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Vortex Indicator
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|Vortex Indicator.mq4 |
//|From the January 2010 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & |
//|Commodities |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2009 under Creative Commons BY-SA License by Neil D. Rosenthal"
#property link "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_color1 Green
#property indicator_color2 Red
//---- Input parameters
extern int VI_Length=14;
//---- Buffers
double PlusVI[]; //VI+ : + Vortex Indicator buffer
double MinusVI[]; //VI- : - Vortex Indicator buffer
double PlusVM[]; //VM+ : + Vortex Movement buffer
double MinusVM[]; //VM- : - Vorext Movement buffer
double SumPlusVM[]; //Sum of VI_Length PlusVM values
double SumMinusVM[]; //Sum of VI_Length MinusVM values
double SumTR[]; //True Range buffer
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//----
IndicatorBuffers(7);
IndicatorDigits(Digits);
//---- Set visible buffer properties
SetIndexBuffer(0,PlusVI);
SetIndexBuffer(1,MinusVI);
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexLabel(0,"PlusVI(" + VI_Length + ")");
SetIndexLabel(1,"MinusVI(" + VI_Length + ")");
SetIndexDrawBegin(0,VI_Length);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1,VI_Length);
//---- Set indices of caching buffers
SetIndexBuffer(2,PlusVM);
SetIndexBuffer(3,MinusVM);
SetIndexBuffer(4,SumPlusVM);
SetIndexBuffer(5,SumMinusVM);
SetIndexBuffer(6,SumTR);
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int Limit;
int CountedBars = IndicatorCounted();
//---- Check for possible errors
if(CountedBars < 0) return(-1);
//---- Last counted bar will be recounted
if(CountedBars > 0) CountedBars--;
Limit = Bars - CountedBars;
//---- Clear caching buffers
for(int i = 0; i < Limit; i++)
{
SumPlusVM[i] = 0;
SumMinusVM[i] = 0;
SumTR[i]= 0;
}
//---- Store the values of PlusVM and MinusVM
for(i = 0; i < Limit; i++)
{
//PlusVM = |Today's High - Yesterday's Low|
PlusVM[i] = MathAbs(High[i] - Low[i + 1]);
//MinusVM = |Today's Low - Yesterday's High|
MinusVM[i] = MathAbs(Low[i] - High[i +1]);
}
//---- Sum VI_Length values of PlusVM, MinusVM and the True Range
for(i = 0; i < Limit; i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j <= VI_Length - 1; j++)
{
SumPlusVM[i] += PlusVM[i + j];
SumMinusVM[i] += MinusVM[i + j];
SumTR[i] += iATR(NULL,0,1,i + j); //Sum VI_Length values of the True Range by using a 1-period ATR
}
}
//---- Draw the indicator
for(i = 0; i < Limit; i++)
{
PlusVI[i] = SumPlusVM[i] / SumTR[i];
MinusVI[i] = SumMinusVM[i] / SumTR[i];
}
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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