first of all I'd like to thank you for all the previous indicators that you have rewritten.
Now, I'd like to ask you if you can translate this indicator. This indicator is great for exiting out of trades and it clearly shows end of trend.
Thank you
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Brooky_Trend_Strength.mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2010,Brooky |
//| http://forex-indicators.weebly.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2010,Brooky"
#property link "http://forex-indicators.weebly.com"
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 6
#property indicator_color1 Blue
#property indicator_color2 Blue
#property indicator_color3 Crimson
#property indicator_color4 Gray
#property indicator_color5 DodgerBlue
#property indicator_color6 Pink
#property indicator_width1 1
#property indicator_width2 2
#property indicator_width3 2
#property indicator_width4 2
#property indicator_width5 2
#property indicator_width6 2
#property indicator_level1 0
//---- input parameters
extern string Author_Site = "forex-indicators.weebly.com";
extern string Calculation_Periods = "Amount of Bars used to Calculate";
extern int slow_period=26;
extern int fast_period=12;
extern int signal_period=9;
extern string Smoothing_Methods = "SMA 0, EMA 1, SMMA 2 LWMA 3";
extern int slow_period_method =1;
extern int fast_period_method =1;
extern int signal_period_method =0;
extern string Price_Constants = "Close 0, Open 1, High 2 Low 3";
extern string To_Use = "Median 4, Typical 5, Weighted 6";
extern int Price_Constant=0;
extern string Sensitivity = "Control Strength Sensitivity";
extern double min_move=1;
extern int hi_lo_bars_back=5;
//---- buffers
double slow_array[];
double up_hist[];
double dn_hist[];
double tup_hist[];
double tdn_hist[];
double sig_array[];
double move_array[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- indicators
IndicatorBuffers(7);
SetIndexBuffer(0,slow_array);SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(1,up_hist);SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
SetIndexBuffer(2,dn_hist);SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
SetIndexBuffer(3,sig_array);SetIndexStyle(3,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(4,tup_hist);SetIndexStyle(4,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
SetIndexBuffer(5,tdn_hist);SetIndexStyle(5,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
SetIndexBuffer(6,move_array);
//---- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
IndicatorShortName("forex-indicators.weebly.com Trend Strength "
+"Period ("
+slow_period+")"
);
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int limit;
double ma_now,ma_b4;
int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
//---- check for possible errors
if(counted_bars<0) return(-1);
//---- the last counted bar will be recounted
if(counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;
limit=Bars-counted_bars;
//---- main loop
for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)
{
//--trend--+
ma_now =iMA(NULL,0,fast_period,0,fast_period_method,Price_Constant,i);
ma_b4 =iMA(NULL,0,fast_period,0,fast_period_method,Price_Constant,i+1);
//--sensitivity--+
move_array[i] = MathAbs((((iHighest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,hi_lo_bars_back,i)-iLowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW,hi_lo_bars_back,i)))*Point)*100000);
//--power--+
slow_array[i] = iStdDev(NULL,0,slow_period,0,slow_period_method,Price_Constant,i)
- iATR(NULL,0,slow_period,i) ;
//--drawing--+
if(ma_now>=ma_b4 && move_array[i]>=min_move)up_hist[i] = slow_array[i];
if(ma_now<=ma_b4 && move_array[i]>=min_move)dn_hist[i] = slow_array[i];
if(ma_now<=ma_b4 && move_array[i]<=min_move)tup_hist[i]=slow_array[i];
if(ma_now>=ma_b4 && move_array[i]<=min_move)tdn_hist[i]=slow_array[i];
}
//--power smooth--+
for(i=0; i<limit; i++)
{
sig_array[i] = iMAOnArray(slow_array,0,signal_period,0,signal_period_method,i);
}
//---- done
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
