MACD Stochastic Square

Author: Copyright © 2022, Vladimir Karputov
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MACD Stochastic Square
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//|                                       MACD Stochastic Square.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_minimum 1

#property indicator_maximum 4

#property indicator_level1  2

#property indicator_level2  3

#property indicator_buffers 8

#property indicator_plots   2

//--- plot MACD

#property indicator_label1  "MACD"

#property indicator_type1   DRAW_COLOR_ARROW

#property indicator_color1  clrBlue,clrRed

#property indicator_style1  STYLE_SOLID

#property indicator_width1  1

//--- plot STO

#property indicator_label2  "STO"

#property indicator_type2   DRAW_COLOR_ARROW

#property indicator_color2  clrBlue,clrRed

#property indicator_style2  STYLE_SOLID

#property indicator_width2  1

//--- input parameters

input group             "MACD"

input int                  Inp_MACD_fast_ema_period      = 12;             // MACD: period for Fast average calculation

input int                  Inp_MACD_slow_ema_period      = 26;             // MACD: period for Slow average calculation

input int                  Inp_MACD_signal_period        = 9;              // MACD: period for their difference averaging

input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE   Inp_MACD_applied_price        = PRICE_CLOSE;    // MACD: type of price

input group             "Stochastic"

input int                  Inp_STO_Kperiod               = 5;              // Stochastic: K-period (number of bars for calculations)

input int                  Inp_STO_Dperiod               = 3;              // Stochastic: D-period (period of first smoothing)

input int                  Inp_STO_slowing               = 3;              // Stochastic: final smoothing

input ENUM_MA_METHOD       Inp_STO_ma_method             = MODE_SMA;       // Stochastic: type of smoothing

input ENUM_STO_PRICE       Inp_STO_price_field           = STO_LOWHIGH;    // Stochastic: stochastic calculation method

//--- indicator buffers

double MACDBuffer[];

double MACDColors[];

double STOBuffer[];

double STOColors[];



double iMACDBuffer[];

double iMACDSignalBuffer[];

double iSTOBuffer[];

double iSTOSignalBuffer[];

//---

int      handle_iMACD;                 // variable for storing the handle of the iMACD indicator

int      handle_iStochastic;           // variable for storing the handle of the iStochastic indicator

int      bars_calculated      = 0;     // we will keep the number of values in the indicators

bool     m_init_error         = false; // error on InInit

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

//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |

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

int OnInit()

  {

//--- indicator buffers mapping

   SetIndexBuffer(0,MACDBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

   SetIndexBuffer(1,MACDColors,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);

   SetIndexBuffer(2,STOBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

   SetIndexBuffer(3,STOColors,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);

   SetIndexBuffer(4,iMACDBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

   SetIndexBuffer(5,iMACDSignalBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

   SetIndexBuffer(6,iSTOBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

   SetIndexBuffer(7,iSTOSignalBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

//--- set accuracy

   IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0);

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

   PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW,110);

   PlotIndexSetInteger(1,PLOT_ARROW,110);

//--- set descriptions of horizontal levels

   IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_LEVELTEXT,0,"MACD");

   IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_LEVELTEXT,1,"STO");

//--- create handle of the indicator iMACD

   handle_iMACD=iMACD(Symbol(),Period(),Inp_MACD_fast_ema_period,Inp_MACD_slow_ema_period,

                      Inp_MACD_signal_period,Inp_MACD_applied_price);

//--- if the handle is not created

   if(handle_iMACD==INVALID_HANDLE)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to create handle of the iMACD indicator 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 iStochastic

   handle_iStochastic=iStochastic(Symbol(),Period(),

                                  Inp_STO_Kperiod,Inp_STO_Dperiod,Inp_STO_slowing,

                                  Inp_STO_ma_method,Inp_STO_price_field);

//--- if the handle is not created

   if(handle_iStochastic==INVALID_HANDLE)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to create handle of the iStochastic indicator for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",

                  Symbol(),

                  EnumToString(Period()),

                  GetLastError());

      //--- the indicator is stopped early

      m_init_error=true;

      return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);

     }

//---

   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(m_init_error)

      return(0);

   if(rates_total<9)

      return(0);

//---

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

   int values_to_copy;

