pm
Knave, thank you for your hard work! Be blessed!
  • #407
  • Jul 12, 2015 5:49pm Jul 12, 2015 5:49pm
Quoting ShomariG
Knave, thank you for your hard work! Be blessed!
Thank you ShomariG, you're most welcome
  • #408
  • Jul 12, 2015 5:56pm Jul 12, 2015 5:56pm
Quoting Innate
Hi honestknave, Thank you for your contribution to the community! If you may allow me to give a small piece of constructive feedback. I see GoldTheHun raised the issue that not all pip's are the same and suggested using a Z-score on the delta's. This seems a complicated way to solve the issue. An easier way (seems to me) is to divide the pips into the ATR value to give you a % of ATR. This will normalise all the results to their respective timeframes and currency pair ranges. Calling iATR is a piece of cake so the code amendment should be minor....
I had a brief play with the ATR concept this evening.

The only code alteration I made was changing distance/point to distance/ATR.

I profile my code regularly to keep it trim. With this single modification, the loop time increased over 50 fold
You can see from the log that these figures were averaged over 500 loops, so we can rule out any freak occurrences.

That sort of increase will have a very noticeable impact on performance

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  • #409
  • Jul 12, 2015 7:37pm Jul 12, 2015 7:37pm
Hi Honest Knave

I seem to be having the same problem that I had initially with the first version ie when I try and load it on a chart it just won't load. Any suggestions?
  • #410
  • Jul 12, 2015 7:42pm Jul 12, 2015 7:42pm
Quoting honestknave
{quote} I had a brief play with the ATR concept this evening. The only code alteration I made was changing distance/point to distance/ATR. I profile my code regularly to keep it trim. With this single modification, the loop time increased over 50 fold You can see from the log that these figures were averaged over 500 loops, so we can rule out any freak occurrences. That sort of increase will have a very noticeable impact on performance {image}
Oh wow thats a major increase!

Thanks at least for trying. I hope it yields some results for that much processing power.
What's it all about? It's all about money.
  • #411
  • Jul 13, 2015 1:11am Jul 13, 2015 1:11am
Quoting 919gilead
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
Sorry to hear about your loss, buddy! My deepest condolance!
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  • #412
  • Jul 13, 2015 2:06am Jul 13, 2015 2:06am
Quoting pipdripper
{quote} 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!
Amen, and thank you my brother. Greetings to the family and your APC govt as we keep praying for them to resolve their differences and settle down to real governance and the change people voted for.

Shalom
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  • #413
  • Jul 13, 2015 2:06am Jul 13, 2015 2:06am
Quoting StefyRox
{quote} Sorry to hear about your loss, buddy! My deepest condolance!

Thank you buddy
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  • #414
  • Jul 13, 2015 2:08am Jul 13, 2015 2:08am
Quoting honestknave
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: {image} And finally, here is the latest version: {file}

Outstanding piece of work as usual
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  • #415
  • Jul 13, 2015 2:46am Jul 13, 2015 2:46am
Well, I have to admit I got pretty optimistic when I saw a thread about an MA. But then I applied the indicator to my chart and it didn't fit on the screen. I was really disappointed. Maybe a lack of effort?? But then I rebooted a bit and realized sometimes you just have to code it yourself and resized the font from the input tab. I'm just glad I was able to figure it all out.
  • #416
  • Edited 3:05am Jul 13, 2015 2:51am | Edited 3:05am
Quoting silversurfer
Hi Honest Knave I seem to be having the same problem that I had initially with the first version ie when I try and load it on a chart it just won't load. Any suggestions?
Hello silversurfer, I'm sorry to hear you're having problems loading the new version.

I'm going to take the opportunity to use this as a tutorial for anybody having problems loading MADdash.
All these steps should not be necessary under normal circumstances.
However, please follow them if you are having problems loading MADdash.

Firstly, please can you tell me which version of MetaTrader you are currently running:
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Step 1: Close all charts that you have tried to apply MADdash too. Even if the chart is blank (i.e. failed to load MADdash).
If in doubt, simply close all open charts.

Step 2: Open the Navigator pane (it may already be open). You can open the Navigator pane like so:
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Step 3: Under Indicators, right-click on MADdash and select DELETE
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Repeat Step 3 for any more entries such as MADdash(2):
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Step 4: Under Experts, check for any MADdash entries. If so, delete them:
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Step 5: Restart MetaTrader

Step 6: Open the data folder from MetaTrader and add the latest version of MADdash into the correct Indicators folder:
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Step 7: Open a fresh chart (any symbol)
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  • #417
  • Edited 3:25am Jul 13, 2015 2:51am | Edited 3:25am
Step 8: Remove any indicators that may have been loaded by default (possibly none):
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Step 9: Remove any expert that may have been loaded by default (possibly none):
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Step 10: Add MADdash onto the chart:
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Important Note: All these steps should not be necessary under normal circumstances.
However, please follow them if you are having problems loading MADdash.
  • #418
  • Jul 13, 2015 2:55am Jul 13, 2015 2:55am
Quoting silversurfer
Hi Honest Knave I seem to be having the same problem that I had initially with the first version ie when I try and load it on a chart it just won't load. Any suggestions?
I wonder if you had the same problem I did. I renamed this most recent version to MADdash114.ex4 to distinguish it from the version I had that is working. But when I added it to a chart, all I got was a blank screen. So here's what I did:

1. Deleted all instances of MADdash from my charts.
2. Deleted both my working MADdash.ex4 and the new MADdash114.ex4 from my Data Folder/MQL4/Indicators folder
3. Restarted MetaTrader, then closed it again.
4. Restarted MetaTrader, then added the new version as Data Folder/MQL4/Indicators/MADdash.ex4
5. Closed and restarted MetaTrader
6. Applied MADdash to a chart.

It worked!

EDIT: IF MY STEPS DON'T WORK FOR YOU, THEN FOLLOW HONESTKNAVES MORE DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE (Which I didn't see until after I had posted my steps.)
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  • #419
  • Jul 13, 2015 3:19am Jul 13, 2015 3:19am
HonestKnave,

Your hard work and dedication to this never ceases to amaze me, but this time you've outdone yourself. Well done sir!

Dial
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  • #420
  • Jul 13, 2015 3:19am Jul 13, 2015 3:19am
Quoting diallist
{quote} I wonder if you had the same problem I did. I renamed this most recent version to MADdash114.ex4 to distinguish it from the version I had that is working. But when I added it to a chart, all I got was a blank screen. So here's what I did: 1. Deleted all instances of MADdash from my charts. 2. Deleted both my working MADdash.ex4 and the new MADdash114.ex4 from my Data Folder/MQL4/Indicators folder 3. Restarted MetaTrader, then closed it again. 4. Restarted MetaTrader, then added the new version as Data Folder/MQL4/Indicators/MADdash.ex4 5....
Thank you for your help diallist; your steps should indeed work in most cases.
My steps are very much overkill, but I adopted a "belt and braces" approach to hopefully alleviate any stubborn cases.
Thanks once again
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