please help. i really haven't been able to figure out how to display text on chart?

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How do I display text on the chart? I'm modifying an indicator, and want to display one of the outputs, in text format.

Please see code below the attached picture. I appreciate the help.


//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| ATR Channels. mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2005, Luis Guilherme Damiani |
//| http://www.damianifx.com.br |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

#property copyright "Copyright © 2005, Luis Guilherme Damiani"
#property link "http://www.damianifx.com.br"
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 7
#property indicator_color1 0 //Moving Average
#property indicator_color2 MediumPurple // Lower band 1
#property indicator_color3 MediumPurple // Upper band 1

//---- indicator buffers
double MA_Buffer0[];
double Ch1up_Buffer1[];
double Ch1dn_Buffer2[];

//---- input parameters
extern int PeriodsATR = 20;
extern int MA_Periods = 1;
extern int MA_type = MODE_OPEN;
extern double Mult_Factor1 = 0.7;
extern double Mult_Factor2 = 0.0;
extern double Mult_Factor3 = 0.0;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
string mat;
//---7- indicators
// MA
SetIndexStyle(0, DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(0, MA_Buffer0);
SetIndexDrawBegin(0, MathMax(PeriodsATR, MA_Periods));
// ATR 1 up
SetIndexStyle(1, DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(1, Ch1up_Buffer1);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1, MathMax(PeriodsATR, MA_Periods));
string sATRu1 = StringConcatenate("ATRu(", PeriodsATR, ", ", Mult_Factor1, ")");
SetIndexLabel(1, sATRu1);
// ATR 1 down
SetIndexStyle(2, DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(2, Ch1dn_Buffer2);
SetIndexDrawBegin(2, MathMax(PeriodsATR, MA_Periods));
string sATRd1 = StringConcatenate("ATRd(", PeriodsATR, ", ", Mult_Factor1, ")");
SetIndexLabel(2, sATRd1);

}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custor indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
if(Bars <= MathMax(PeriodsATR, MA_Periods))
return(0);
int fixed_bars = IndicatorCounted();
//---- check for possible errors
if(fixed_bars < 0)
return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if(fixed_bars > 0)
fixed_bars--;
int limit = Bars - fixed_bars;
//----
for(int i = 0; i < limit; i++)
{
double atr = iATR(NULL, 0, PeriodsATR, i);
double ma = iMA(NULL, 0, MA_Periods, 0, MA_type, PRICE_OPEN, i);
MA_Buffer0[i] = ma;
Ch1up_Buffer1[i] = ma + atr*Mult_Factor1; //<<<------------THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DISPLAY.
Ch1dn_Buffer2[i] = ma - atr*Mult_Factor1; //<<<------------THIS TOO.


}
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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