//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| MA_In_Color.mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2004, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| Modified from LSMA_In_Color to use any MA by Robert Hill |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//mod
#property copyright "Copyright © 2006, FX Sniper and Robert Hill"
#property link "http://www.metaquotes.net/"
//---- indicator settings
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 5
#property indicator_color1 Yellow
#property indicator_color2 Green
#property indicator_color3 Red
#property indicator_color4 DodgerBlue
#property indicator_color5 OrangeRed
extern int MAPeriod=5;
extern int MAType=1;
extern bool dots =1;
extern string MA_Method_Price = "SMA0 EMA1 SMMA2 LWMA3 LSMA4||0O,1C 2H3L,4Md 5Tp 6WghC: Md(HL/2)4,Tp(HLC/3)5,Wgh(HLCC/4)6";
//---- buffers
double ExtMapBuffer1[];
double ExtMapBuffer2[];
double ExtMapBuffer3[];
double ExtMapBuffer4[];
double ExtMapBuffer5[];
//---- variables
int MAMode;
string strMAType;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
IndicatorBuffers(5);
//---- drawing settings
SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtMapBuffer1);
SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtMapBuffer2);
SetIndexBuffer(2,ExtMapBuffer3);
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_LINE);
if (dots)
{
SetIndexStyle (3,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexStyle (4,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow (3,159);
SetIndexArrow (4,159);
SetIndexEmptyValue(3,EMPTY_VALUE);
SetIndexEmptyValue(4,EMPTY_VALUE);
SetIndexBuffer (3,ExtMapBuffer4);
SetIndexBuffer (4,ExtMapBuffer5);
}
switch (MAType)
{
case 1: strMAType="EMA"; MAMode=MODE_EMA; break;
case 2: strMAType="SMMA"; MAMode=MODE_SMMA; break;
case 3: strMAType="LWMA"; MAMode=MODE_LWMA; break;
case 4: strMAType="LSMA"; break;
default: strMAType="SMA"; MAMode=MODE_SMA; break;
}
IndicatorShortName( strMAType+ " (" +MAPeriod + ") ");
//---- initialization done
return(0);
}
double LSMA(int Rperiod, int shift)
{
int i;
double sum;
int length;
double lengthvar;
double tmp;
double wt;
length = Rperiod;
sum = 0;
for(i = length; i >= 1 ; i--)
{
lengthvar = length + 10;
lengthvar /= 6;
tmp = 0;
tmp = ( i - lengthvar)*Close[length-i+shift];
sum+=tmp;
}
wt = sum*6/(length*(length+1));
return(wt);
}
int start()
{
double MA_Cur, MA_Prev;
int limit;
int counted_bars = IndicatorCounted();
if (counted_bars<0) return(-1);
if (counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;
limit = Bars - counted_bars;
for(int i=limit; i>=0; i--)
{
if (MAType == 4)
{
MA_Cur = LSMA(MAPeriod,i);
// MA_Prev = LSMA(MAPeriod,i+1);
}
else
{
MA_Cur = iMA(NULL,0,MAPeriod,0,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,i);
// MA_Prev = iMA(NULL,0,MAPeriod,0,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,i+1);
}
//========== COLOR CODING ===========================================
ExtMapBuffer1[i] = MA_Cur;
ExtMapBuffer2[i] = EMPTY_VALUE; ExtMapBuffer3[i] = EMPTY_VALUE;
ExtMapBuffer4[i] = EMPTY_VALUE; ExtMapBuffer5[i] = EMPTY_VALUE;
if (ExtMapBuffer1[i] > ExtMapBuffer1[i+1])
{
if ( ExtMapBuffer3[i+1]!= EMPTY_VALUE)
ExtMapBuffer4[i] = MA_Cur;
ExtMapBuffer2[i] = MA_Cur;
}
else
if (ExtMapBuffer1[i] < ExtMapBuffer1[i+1])
{
if ( ExtMapBuffer2[i+1]!= EMPTY_VALUE)
ExtMapBuffer5[i] = MA_Cur;
ExtMapBuffer3[i] = MA_Cur;
}
}
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Sample
Analysis
Market Information Used:
Series array that contains close prices for each bar
Indicator Curves created:
Implements a curve of type DRAW_LINE
Indicators Used:
Moving average indicator
Custom Indicators Used:
Order Management characteristics:
Other Features: