Two iMA Crossing Arrow

Author: Copyright © 2020, Vladimir Karputov
Price Data Components
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Moving average indicator
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Two iMA Crossing Arrow
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//|                                       Two iMA Crossing Arrow.mq5 |

//|                              Copyright © 2020, Vladimir Karputov |

//|                                           http://wmua.ru/slesar/ |

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

#property copyright "Copyright © 2020, Vladimir Karputov"

#property link      "http://wmua.ru/slesar/"

#property version   "1.000"

#property indicator_chart_window

#property indicator_buffers 4

#property indicator_plots   1

//--- plot Crossing

#property indicator_label1  "Crossing"

#property indicator_type1   DRAW_COLOR_ARROW

#property indicator_color1  clrRoyalBlue,clrOrangeRed

#property indicator_style1  STYLE_SOLID

#property indicator_width1  1

//--- input parameters

input uchar    InpCode  = 74;          // Arrow code for style DRAW_ARROW (font Wingdings)

input int      InpBar   = 1;           // Bar Crossing

//--- MA "Fast"

input int                  Inp_MA_Fast_ma_period      = 5;           // 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

//--- MA "Slow"

input int                  Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period      = 12;          // 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         CrossingBuffer[];

double         CrossingColors[];

double         FastBuffer[];

double         SlowBuffer[];

//---

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

//--- we will keep the number of values in the Moving Average indicator

int            bars_calculated=0;

//---

int            start_bar=0;

double         arrow_shift=0;

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

//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |

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

int OnInit()

  {

//--- indicator buffers mapping

   SetIndexBuffer(0,CrossingBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

   SetIndexBuffer(1,CrossingColors,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);

   SetIndexBuffer(2,FastBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

   SetIndexBuffer(3,SlowBuffer,INDICATOR_CALCULATIONS);

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

   PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_ARROW,InpCode);

//--- 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 (\"Fast\") indicator for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",

                  Symbol(),

                  EnumToString(Period()),

                  GetLastError());

      //--- the indicator is stopped early

      return(INIT_FAILED);

     }

//--- 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 (\"Slow\") indicator for the symbol %s/%s, error code %d",

                  Symbol(),

                  EnumToString(Period()),

                  GetLastError());

      //--- the indicator is stopped early

      return(INIT_FAILED);

     }

//---

   start_bar=((Inp_MA_Fast_ma_period+Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift)<(Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period+Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift))?Inp_MA_Slow_ma_period+Inp_MA_Slow_ma_shift:Inp_MA_Fast_ma_period+Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift;

   start_bar+=InpBar+3;

//---

   arrow_shift=Point()*3.0;

//---

//bool add_Fast=ChartIndicatorAdd(0,0,handle_iMA_Fast);

//bool add_Slow=ChartIndicatorAdd(0,0,handle_iMA_Slow);

//---

   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<start_bar)

      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);

   int calculated_slow=BarsCalculated(handle_iMA_Slow);

   int calculated=(calculated_fast<calculated_slow)?calculated_fast:calculated_slow;

   if(calculated<=0)

     {

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

      return(0);

     }

//--- 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(FastBuffer,Inp_MA_Fast_ma_shift,handle_iMA_Fast,values_to_copy))

      return(0);

   if(!FillArrayFromBuffer(SlowBuffer,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(limit<=0)

     {

      for(int i=0; i<start_bar; i++)

        {

         CrossingBuffer[i]=0.0;

         CrossingColors[i]=0.0;

        }

      limit=start_bar;

     }

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

     {

      CrossingBuffer[i]=0.0;

      CrossingColors[i]=0.0;

      if(FastBuffer[i-InpBar-1]<SlowBuffer[i-InpBar-1] && FastBuffer[i-InpBar]>SlowBuffer[i-InpBar])

        {

         CrossingBuffer[i-InpBar]=high[i-InpBar]+arrow_shift;

         CrossingColors[i-InpBar]=0.0;

        }

      else

        {

         if(FastBuffer[i-InpBar-1]>SlowBuffer[i-InpBar-1] && FastBuffer[i-InpBar]<SlowBuffer[i-InpBar])

           {

            CrossingBuffer[i-InpBar]=low[i-InpBar]-arrow_shift;

            CrossingColors[i-InpBar]=1.0;

           }

        }

     }

//--- return the prev_calculated value for the 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);

//--- clear the chart after deleting the indicator

   Comment("");

  }

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

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