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Adaptive Moving Average ARROW
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Adaptive Moving Average ARROW.mq5 |
//| Copyright 2020, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| https://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2020, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "https://www.mql5.com"
#property version "1.000"
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 3
#property indicator_plots 1
//--- plot AMA
#property indicator_label1 "AMA"
#property indicator_type1 DRAW_COLOR_ARROW
#property indicator_color1 clrRed,clrBlue
#property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID
#property indicator_width1 1
//--- input parameters
input group "Adaptive Moving Average"
input int Inp_AMA_ama_period = 15; // AMA: average period for AMA
input int Inp_AMA_fast_ma_period = 2; // AMA: fast MA period
input int Inp_AMA_slow_ma_period = 30; // AMA: slow MA period
input int Inp_AMA_ama_shift = 0; // AMA: horizontal shift of the indicator
input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE Inp_AMA_applied_price = PRICE_CLOSE; // AMA: type of the price
input group "ARROW"
input uchar InpArrowCode = 117; // Arrow: code (font Wingdings)
input int InpArrowShift = 10; // Arrow: vertical shift in pixel
//--- indicator buffers
double AMABuffer[];
double AMAColors[];
double iAMABuffer[];
//---
int handle_iAMA; // variable for storing the handle of the iAMA indicator
int bars_calculated=0; // we will keep the number of values in the Adaptive Moving Average indicator
int start_index=0;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
//--- indicator buffers mapping
SetIndexBuffer(0,AMABuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);
SetIndexBuffer(1,AMAColors,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);
SetIndexBuffer(2,iAMABuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);
//--- setting a code from the Wingdings charset as the property of PLOT_ARROW
PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW,InpArrowCode);
//--- set the vertical shift of arrows in pixels
PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW_SHIFT,-InpArrowShift);
//--- an empty value for plotting, for which there is no drawing
PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,0.0);
//--- create handle of the indicator iAMA
handle_iAMA=iAMA(Symbol(),Period(),Inp_AMA_ama_period,Inp_AMA_fast_ma_period,
Inp_AMA_slow_ma_period,Inp_AMA_ama_shift,Inp_AMA_applied_price);
//--- if the handle is not created
if(handle_iAMA==INVALID_HANDLE)
{
//--- tell about the failure and output the error code
PrintFormat("Failed to create handle of the iAMA indicator for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",
Symbol(),
EnumToString(Period()),
GetLastError());
//--- the indicator is stopped early
return(INIT_FAILED);
}
//---
start_index=Inp_AMA_ama_period+Inp_AMA_fast_ma_period+Inp_AMA_ama_shift;
//---
return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
const int prev_calculated,
const datetime &time[],
const double &open[],
const double &high[],
const double &low[],
const double &close[],
const long &tick_volume[],
const long &volume[],
const int &spread[])
{
if(rates_total<start_index)
return(0);
//--- number of values copied from the iAMA indicator
int values_to_copy;
//--- determine the number of values calculated in the indicator
int calculated=BarsCalculated(handle_iAMA);
if(calculated<=0)
{
PrintFormat("BarsCalculated() returned %d, error code %d",calculated,GetLastError());
return(0);
}
//--- if it is the first start of calculation of the indicator or if the number of values in the iAMA indicator changed
//---or if it is necessary to calculated the indicator for two or more bars (it means something has changed in the price history)
if(prev_calculated==0 || calculated!=bars_calculated || rates_total>prev_calculated+1)
{
//--- if the iAMABuffer array is greater than the number of values in the iAMA indicator for symbol/period, then we don't copy everything
//--- otherwise, we copy less than the size of indicator buffers
if(calculated>rates_total)
values_to_copy=rates_total;
else
values_to_copy=calculated;
}
else
{
//--- it means that it's not the first time of the indicator calculation, and since the last call of OnCalculate()
//--- for calculation not more than one bar is added
values_to_copy=(rates_total-prev_calculated)+1;
}
//--- fill the arrays with values of the Adaptive Moving Average indicator
//--- if FillArraysFromBuffer returns false, it means the information is nor ready yet, quit operation
if(!FillArrayFromBuffer(iAMABuffer,Inp_AMA_ama_shift,handle_iAMA,values_to_copy))
return(0);
//--- memorize the number of values in the Adaptive Moving Average indicator
bars_calculated=calculated;
//--- main loop
int limit=prev_calculated-1;
if(prev_calculated==0)
{
limit=start_index;
for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)
{
AMABuffer[i]=0.0;
AMAColors[i]=0.0;
}
}
for(int i=limit; i<rates_total; i++)
{
AMABuffer[i]=high[i];
if(close[i]>iAMABuffer[i])
AMAColors[i]=1.0;
else
AMAColors[i]=0.0;
}
//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
return(rates_total);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Filling indicator buffer from the iAMA indicator |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool FillArrayFromBuffer(double &ama_buffer[], // indicator buffer of the AMA line
int a_shift, // shift of the AMA line
int ind_handle, // handle of the iAMA indicator
int amount // number of copied values
)
{
//--- reset error code
ResetLastError();
//--- fill a part of the iAMABuffer array with values from the indicator buffer that has 0 index
if(CopyBuffer(ind_handle,0,-a_shift,amount,ama_buffer)<0)
{
//--- if the copying fails, tell the error code
PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iAMA indicator, error code %d",GetLastError());
//--- quit with zero result - it means that the indicator is considered as not calculated
return(false);
}
//--- everything is fine
return(true);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
if(handle_iAMA!=INVALID_HANDLE)
IndicatorRelease(handle_iAMA);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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