SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby Nikolay.Gekht » Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:28 pm

Yes, it can be done. Please give me a couple of days to finish all urgent things and I'll do it.
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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby fxjunkie » Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:29 am

Awesome Nikolay. Very much appreciated. Best of luck trading. Good things will come to people like you :)
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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby subliminal » Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:42 am

fxjunkie wrote:Awesome indicator. I've been bugging fxcm for months to get this one. So they can thank you for making this so I get off their back. lol. One request, any chance of getting it to work on the change of the sar instead of the close of the bar? I trade mostly on 5 or 15 min chart and find sometimes by the close of the bar I miss opportunities. Just a suggestion, either way I love the indicator, ty :)


I second this request as I also scalp on those timeframes and experience the same missed opportunities. Great signal by the way!
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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby subliminal » Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:32 am

I managed to get it to work briefly by manipulating a few values but I never got it to work consistently. Probably because when the dots change, the candle where it changes has entries for both directions (green and red dots simutaneously) before the next candle completes the change.

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As you can see the first picture is in realtime where I've observed how the sar changes and the second picture is when I've removed the chart and reattached it fresh to marketscope where there are no longer any conflicting sar entries.

Basically for the signal to alert the user as soon as the direction changes, it needs to signal when the candle has both entries (green and red). The current signal waits for the candle which completes the change in direction (2nd candle) but in reality that is the second red or green dot instead of the first.

Could someone please give me an idea on how to reflect that in the code below?

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function ExtUpdate(id, source, period)
    if id == 1 then
        SAR:update(core.UpdateLast);
        if period >= SAR.DATA:first() + 1 then
            local message = nil;

            if not(SAR.DN:hasData(period - 1)) and SAR.DN:hasData(period) then
                message = "SAR switched down";
            elseif not(SAR.UP:hasData(period - 1)) and SAR.UP:hasData(period) then
                message = "SAR switched up";
            end


Thank you!
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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby Apprentice » Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:56 pm

Can you post the entire code for this strategy.
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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby subliminal » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:55 am

Apprentice wrote:Can you post the entire code for this strategy.


This is the default code

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-- Indicator profile initialization routine
-- Defines indicator profile properties and indicator parameters
function Init()
    strategy:name("Simple SAR signal");
    strategy:description("Signals when SAR changes the direction");

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("SAR parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addDouble("Step", "Step", "", 0.02, 0.001, 1);
    strategy.parameters:addDouble("Max", "Max", "", 0.2, 0.001, 10);

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("Price parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addString("Period", "Time frame", "", "m1");
    strategy.parameters:setFlag("Period", core.FLAG_PERIODS);

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("Signal parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("ShowAlert", "Show Alert", "", true);
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("PlaySound", "Play Sound", "", false);
    strategy.parameters:addFile("SoundFile", "Sound file", "", "");
    strategy.parameters:setFlag("SoundFile", core.FLAG_SOUND);
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("Recurrent", "RecurrentSound", "", false);

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("Email Parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("SendEmail", "Send email", "", false);
    strategy.parameters:addString("Email", "Email address", "", "");
    strategy.parameters:setFlag("Email", core.FLAG_EMAIL);
end

-- Indicator instance initialization routine
-- Processes indicator parameters and creates output streams
-- Parameters block
local SAR;
local gSource;

local SoundFile;
local RecurrentSound;
local Email;
local ShowAlert;
local name;


-- Routine
function Prepare(onlyName)
    local Step;
    local Max;
    local ExplosionPower;

    Step = instance.parameters.Step;
    Max = instance.parameters.Max;

    ShowAlert = instance.parameters.ShowAlert;
    if instance.parameters.PlaySound then
        SoundFile = instance.parameters.SoundFile;
    else
        SoundFile = nil;
    end

    assert(not(PlaySound) or (PlaySound and SoundFile ~= ""), "Sound file must be specified");

    RecurrentSound = instance.parameters.Recurrent;
    local SendEmail = instance.parameters.SendEmail;
    if SendEmail then
        Email = instance.parameters.Email;
    else
        Email = nil;
    end
    assert(not(SendEmail) or (SendEmail and Email ~= ""), "Email address must be specified");


    name = profile:id() .. "(" .. instance.bid:instrument()  .. "," .. Step .. "," .. Max .. ")";
    instance:name(name);

    if onlyName then
        return ;
    end

    assert(instance.parameters.Period ~= "t1", "Can't be applied on ticks!");

    gSource = ExtSubscribe(1, nil, instance.parameters.Period, true, "bar");
    SAR = core.indicators:create("SAR", gSource, Step, Max);
end

function ExtUpdate(id, source, period)
    if id == 1 then
        SAR:update(core.UpdateLast);
        if period >= SAR.DATA:first() + 1 then
            local message = nil;

