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This tool is designed to help traders visualize key price levels based on the previous day's trading activity. By analyzing historical price data, it automatically calculates and plots three primary reference lines on your trading chart: a Resistance level, a Support level, and a Pivot point.
Core Logic and Functionality
The script works by scanning through a specific number of past price bars (which you can customize) to identify the boundaries of each trading day. It specifically looks for the highest and lowest prices reached during a full 24-hour cycle.
How the levels are calculated: Once the script identifies the previous day's data, it generates three distinct markers:
- Resistance (High): This represents the maximum price reached during the previous day. It serves as a ceiling that the price may struggle to break through.
- Support (Low): This represents the minimum price reached during the previous day. It acts as a floor where the price might find buyers and bounce back up.
- Pivot Point (Average): The script calculates the exact midpoint between the previous day's high and low. This is often used by traders as a "balance" point to determine the overall sentiment of the current market.
Key Features
- Dynamic Tracking: The indicator automatically updates as new price data arrives, ensuring your levels are always based on the most recent completed daily cycle.
- Historical Depth: You can choose how far back into the past the script should analyze to build its data set, allowing you to see how these levels have behaved over different periods.
- Visual Feedback: In addition to drawing the lines directly on your chart, the tool can display a text comment in the corner of your screen. This provides a quick numerical summary of the current High, Low, Pivot Point, and the total price range (distance) between the high and low for the previous day.
- Timeframe Safety: To ensure accuracy, the script includes a built-in check to prevent it from running on daily or weekly charts, as its primary purpose is to provide intraday analysis based on daily shifts.
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dayHL
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| dayHL_Average.mq4 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
/*
Name := dayHL_Average
Author := KCBT
Link := http://www.kcbt.ru/forum/index.php?
*/
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 3
#property indicator_color1 Red
#property indicator_color3 Red
//---- input parameters5
extern int show_comment=1; // comments on the chart (0 - no, 1 - yes)
extern int how_long=1000; // bars to be counted (-1 - all the bars)
//---- indicator buffers
double ExtMapBuffer1[];
double ExtMapBuffer2[];
double ExtMapBuffer3[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
SetIndexBuffer(0, ExtMapBuffer1);
SetIndexStyle(0, DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(1, ExtMapBuffer2);
SetIndexStyle(1, DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(2, ExtMapBuffer3);
SetIndexStyle(2, DRAW_LINE);
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
Comment("");
return(0);
}
int start()
{
int cnt=0; // ñ÷åò÷èê áàðîâ
int begin_bar=0; // áàð, ñ êîòîðîãî íà÷èíàåò ðàáîòó èíäèêàòîð
int prev_day, cur_day; // èäåíòèôèêàòîðû òåêóùåãî è ïðåäûäóùåãî äíÿ
double day_high=0; // äíåâíîé high
double day_low=0; // äíåâíîé low
double yesterday_high=0; // íàèáîëüøàÿ öåíà ïðåäûäóùåãî äíÿ
double yesterday_low=0; // íàèìåíüøàÿ öåíà ïðåäûäóùåãî äíÿ
double yesterday_close=0; // öåíà çàêðûòèÿ ïðåäûäóùåãî äíÿ
double P, S, R;
// ïðàâèëüíûå òàéìôðåìû äëÿ íàøåãî èíäèêàòîðà - âñå, ÷òî ìåíüøå D1
if (Period() >= PERIOD_D1) {
Comment("WARNING: Invalid timeframe! Valid value < D1.");
return(0);
}
// ðåøàåì ñ êàêîãî áàðà ìû íà÷íåì ñ÷èòàòü íàø èíäèêàòîð
if (how_long == -1) {
begin_bar = Bars;
} else {
begin_bar = how_long;
}
// îáõîäèì áàðû ñëåâà íàïðàâî (0-é áàð òîæå èñïîëüçóåì, ò.ê. èç íåãî ìû áåð¸ì òîëüêî high è low)
for (cnt = begin_bar; cnt >= 0; cnt--) {
cur_day = TimeDay(Time[cnt]);
if (prev_day != cur_day) {
yesterday_close = Close[cnt+1];
yesterday_high = day_high;
yesterday_low = day_low;
P = (yesterday_high + yesterday_low ) / 2;
R = yesterday_high;
S = yesterday_low;
// ò.ê. íà÷àëñÿ íîâûé äåíü, òî èíèöèèðóåì ìàêñ. è ìèí. òåêóùåãî (óæå) äíÿ
day_high = High[cnt];
day_low = Low[cnt];
// çàïîìíèì äàííûé äåíü, êàê òåêóùèé
prev_day = cur_day;
}
// ïðîäîëæàåì íàêàïëèâàòü äàííûå
day_high = MathMax(day_high, High[cnt]);
day_low = MathMin(day_low, Low[cnt]);
// ðèñóåì pivot-ëèíèþ ïî çíà÷åíèþ, âû÷èñëåííîìó ïî ïàðàìåòðàì â÷åðàøíåãî äíÿ
ExtMapBuffer2[cnt] = P;
// ðèñóåì ëèíèè ñîïðîòèâëåíèÿ è ïîääåðæêè óðîâíÿ 1,2 èëè 3
ExtMapBuffer1[cnt] = R; // ñîïðîòèâëåíèå
ExtMapBuffer3[cnt] = S; // ïîääåðæêà
}
if (show_comment == 1) {
P = (yesterday_high + yesterday_low ) / 2;
R = yesterday_high;
S = yesterday_low;
Comment("Current H=", R, ", L=", S, ", HL/2=", P, ", H-L=", (R-S)/Point );
}
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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