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  • #321
  • Jun 12, 2015 2:04am Jun 12, 2015 2:04am
PMak, there is one bug that I found. The news even flag is not removed from the chart when it has passed the time even the setting I have set history to false.

Just something I noticed earlier

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  • #322
  • Jun 19, 2015 2:57am Jun 19, 2015 2:57am
Hi. This Indicator is great. Just what I have been looking for. Is there a way of including news for CFDs? Otherwise thanks for the great tool
  • #323
  • Jun 20, 2015 8:17am Jun 20, 2015 8:17am
hi

I need such a tool.
where can I find it?
The one with spread
and this
buy and sell

thank you
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  • #324
  • Jul 10, 2015 11:14am Jul 10, 2015 11:14am
Quoting PMak
........ There is a New Parameter "ShowEventFlags" that will create OBJ_EVENT(s), I find this object type quite useful. .......................
Hi PMak, first thanks for your great job ,for some reason the EventFlags been add to chart repeatedly,not sues why ,you ma y look in to it.
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  • #325
  • Jul 20, 2015 5:07pm Jul 20, 2015 5:07pm
How i get the mt4 source?
  • #326
  • Jul 31, 2015 3:21am Jul 31, 2015 3:21am
Quoting Alraqeem
How i get the mt4 source?

You can't get the mql4.

The creator of this fabuloos indi protects his work, it's absolutely normal
  • #327
  • Aug 5, 2015 4:48am Aug 5, 2015 4:48am
Quoting LinFX
PMak, there is one bug that I found. The news even flag is not removed from the chart when it has passed the time even the setting I have set history to false. Just something I noticed earlier {image} Lin.
I will have a look.

// This Indicator is great. Just what I have been looking for. Is there a way of including news for CFDs? Otherwise thanks for the great tool

Not sure, it pulls ForexFactory data so if they include CFD news it should also?

// kk777 Buy Sell Tool

When I have free time I will see about making it available

// r some reason the EventFlags been add to chart repeatedly,not sues why ,you ma y look in to it.

Thanks, I will have a look. Sometimes the news time changes so it could be why. I will investigate

// How i get the mt4 source?

Not sure about the original news indicator but this one was made available thanks to Rod178
  • #328
  • Aug 12, 2015 6:23pm Aug 12, 2015 6:23pm
Hi,

I've been looking at the source on I-A14 version, wanting to integrate high impact events into an EA using iCusotm() to import the buffer values. I'm some how not understanding what the source comments indicate about the positive and negative values returned in the buffer shown in the Data Window, which the EA would be reading.

Are there any examples of others having devised a means to detect the signal from the buffer value in iCustom(), so an EA can process the signals, or can anyone elaborate on what the values represent? I'm sure they must equate to some relative value of ansi time in seconds, but for some reason I'm just not understanding the comments on exactly what that's representing.

I'm basically wanting to avoid entering trades 30 minutes before high impact until 60 minutes after and possibly filter further on the given primary pair the news is related to.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
  • #329
  • Edited Aug 21, 2015 12:05am Aug 20, 2015 11:03pm | Edited Aug 21, 2015 12:05am
Here is the latest News Indicator A16

- attempted bug fix for History and Duplicate Events
- added minutes until to news caution
- added CautionHoursBeforeHrs parameter
- bug fix for News Table
- added Font and Font Size for Caution and Up Next News

I haven't had enough time to fully test the fixes so let me know if the issues with duplicate events and history continue.
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File Type: ex4 CalendarFX-I-A16.ex4   132 KB | 3,513 downloads
File Type: mq4 CalendarFX-I-A16.mq4   106 KB | 5,219 downloads
  • #330
  • Aug 20, 2015 11:06pm Aug 20, 2015 11:06pm
Quoting afp
Hi, I've been looking at the source on I-A14 version, wanting to integrate high impact events into an EA using iCusotm() to import the buffer values. I'm some how not understanding what the source comments indicate about the positive and negative values returned in the buffer shown in the Data Window, which the EA would be reading. Are there any examples of others having devised a means to detect the signal from the buffer value in iCustom(), so an EA can process the signals, or can anyone elaborate on what the values represent? I'm sure they must...
I haven't tried iCustom but you can set Global Variables or set a Label/Text Object that you can monitor from an EA. The easiest way perhaps is to use the Alert Before minutes parameters and modify it so it set a Global Variable or Label/Text Object to signal your EA not to trade.
  • #331
  • Aug 21, 2015 2:52am Aug 21, 2015 2:52am
Quoting PMak
{quote} I haven't tried iCustom but you can set Global Variables or set a Label/Text Object that you can monitor from an EA. The easiest way perhaps is to use the Alert Before minutes parameters and modify it so it set a Global Variable or Label/Text Object to signal your EA not to trade.
Thanks PMak,

I understand these workaround approaches however managing an already busy stack of Label/Text entities or balancing acts on global variable states has some undesirable aspects. I was more inclined to learn if anyone understands what the data in the data window is telling us, so that the iCustm() function might give a direct interface.