            if not(SAR.DN:hasData(period - 1)) and SAR.DN:hasData(period) then
                message = "SAR switched down";
            elseif not(SAR.UP:hasData(period - 1)) and SAR.UP:hasData(period) then
                message = "SAR switched up";
            end

            if message ~= nil then
               if ShowAlert then
                   terminal:alertMessage(instance.bid:instrument(), instance.bid[NOW], message, instance.bid:date(NOW));
               end

               if SoundFile ~= nil then
                   terminal:alertSound(SoundFile, RecurrentSound);
               end

               if Email ~= nil then
                   terminal:alertEmail(Email, name, name .. "(" .. core.formatDate(instance.bid:date(NOW)) .. ") : " .. message);
               end
            end
        end
    end
end

dofile(core.app_path() .. "\\strategies\\standard\\include\\helper.lua");

This my recent (and unsuccessful) editing of the code but it still changes the code on the second dot instead of the first. I'm also no programmer in any sense of the word.

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-- Indicator profile initialization routine
-- Defines indicator profile properties and indicator parameters
function Init()
    strategy:name("Simple SAR signal");
    strategy:description("Signals when SAR changes the direction");

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("SAR parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addDouble("Step", "Step", "", 0.02, 0.001, 1);
    strategy.parameters:addDouble("Max", "Max", "", 0.2, 0.001, 10);

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("Price parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addString("Period", "Time frame", "", "m1");
    strategy.parameters:setFlag("Period", core.FLAG_PERIODS);

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("Signal parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("ShowAlert", "Show Alert", "", true);
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("PlaySound", "Play Sound", "", false);
    strategy.parameters:addFile("SoundFile", "Sound file", "", "");
    strategy.parameters:setFlag("SoundFile", core.FLAG_SOUND);
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("Recurrent", "RecurrentSound", "", false);

    strategy.parameters:addGroup("Email Parameters");
    strategy.parameters:addBoolean("SendEmail", "Send email", "", false);
    strategy.parameters:addString("Email", "Email address", "", "");
    strategy.parameters:setFlag("Email", core.FLAG_EMAIL);
end

-- Indicator instance initialization routine
-- Processes indicator parameters and creates output streams
-- Parameters block
local SAR;
local gSource;

local SoundFile;
local RecurrentSound;
local Email;
local ShowAlert;
local name;


-- Routine
function Prepare(onlyName)
    local Step;
    local Max;
    local ExplosionPower;

    Step = instance.parameters.Step;
    Max = instance.parameters.Max;

    ShowAlert = instance.parameters.ShowAlert;
    if instance.parameters.PlaySound then
        SoundFile = instance.parameters.SoundFile;
    else
        SoundFile = nil;
    end

    assert(not(PlaySound) or (PlaySound and SoundFile ~= ""), "Sound file must be specified");

    RecurrentSound = instance.parameters.Recurrent;
    local SendEmail = instance.parameters.SendEmail;
    if SendEmail then
        Email = instance.parameters.Email;
    else
        Email = nil;
    end
    assert(not(SendEmail) or (SendEmail and Email ~= ""), "Email address must be specified");


    name = profile:id() .. "(" .. instance.bid:instrument()  .. "," .. Step .. "," .. Max .. ")";
    instance:name(name);

    if onlyName then
        return ;
    end

    assert(instance.parameters.Period ~= "t1", "Can't be applied on ticks!");

    gSource = ExtSubscribe(1, nil, instance.parameters.Period, true, "bar");
    SAR = core.indicators:create("SAR", gSource, Step, Max);
end

function ExtUpdate(id, source, period)
    if id == 1 then
        SAR:update(core.UpdateLast);
        if period >= SAR.DATA:first() + 1 then
            local message = nil;

            if (SAR.DN:hasData(period)) and (SAR.UP:hasData(period)) then
                message = "SAR switched";
           
            end

            if message ~= nil then
               if ShowAlert then
                   terminal:alertMessage(instance.bid:instrument(), instance.bid[NOW], message, instance.bid:date(NOW));
               end

               if SoundFile ~= nil then
                   terminal:alertSound(SoundFile, RecurrentSound);
               end

               if Email ~= nil then
                   terminal:alertEmail(Email, name, name .. "(" .. core.formatDate(instance.bid:date(NOW)) .. ") : " .. message);
               end
            end
        end
    end
end

dofile(core.app_path() .. "\\strategies\\standard\\include\\helper.lua");
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Re: SAR Signal [Upd Oct, 18]

Postby subliminal » Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:46 pm

Looking at this issue more in depth I don't think what I'm requesting is possible without running on tick data.
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