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Hi,

I'm an amateur MQL4 programmer, so this question may sound very foolish to you, but I had to ask this, as I need the answer.


I'm coding an EA based on Daily time frame, and I know that Close[i] returns the closing price of the specified bar of that chart ("Daily" in this case).


But I also need the closing price values, of H4 time frame bars for my strategy, how can I do it, when I'm working on Daily charts?


Please help. I have come here to become "less foolish".


Thanks,

Siddhant Batra

Hi,

call iClose(Symbol(),PERIOD_H4,shift); You can call this from any TF. Use iBarshift on the Time[i] you're interested in. And insert it as shift on iClose.

H4 opens on 00:00:00, 04:00:00, 08:00:00, ..., 20:00:00 ~ closes at 03:59:59, 07:59:59, ....., 23:59:59 <-- to describe the range, but as you know, bar may closes a little late depending on tick arrival.

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cameofx:

Hi,

call iClose(Symbol(),PERIOD_H4,shift); You can call this from any TF. Use iBarshift on the Time[i] you're interested in. And insert it as shift on iClose.

H4 opens on 00:00:00, 04:00:00, 08:00:00, ..., 20:00:00 ~ closes at 03:59:59, 07:59:59, ....., 23:59:59 <-- to describe the range, but as you know, bar may closes a little late depending on tick arrival.

The generosity of this forum never ceases to amaze me. In two simple lines, cameofx has given us priceless information. Thank you, cameofx.
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Thanks a lot camoefx,


As a temporary remedy, I used iMA(Symbol(), PERIOD_H4, 1, 0, MODE_SMA, PRICE_CLOSE, 1); that is, a 1 day simple moving average of the H4 period.


But, obviously, yours is the right and logical approach and would follow that only.


Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Siddhant Batra


cameofx:

Hi,

call iClose(Symbol(),PERIOD_H4,shift); You can call this from any TF. Use iBarshift on the Time[i] you're interested in. And insert it as shift on iClose.

H4 opens on 00:00:00, 04:00:00, 08:00:00, ..., 20:00:00 ~ closes at 03:59:59, 07:59:59, ....., 23:59:59 <-- to describe the range, but as you know, bar may closes a little late depending on tick arrival.

i don't get it, how to get close price of higher/lower time frame in specific timeframe ?

at timeframe M5, i want to make indicator that count bollinger and closing price of higher timeframe M15 or M30

i try these but isn't working  closePrice15 = iClose(NULL,15,0);

                                         closePrice15 = iClose(NULL,15,iBarShift(NULL,15,Time[i]));

                                         upperBand15 = iBands(NULL,15,20,2,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_UPPER,i);

                                         lowerBand15 = iBands(NULL,15,20,2,0,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_LOWER,i);

example or code please.....


santosos, you should pass a different period to the indicators....
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