Chaikin Oscillator Colored Area

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//|                              Chaikin Oscillator Colored Area.mq5 |

//|                              Copyright © 2020, Vladimir Karputov |

//|                     https://www.mql5.com/ru/market/product/43516 |

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#property copyright "Copyright © 2020, Vladimir Karputov"

#property link      "https://www.mql5.com/ru/market/product/43516"

#property version   "1.000"

#property indicator_separate_window

#property indicator_buffers 3

#property indicator_plots   1

//--- plot CHO

#property indicator_label1  "CHO"

#property indicator_type1   DRAW_FILLING

#property indicator_color1  clrRed,clrBlue

#property indicator_style1  STYLE_SOLID

#property indicator_width1  1

//--- input parameters

input int                  Inp_CHO_fast_ma_period  = 3;           // CHO: fast period

input int                  Inp_CHO_slow_ma_period  = 10;          // CHO: slow period

input ENUM_MA_METHOD       Inp_CHO_ma_method       = MODE_EMA;    // CHO: smoothing type

input ENUM_APPLIED_VOLUME  Inp_CHO_applied_volume  = VOLUME_TICK; // CHO: type of volume

//--- indicator buffers

double   CHOBuffer1[];

double   CHOBuffer2[];

double   iChaikinBuffer[];

//---

int      handle_iChaikin;                    // variable for storing the handle of the iChaikin indicator

int      bars_calculated=0;                  // we will keep the number of values in the Chaikin Oscillator indicator

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//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |

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int OnInit()

  {

//--- indicator buffers mapping

   SetIndexBuffer(0,CHOBuffer1,INDICATOR_DATA);

   SetIndexBuffer(1,CHOBuffer2,INDICATOR_DATA);

   SetIndexBuffer(2,iChaikinBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

//--- create handle of the indicator iChaikin

   handle_iChaikin=iChaikin(Symbol(),Period(),Inp_CHO_fast_ma_period,

                            Inp_CHO_slow_ma_period,Inp_CHO_ma_method,Inp_CHO_applied_volume);

//--- if the handle is not created

   if(handle_iChaikin==INVALID_HANDLE)

     {

      //--- tell about the failure and output the error code

      PrintFormat("Failed to create handle of the iChaikin indicator for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",

                  Symbol(),

                  EnumToString(Period()),

                  GetLastError());

      //--- the indicator is stopped early

      return(INIT_FAILED);

     }

//--- set accuracy

   IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0);

//--- sets first bar from what index will be drawn

   PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,Inp_CHO_slow_ma_period);

//--- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label

   IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,"CHO("+IntegerToString(Inp_CHO_slow_ma_period)+","+IntegerToString(Inp_CHO_fast_ma_period)+")");

//---

   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);

  }

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//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |

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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[])

  {

//--- number of values copied from the iChaikin indicator

   int values_to_copy;

//--- determine the number of values calculated in the indicator

   int calculated=BarsCalculated(handle_iChaikin);

   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 iChaikin 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 iChaikinBuffer array is greater than the number of values in the iChaikin 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 iChaikinBuffer array with values of the Chaikin Oscillator indicator

//--- if FillArrayFromBuffer returns false, it means the information is nor ready yet, quit operation

   if(!FillArrayFromBuffer(iChaikinBuffer,handle_iChaikin,values_to_copy))

      return(0);

//--- memorize the number of values in the Chaikin Oscillator indicator

   bars_calculated=calculated;

//--- main loop

   int limit=prev_calculated-1;

   if(prev_calculated==0)

     {

      limit=0;

     }

   for(int i=limit; i<rates_total; i++)

     {

      CHOBuffer1[i]=iChaikinBuffer[i];

      CHOBuffer2[i]=0.0;

     }

//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call

   return(rates_total);

  }

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//| Filling indicator buffers from the iChaikin indicator            |

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bool FillArrayFromBuffer(double &values[],  // indicator buffer of Chaikin Oscillator values

                         int ind_handle,    // handle of the iChaikin indicator

                         int amount         // number of copied values

                        )

  {

//--- reset error code

   ResetLastError();

//--- fill a part of the iChaikinBuffer array with values from the indicator buffer that has 0 index

   if(CopyBuffer(ind_handle,0,0,amount,values)<0)

     {

      //--- if the copying fails, tell the error code

      PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iChaikin 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);

  }

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//| Indicator deinitialization function                              |

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void OnDeinit(const int reason)

  {

   if(handle_iChaikin!=INVALID_HANDLE)

      IndicatorRelease(handle_iChaikin);

//--- clear the chart after deleting the indicator

   Comment("");

  }

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