Do you know if there are any currently viable approaches to seeking historical events that will integrate with back testing? I don't know if this system ever made an attempt to process a historical read from FF. I know there was a version of some form or another indicator approach in the past that did this but it seemed it was not maintained after FF altered their HTML the history was being scraped from.

Thanks again for your efforts keeping this version working.
  • #332
  • Aug 21, 2015 4:32am Aug 21, 2015 4:32am
Yeah I dread managing global variables (and btw found the MT4 global variables to be buggy) and started coding my own "chart variables" which is the only approach that has worked great for me. I hide them off the charts so they don't clutter the screen and have functions to call them and a naming convention that makes it easy to recall them. It's not as elegant as I'd like it, but it works!

I tried using iCustom in the past with other indicators and the results weren't that great. I think someone on this thread or another news calendar thread had an EA using iCustom to check for upcoming news but I found it to be rather cumbersome, and still buggy.

When I get some free time I'll revisit iCustom and see what I can find.
  • #333
  • Aug 23, 2015 6:10am Aug 23, 2015 6:10am
Hi Pmak,

Thanks for your time in developing this. Would like to know how I can increase the number of news articles to show instead of just the current 4. thank you again.
  • #334
  • Edited 8:18pm Aug 23, 2015 8:00pm | Edited 8:18pm
Quoting PMak
{quote} I haven't tried iCustom but you can set Global Variables or set a Label/Text Object that you can monitor from an EA. The easiest way perhaps is to use the Alert Before minutes parameters and modify it so it set a Global Variable or Label/Text Object to signal your EA not to trade.
Hi!
I have made a version from your works which can be "iCustom" but whithout any "Object" in chart, only for used in EA. It only contains the two most important value: nearest past and future minutes. But it has a problem, how to used in EA backtest? I don't know which sUrl to download the xml file for any week in history. Do you know it or any one know? Please tell me. And I share my works too here, It cann't be used in EA backtest, but can be used in EA running.
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  • #335
  • Edited 12:56am Aug 26, 2015 12:19am | Edited 12:56am
Quoting PMak
Here is the latest News Indicator A16 - attempted bug fix for History and Duplicate Events - added minutes until to news caution - added CautionHoursBeforeHrs parameter - bug fix for News Table - added Font and Font Size for Caution and Up Next News I haven't had enough time to fully test the fixes so let me know if the issues with duplicate events and history continue. {file} {file}
HI，PMak
Thanks for your work. I found 3 sentences which I can't understand in your codes.
the first:
else if (!StringSubstr(mainData[newsIdx][TITLE],0,8)=="Daylight") {skip=true;}
I don't understand the "!" here. If the 8 letters isn't "Daylight",then skip? but the execution result is inverse. I am confused.

the second:
else if((mainData[newsIdx][TIME]=="All Day" && mainData[newsIdx][TIME]=="") ||
(mainData[newsIdx][TIME] == "Tentative" && mainData[newsIdx][TIME] == "") ||
(mainData[newsIdx][TIME] == ""))
{skip=true;}
Can the "TIME" equal to "All Day" && ""？ Should it be simplified to be as below?
else if(mainData[newsIdx][TIME]=="All Day" || mainData[newsIdx][TIME] == "Tentative" || mainData[newsIdx][TIME] == "") skip=true;

the third:
(StringFind(mainData[newsIdx][TITLE],"Bank Holiday", StringLen(mainData[newsIdx][TITLE])-12)!=-1) == (StringSubstr(mainData[newsIdx][TITLE],0,4)=="Bank") ? the second presentation is more simple and effective, I feel. Is it?
  • #336
  • Aug 27, 2015 12:56pm Aug 27, 2015 12:56pm
Hey there, does anyone know if is possible to modify the hour of the MT4 platform server to my local time? so i can be tuned better?

Regards
  • #337
  • Aug 27, 2015 7:16pm Aug 27, 2015 7:16pm
Quoting ForexSpider.
Hey there, does anyone know if is possible to modify the hour of the MT4 platform server to my local time? so i can be tuned better? Regards
No. MT4 time can't be changed. It uses the broker server time.
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #338
  • Aug 27, 2015 7:18pm Aug 27, 2015 7:18pm
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} No. MT4 time can't be changed. It uses the broker server time.
Got it mate ,

Regards
  • #339
  • Aug 29, 2015 10:13am Aug 29, 2015 10:13am
Quoting ForexSpider.
Hey there, does anyone know if is possible to modify the hour of the MT4 platform server to my local time? so i can be tuned better? Regards
save under MQL4/EXPERTS

you can modify news time setting to any AREA time.
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  • #340
  • Aug 29, 2015 10:24am Aug 29, 2015 10:24am
Quoting rayphua
Hi Pmak, Thanks for your time in developing this. Would like to know how I can increase the number of news articles to show instead of just the current 4. thank you again.
my last post may help.
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