Folks: I got somewhat good news and then somewhat news... none bad LOL
Good news is that v13, Multiv11, and the indiv11 are already coded. They contain the addition of the candle stick patterns.
The so so news is that I earlier I had posted them but had to remove them...
Thnx to Erik I was able to use code he provided and rather quickly insert it into the EAs. Since they worked very well on their own I didn't see a problem using them without any modifications. In fact the code was very straightforward, sort of like plug and play.
So I dropped the v11 indicator on a chart and NOTHING!. Not even with the default HA candles... no signals NADA!!.
Upon further review I noticed that the new candle pattern functions had one detail... they were calculated on the current candle, not at the close. I also then noticed that I had the usage reversed. The EA was looking for short candle patterns when the trend was saying long. So I immediately removed them from the thread and started the debugging.
One thing I found out is that there are many variations as to what candle patterns are. In many pages and in the code I saw different variations of the same pattern. very subjective stuff. This code was not the exception, it had a weird way of detecting bearish/bullish engulfments. So I got in there and re-wrote the function to get both bearish and bullish engulfment functions to work properly. So this is where I am at. I have to go thru each function and correct it so that it makes sense of the patterns.
Anyhow I do have the bullish/bearish engulfments working. I fired up the indicator and man it looks AWESOME. I saw some entries and compared them to their HA counterparts. In those cases where both had a trade you could clearly see that the candle pattern got in earlier. Looks good..
So as soon as I get the last 8 patterns fixed we'll have the new versions ready. Now, based on my observations there were several patterns that I did not include. Reason being that I noticed that these patterns happened after the required 1-4 candles from a 3sema zzdot. For now I am leaving many of those patterns out. But later on I plan to go back and study this more. I am thinking a possible use could be like continuation patterns.. to add on trades etc etc..
Here's the list of patterns that are in the new code. Any comments or additions let me know.
J
For Trend = LONG:
HaramiLower
Hammer
PiercingPattern
BullishEngulfing
TweezerBottom
Following are not being used.. may be used for continuation:
MorningStar
InvertedHammer
ThreeInsideUp
For Trend = SHORT:
HaramiUpper
ShootingStar
HangingMan
BearishEngulfing
TweezerTop
Following are not being used.. may be used for continuation:
EveningStar
DarkCloudCover
ThreeInsideDown
Good news is that v13, Multiv11, and the indiv11 are already coded. They contain the addition of the candle stick patterns.
The so so news is that I earlier I had posted them but had to remove them...
Thnx to Erik I was able to use code he provided and rather quickly insert it into the EAs. Since they worked very well on their own I didn't see a problem using them without any modifications. In fact the code was very straightforward, sort of like plug and play.
So I dropped the v11 indicator on a chart and NOTHING!. Not even with the default HA candles... no signals NADA!!.
Upon further review I noticed that the new candle pattern functions had one detail... they were calculated on the current candle, not at the close. I also then noticed that I had the usage reversed. The EA was looking for short candle patterns when the trend was saying long. So I immediately removed them from the thread and started the debugging.
One thing I found out is that there are many variations as to what candle patterns are. In many pages and in the code I saw different variations of the same pattern. very subjective stuff. This code was not the exception, it had a weird way of detecting bearish/bullish engulfments. So I got in there and re-wrote the function to get both bearish and bullish engulfment functions to work properly. So this is where I am at. I have to go thru each function and correct it so that it makes sense of the patterns.
Anyhow I do have the bullish/bearish engulfments working. I fired up the indicator and man it looks AWESOME. I saw some entries and compared them to their HA counterparts. In those cases where both had a trade you could clearly see that the candle pattern got in earlier. Looks good..
So as soon as I get the last 8 patterns fixed we'll have the new versions ready. Now, based on my observations there were several patterns that I did not include. Reason being that I noticed that these patterns happened after the required 1-4 candles from a 3sema zzdot. For now I am leaving many of those patterns out. But later on I plan to go back and study this more. I am thinking a possible use could be like continuation patterns.. to add on trades etc etc..
Here's the list of patterns that are in the new code. Any comments or additions let me know.
J
For Trend = LONG:
HaramiLower
Hammer
PiercingPattern
BullishEngulfing
TweezerBottom
Following are not being used.. may be used for continuation:
MorningStar
InvertedHammer
ThreeInsideUp
For Trend = SHORT:
HaramiUpper
ShootingStar
HangingMan
BearishEngulfing
TweezerTop
Following are not being used.. may be used for continuation:
EveningStar
DarkCloudCover
ThreeInsideDown
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