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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| VSI.mq5 |
//| Copyright © 2005, DriverDan |
//| superfunman2000@yahoo.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//---- author of the indicator
#property copyright "Copyright © 2005, DriverDan"
//---- link to the website of the author
#property link "superfunman2000@yahoo.com"
#property description "Indicator that calculates volume per second (or period) and the corresponding MA."
#property description "Uses volume per second since it will be uniform for all chart periods."
#property description "Indicator seems to work best on 15m to 4h charts. IMHO, 1m and 5m periods are"
#property description "too short for valid results and 1d+ will show low periods for partial days on MT4."
//---- indicator version number
#property version "1.00"
//---- drawing indicator in a separate window
#property indicator_separate_window
//---- two buffers are used for the indicator calculation and drawing
#property indicator_buffers 2
//---- two plots are used
#property indicator_plots 2
//+----------------------------------------------+
//| Indicator 1 drawing parameters |
//+----------------------------------------------+
//---- drawing indicator 1 as a line
#property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE
//---- Magenta color is used for indicator line
#property indicator_color1 clrMagenta
//---- the indicator 1 line is a dot-dash one
#property indicator_style1 STYLE_DASHDOTDOT
//---- thickness of line of the indicator 1 is equal to 1
#property indicator_width1 1
//---- displaying of the bullish label of the indicator
#property indicator_label1 "VSI"
//+----------------------------------------------+
//| Indicator 2 drawing parameters |
//+----------------------------------------------+
//---- drawing the indicator 2 as a line
#property indicator_type2 DRAW_LINE
//---- blue color is used for the indicator line
#property indicator_color2 clrBlue
//---- the indicator 2 line is a continuous curve
#property indicator_style2 STYLE_SOLID
//---- indicator 2 line width is equal to 1
#property indicator_width2 1
//---- displaying of the bullish label of the indicator
#property indicator_label2 "Signal VSI"
//+----------------------------------------------+
//| CXMA class description |
//+----------------------------------------------+
#include <SmoothAlgorithms.mqh>
//+----------------------------------------------+
//---- declaration of the CXMA class variables from the SmoothAlgorithms.mqh file
CXMA XMA;
//+----------------------------------------------+
//| declaration of enumerations |
//+----------------------------------------------+
/*enum Smooth_Method - enumeration is declared in SmoothAlgorithms.mqh
{
MODE_SMA_, //SMA
MODE_EMA_, //EMA
MODE_SMMA_, //SMMA
MODE_LWMA_, //LWMA
MODE_JJMA, //JJMA
MODE_JurX, //JurX
MODE_ParMA, //ParMA
MODE_T3, //T3
MODE_VIDYA, //VIDYA
MODE_AMA, //AMA
}; */
//+----------------------------------------------+
//| Indicator input parameters |
//+----------------------------------------------+
input ENUM_APPLIED_VOLUME VolumeType=VOLUME_TICK; //volume
input Smooth_Method XMA_Method=MODE_EMA; //averaging method
input int XLength=5; //smoothing depth
input int XPhase=15; //smoothing parameter,
// for JJMA that can change withing the range -100 ... +100. It impacts the quality of the intermediate process of smoothing;
// For VIDIA, it is a CMO period, for AMA, it is a slow moving average period
input bool showPerPeriod=false; //showPerPeriod (false = volume per second, true = volume per chart period)
input int Shift=0; // horizontal shift of the indicator in bars
//+----------------------------------------------+
//---- declaration of dynamic arrays that will further be
// used as indicator buffers
double VSIBuffer[],SignBuffer[];
//---- Declaration of integer variables of data starting point
int min_rates_total,PSec;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnInit()
{
//---- Initialization of variables of the start of data calculation
min_rates_total=XMA.GetStartBars(XMA_Method,XLength,XPhase)+1;
PSec=PeriodSeconds(PERIOD_CURRENT);
//---- set SignBuffer dynamic array as an indicator buffer
SetIndexBuffer(0,VSIBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);
//---- shifting indicator 1 horizontally by Shift
PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHIFT,Shift);
//---- performing shift of the beginning of counting of drawing the indicator 1 by 1
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);
//---- set VSIBuffer dynamic array as an indicator buffer
SetIndexBuffer(1,SignBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);
//---- shifting indicator 1 horizontally by Shift
PlotIndexSetInteger(1,PLOT_SHIFT,Shift);
//---- performing shift of the beginning of counting of drawing the indicator 2 by 1
PlotIndexSetInteger(1,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,min_rates_total);
//---- setting the indicator values that won't be visible on a chart
PlotIndexSetDouble(1,PLOT_EMPTY_VALUE,EMPTY_VALUE);
//--- creation of the name to be displayed in a separate sub-window and in a pop up help
IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,"VSI");
//--- determining the accuracy of displaying the indicator values
IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits);
//----
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator 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[], // price array of maximums of price for the calculation of indicator
const double& low[], // price array of price lows for the indicator calculation
const double &close[],
const long &tick_volume[],
const long &volume[],
const int &spread[]
)
{
//---- checking the number of bars to be enough for calculation
if(rates_total<min_rates_total) return(0);
//---- declaration of local variables
int first,bar,timeDiff;
double Vol;
//---- calculation of the starting number first for the bar recalculation loop
if(prev_calculated>rates_total || prev_calculated<=0) // checking for the first start of calculation of an indicator
{
first=1; // starting number for calculation of all bars
}
else first=prev_calculated-1; // starting number for calculation of new bars
//---- main indicator calculation loop
for(bar=first; bar<rates_total; bar++)
{
if(VolumeType==VOLUME_TICK) Vol=double(tick_volume[bar]);
else Vol=double(volume[bar]);
timeDiff=int(TimeCurrent()-time[bar]);
if(bar==rates_total-1 && timeDiff>0) VSIBuffer[bar]=Vol/timeDiff;
else VSIBuffer[bar]=Vol/PSec;
if(showPerPeriod) VSIBuffer[bar]*=PSec;
SignBuffer[bar]=XMA.XMASeries(1,prev_calculated,rates_total,XMA_Method,XPhase,XLength,VSIBuffer[bar],bar,false);
}
//----
return(rates_total);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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