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

   int calculated_macd=BarsCalculated(handle_iMACD);

   if(calculated_macd<=0)

     {

      PrintFormat("BarsCalculated(handle_iMACD) returned %d, error code %d",calculated_macd,GetLastError());

      return(0);

     }

   int calculated_sto=BarsCalculated(handle_iStochastic);

   if(calculated_sto<=0)

     {

      PrintFormat("BarsCalculated(handle_iStochastic) returned %d, error code %d",calculated_sto,GetLastError());

      return(0);

     }

   if(calculated_macd!=calculated_sto)

     {

      PrintFormat("BarsCalculated(handle_iMACD) returned %d, BarsCalculated(handle_iStochastic) returned %d,",calculated_macd,calculated_sto);

      return(0);

     }

   int calculated=calculated_macd;

//--- if it is the first start of calculation of the indicator or if the number of values in the indicators changed

//---or if it is necessary to calculated the indicators 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 Buffer array is greater than the number of values in the indicators 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 arrays with values of the iMACD indicator

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

   if(!FillArraysFromBuffersMACD(iMACDBuffer,iMACDSignalBuffer,handle_iMACD,values_to_copy))

      return(0);

//--- fill the arrays with values of the iStochastic indicator

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

   if(!FillArraysFromBuffersSTO(iSTOBuffer,iSTOSignalBuffer,handle_iStochastic,values_to_copy))

      return(0);

//--- memorize the number of values in the Moving Averages indicator Convergence/Divergence

   bars_calculated=calculated;

//--- main loop

   int limit=rates_total-values_to_copy;

   if(limit==0)

     {

      MACDBuffer[0]=0.0;

      MACDColors[0]=0.0;

      STOBuffer[0]=0.0;

      STOColors[0]=0.0;

      limit=1;

     }

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

     {

      //--- MACD

      MACDBuffer[i]=2.0;

      if(iMACDSignalBuffer[i]<iMACDBuffer[i])

         MACDColors[i]=0.0;

      else

         MACDColors[i]=1.0;

      //--- STO

      STOBuffer[i]=3.0;

      if(iSTOSignalBuffer[i]<iSTOBuffer[i])

         STOColors[i]=0.0;

      else

         STOColors[i]=1.0;

     }

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

   return(rates_total);

  }

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

//| Filling indicator buffers from the iMACD indicator               |

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

bool FillArraysFromBuffersMACD(double &macd_buffer[],    // indicator buffer of MACD values

                               double &signal_buffer[],  // indicator buffer of the signal line of MACD

                               int ind_handle,           // handle of the iMACD indicator

                               int amount                // number of copied values

                              )

  {

//--- reset error code

   ResetLastError();

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

   if(CopyBuffer(ind_handle,0,0,amount,macd_buffer)<0)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iMACD indicator, error code %d",GetLastError());

      //--- quit with zero result - it means that the indicator is considered as not calculated

      return(false);

     }

//--- fill a part of the SignalBuffer array with values from the indicator buffer that has index 1

   if(CopyBuffer(ind_handle,1,0,amount,signal_buffer)<0)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iMACD 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);

  }

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

//| Filling indicator buffers from the iStochastic indicator         |

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

bool FillArraysFromBuffersSTO(double &main_buffer[],    // indicator buffer of Stochastic Oscillator values

                              double &signal_buffer[],  // indicator buffer of the signal line

                              int ind_handle,           // handle of the iStochastic indicator

                              int amount                // number of copied values

                             )

  {

//--- reset error code

   ResetLastError();

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

   if(CopyBuffer(ind_handle,MAIN_LINE,0,amount,main_buffer)<0)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iStochastic indicator, error code %d",GetLastError());

      //--- quit with zero result - it means that the indicator is considered as not calculated

      return(false);

     }

//--- fill a part of the SignalBuffer array with values from the indicator buffer that has index 1

   if(CopyBuffer(ind_handle,SIGNAL_LINE,0,amount,signal_buffer)<0)

     {

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

      PrintFormat("Failed to copy data from the iStochastic 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_iMACD!=INVALID_HANDLE)

      IndicatorRelease(handle_iMACD);

   if(handle_iStochastic!=INVALID_HANDLE)

      IndicatorRelease(handle_iStochastic);

  }

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

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