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i-BB-Width
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| i-BB-Width.mq5 |
//| Copyright © 2007, Kim Igor V. aka KimIV. |
//| http://www.kimiv.ru/ |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2007, Kim Igor V. aka KimIV."
#property link "http://www.kimiv.ru/"
#property description "The width of the Bollinger Bands"
//---- indicator version number
#property version "1.00"
//---- drawing indicator in a separate window
#property indicator_separate_window
//---- number of indicator buffers
#property indicator_buffers 1
//---- only one plot is used
#property indicator_plots 1
//+-----------------------------------+
//| Parameters of indicator drawing |
//+-----------------------------------+
//---- drawing the indicator as a line
#property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE
//---- blue color is used for the indicator line
#property indicator_color1 Blue
//---- the indicator line is a continuous curve
#property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID
//---- Indicator line width is equal to 1
#property indicator_width1 2
//---- displaying the indicator label
#property indicator_label1 "i-BB-Width"
//+-----------------------------------+
//| Declaration of constants |
//+-----------------------------------+
#define RESET 0 // the constant for getting the command for the indicator recalculation back to the terminal
//+-----------------------------------+
//| Input parameters of the indicator|
//+-----------------------------------+
input uint bands_period=20; //smoothing depth
input double deviation=2.0; //deviation
input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE applied_price=PRICE_CLOSE; //type of price or handle
input int Shift=0; //horizontal shift of the indicator in bars
//+-----------------------------------+
//---- declaration of a dynamic array that further
// will be used as an indicator buffer
double IndBuffer[];
//---- declaration of integer variables for the indicators handles
int BB_Handle;
//---- declaration of the integer variables for the start of data calculation
uint min_rates_total;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| i-BB-Width indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnInit()
{
//---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation
min_rates_total=bands_period;
//---- getting handle of the iBearsPower indicator
BB_Handle=iBands(NULL,0,int(bands_period),0,deviation,applied_price);
if(BB_Handle==INVALID_HANDLE) Print(" Failed to get handle of the iBands indicator");
//---- set dynamic array as an indicator buffer
SetIndexBuffer(0,IndBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);
//---- moving the indicator 1 horizontally
PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHIFT,Shift);
//---- performing the shift of beginning of indicator drawing
PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,min_rates_total);
//---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart
PlotIndexSetDouble(0,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,EMPTY_VALUE);
//---- indexing elements in the buffer as in timeseries
ArraySetAsSeries(IndBuffer,true);
//---- initializations of variable for indicator short name
string shortname;
StringConcatenate(shortname,"i-BB-Width(",
bands_period,", ",deviation,", ",EnumToString(applied_price),", ",Shift,")");
//--- creation of the name to be displayed in a separate sub-window and in a pop up help
IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,shortname);
//---- determination of accuracy of displaying the indicator values
IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0);
//---- end of initialization
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| i-BB-Width iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(
const int rates_total, // amount of history in bars at the current tick
const int prev_calculated,// amount of history in bars at the previous tick
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[]
)
{
//---- checking the number of bars to be enough for calculation
if(BarsCalculated(BB_Handle)<rates_total || rates_total<int(min_rates_total)) return(RESET);
//---- declaration of variables with a floating point
double UpBB[],DnBB[];
//---- Declaration of integer variables and getting already calculated bars
int limit,bar,to_copy;
//--- calculations of the necessary amount of data to be copied and
//the "limit" starting index for loop of bars recalculation
if(prev_calculated>rates_total || prev_calculated<=0)// checking for the first start of the indicator calculation
{
limit=int(rates_total-min_rates_total-1); // starting index for calculation of all bars
}
else limit=rates_total-prev_calculated; // starting index for calculation of new bars
to_copy=limit+1;
//---- indexing elements in arrays as time series
ArraySetAsSeries(UpBB,true);
ArraySetAsSeries(DnBB,true);
//---- copy newly appeared data into the arrays
if(CopyBuffer(BB_Handle,UPPER_BAND,0,to_copy,UpBB)<=0) return(RESET);
if(CopyBuffer(BB_Handle,LOWER_BAND,0,to_copy,DnBB)<=0) return(RESET);
//---- Main cycle of calculation of the indicator
for(bar=limit; bar>=0 && !IsStopped(); bar--) IndBuffer[bar]=(UpBB[bar]-DnBB[bar])/_Point;
//----
return(rates_total);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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