Crossover on the current bar

Author: Copyright © 2022, Vladimir Karputov
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Crossover on the current bar
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//|                                 Crossover on the current bar.mq5 |

//|                              Copyright © 2022, Vladimir Karputov |

//|                      https://www.mql5.com/en/users/barabashkakvn |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

#property copyright "Copyright © 2022, Vladimir Karputov"

#property link      "https://www.mql5.com/en/users/barabashkakvn"

#property version   "1.000"

#property indicator_separate_window

#property indicator_buffers 4

#property indicator_plots   1

//--- plot Crossover

#property indicator_label1  "Crossover"

#property indicator_type1   DRAW_COLOR_ARROW

#property indicator_color1  clrBlue,clrRed,clrGray

#property indicator_style1  STYLE_SOLID

#property indicator_width1  2

//--- input parameters

input group           "MA Fast"

input int                  Inp_MA_Fast_ma_period      = 12;          // MA Fast: averaging period

input int                  Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift       = 0;           // MA Fast: horizontal shift

input ENUM_MA_METHOD       Inp_MA_Fast_ma_method      = MODE_SMA;    // MA Fast: smoothing type

input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE   Inp_MA_Fast_applied_price  = PRICE_CLOSE; // MA Fast: type of price

input group           "MA Slow"

input int                  Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period      = 26;          // MA Slow: averaging period

input int                  Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift       = 0;           // MA Slow: horizontal shift

input ENUM_MA_METHOD       Inp_MA_Slow_ma_method      = MODE_SMA;    // MA Slow: smoothing type

input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE   Inp_MA_Slow_applied_price  = PRICE_CLOSE; // MA Slow: type of price

//--- indicator buffers

double   CrossoverBuffer[];

double   ColorBuffer[];

double   iMAFastBuffer[];

double   iMASlowBuffer[];

//---

int      handle_iMA_Fast;                       // variable for storing the handle of the iMA indicator

int      handle_iMA_Slow;                       // variable for storing the handle of the iMA indicator



int      m_start;

int      bars_calculated   = 0;                 // we will keep the number of values in the Moving Average indicator

bool     m_init_error      = false;             // error on InInit

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

int OnInit()

  {

//--- indicator buffers mapping

   SetIndexBuffer(0,CrossoverBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

   SetIndexBuffer(1,ColorBuffer,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);

   SetIndexBuffer(2,iMAFastBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

   SetIndexBuffer(3,iMASlowBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

//--- setting a code from the Wingdings charset as the property of PLOT_ARROW

   PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW,159);

//--- an empty value for plotting, for which there is no drawing

   PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,0.0);

//--- create handle of the indicator iMA

   handle_iMA_Fast=iMA(Symbol(),Period(),Inp_MA_Fast_ma_period,Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift,

                       Inp_MA_Fast_ma_method,Inp_MA_Fast_applied_price);

//--- if the handle is not created

   if(handle_iMA_Fast==INVALID_HANDLE)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to create handle of the iMA indicator (\"Fast\") for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",

                  Symbol(),

                  EnumToString(Period()),

                  GetLastError());

      //--- the indicator is stopped early

      m_init_error=true;

      return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);;

     }

//--- create handle of the indicator iMA

   handle_iMA_Slow=iMA(Symbol(),Period(),Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period,Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift,

                       Inp_MA_Slow_ma_method,Inp_MA_Slow_applied_price);

//--- if the handle is not created

   if(handle_iMA_Slow==INVALID_HANDLE)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to create handle of the iMA indicator (\"Slow\") for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",

                  Symbol(),

                  EnumToString(Period()),

                  GetLastError());

      //--- the indicator is stopped early

      m_init_error=true;

      return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);

     }

//---

   m_start=Inp_MA_Fast_ma_period+Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift;

   if(m_start<Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period+Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift)

      m_start=Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period+Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift;

   m_start++;

//---

   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<m_start || m_init_error)

      return(0);

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

   int values_to_copy;

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

   int calculated_fast=BarsCalculated(handle_iMA_Fast);

   if(calculated_fast<=0)

     {

      PrintFormat("BarsCalculated(handle_iMA_Fast) returned %d, error code %d",calculated_fast,GetLastError());

      return(0);

     }

   int calculated_slow=BarsCalculated(handle_iMA_Slow);

   if(calculated_slow<=0)

     {

      PrintFormat("BarsCalculated(handle_iMA_Slow) returned %d, error code %d",calculated_slow,GetLastError());

      return(0);

     }

   if(calculated_fast!=calculated_slow)

      return(0);

   int calculated=calculated_fast;

//--- if it is the first start of calculation of the indicator or if the number of values in the iMA 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 iMABuffer array is greater than the number of values in the iMA 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 iMABuffer array with values of the Moving Average indicator

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

   if(!FillArrayFromBuffer(iMAFastBuffer,Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift,handle_iMA_Fast,values_to_copy))

      return(0);

   if(!FillArrayFromBuffer(iMASlowBuffer,Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift,handle_iMA_Slow,values_to_copy))

      return(0);

//--- memorize the number of values in the Moving Average indicator

   bars_calculated=calculated;

//--- main loop

   int limit=prev_calculated-1;

   if(prev_calculated==0)

      limit=m_start;

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

     {

      CrossoverBuffer[i]=0.0;

      ColorBuffer[i]=2.0;

      if(iMAFastBuffer[i-1]<iMASlowBuffer[i-1] && iMAFastBuffer[i]>iMASlowBuffer[i])

        {

         CrossoverBuffer[i]=1.0;

         ColorBuffer[i]=0.0;

        }

      else

         if(iMAFastBuffer[i-1]>iMASlowBuffer[i-1] && iMAFastBuffer[i]<iMASlowBuffer[i])

           {

            CrossoverBuffer[i]=1.0;

            ColorBuffer[i]=1.0;

           }

     }

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

   return(rates_total);

  }

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Filling indicator buffers from the MA indicator                  |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

bool FillArrayFromBuffer(double &values[],   // indicator buffer of Moving Average values

                         int shift,          // shift

                         int ind_handle,     // handle of the iMA indicator

                         int amount          // number of copied values

                        )

  {

//--- reset error code

   ResetLastError();

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

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

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iMA 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_iMA_Fast!=INVALID_HANDLE)

      IndicatorRelease(handle_iMA_Fast);

   if(handle_iMA_Slow!=INVALID_HANDLE)

      IndicatorRelease(handle_iMA_Slow);

  }

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

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