Programming an EA with indicators built from different timeframes

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Hi all,

This is my first message in the forum and first of all I want to thank everyone colaborating here from the help you provide.

I'm programming an EA I want to triger orders with a doube MA cross in two different timeframes. The pseudocode looks like this:

if ( Cross(FastMA, SlowMA, last 5 bars, Timeframe1) AND Cross(FastMA, SlowMA, last5 bars, Timeframe2))

Buy

Does anyone know how to code it (in an easy way)?

Thanks in advance.

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PW

No problemo...

Try something like this...

extern int MAShift = 0;
extern int MAMode = 2; // 0=SMA 1=EMA 2=Smoothed 3=Linear Weighted
extern int MAPeriodFast = 5;
extern int MAPeriodMedium = 20;


string strSymbol; // 


start()
{


  strSymbol=Symbol();



//============================ INFO FROM OTHER PERIODS/INSTRUMENTS =======================================
   double MA_D5_1 = iMA(strSymbol,PERIOD_D1,MAPeriodFast,MAShift,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,1);
   double MA_D5_0 = iMA(strSymbol,PERIOD_D1,MAPeriodFast,MAShift,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
   double MA_D20_0 = iMA(strSymbol,PERIOD_D1,MAPeriodMedium,MAShift,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
   
   double MA_H4_5_1 = iMA(strSymbol,PERIOD_H4,MAPeriodFast,MAShift,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,1);
   double MA_H4_5_0 = iMA(strSymbol,PERIOD_H4,MAPeriodFast,MAShift,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
   double MA_H4_20_0 = iMA(strSymbol,PERIOD_H4,MAPeriodMedium,MAShift,MAMode,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
   
//============================ INFO FROM OTHER PERIODS/INSTRUMENTS =======================================



// Do stuff here based on values collected above






return(0);


}

Note that using externs allows easier experimentation & optimization, plus making it easier to port blocks of code between EA's

Good Luck

-BB-

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BarrowBoy:

PW

No problemo...

Try something like this...

Note that using externs allows easier experimentation & optimization, plus making it easier to port blocks of code between EA's

Good Luck

-BB-

Thanks for the answer. I couldn't see the forest for the trees. I have always "0" in the PERIOD field, so I didn't realize what was it there for.

Thanks!