Custom indicator in different colors

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Hi, please help me, I am confused:

I try to make a custom indicator based on MACD. If the MACD gives a long signal, my custom indicator gets green histogram, at short signal get red color.

Everything is working except the color changing. I tried this code to change indicator color:

if (macd_line[i] > macd_signal_line[i])
      {
      SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,0,2,Green);
      macd_true[i]=1;
      }
if (macd_line[i] < macd_signal_line[i])
      {
      SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,0,2,Red);
      macd_true[i]=-1;
      }
I got as custom indicator +1 and -1 values, but the color of the histogram did not change, stay at green always. What's the problem?
 
A histogram is always two buffers, histogram and the next; from A to B is one color, from B to A is the other.
 
WHRoeder:
A histogram is always two buffers, histogram and the next; from A to B is one color, from B to A is the other.
Thx! It works!
 

I got wrong data.

The basic situation: I try to make a custom indicator that shows the long or short based on higher timeframe. I like to know on M5 chart without changing timeframe what is it on H1. But the code has some errors, please help me to find:

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                        total.mq4 |
//|                        Copyright 2015, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                             https://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2015, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link      "https://www.mql5.com"
#property version   "1.00"
#property strict
#property indicator_separate_window
#property  indicator_buffers 2
#property  indicator_color1  Green
#property  indicator_color2  Red

enum enum_trading_timeframe_type{
         M1 = 1,
         M5 = 5,
         M15 = 15,
         M30 = 30,
         H1 = 60,
         H4 = 240,
         D1 = 1440,
         W1 = 10080,
         MN1 = 43200,
};

input enum_trading_timeframe_type               MA_tf = H1;
input int                                       FastMAPeriod = 12;
input int                                       SlowMAPeriod = 26;
input int                                       SignalMAPeriod = 9;  
double macd_line[], macd_signal_line[];
//double macd_value[];
double macd_true_long[],macd_true_short[];  
int MA_tf_bar=0;

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//--- indicator buffers mapping
   IndicatorDigits(Digits+1);
//--- drawing settings
//   SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE,0,1,clrWhite);
//   SetIndexDrawBegin(0,0);
//   SetIndexDrawBegin(1,0);
   
//--- indicator buffers mapping
   SetIndexBuffer(0,macd_true_long);
   SetIndexBuffer(1,macd_true_short);
//--- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
   IndicatorShortName("MACD True ("+IntegerToString(FastMAPeriod)+","+IntegerToString(SlowMAPeriod)+","+IntegerToString(SignalMAPeriod)+")");
   SetIndexLabel(0,"MACD True_long");
   SetIndexLabel(1,"MACD True_short");

   
//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
  {
int i,limit,oszto,ii2;

ArraySetAsSeries(macd_true_long,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(macd_true_short,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(macd_line,false);
ArraySetAsSeries(macd_signal_line,false);
ArrayResize(macd_line,100000);
ArrayResize(macd_signal_line,100000);
ArrayResize(macd_true_long,100000);
ArrayResize(macd_true_short,100000);

//---
oszto=MA_tf/Period();
//MA_tf_bar=limit/oszto;
if(prev_calculated>1)
      limit=prev_calculated-1;
      else limit=0;
for(i=limit; i<rates_total; i++)
   {
   for (ii2=0; ii2<oszto; ii2++)
   {
      macd_line[i+ii2]=iCustom(Symbol(),MA_tf,"MACD True",FastMAPeriod,SlowMAPeriod,SignalMAPeriod,0,MA_tf_bar);
      macd_signal_line[i+ii2]=iCustom(Symbol(),MA_tf,"MACD True",FastMAPeriod,SlowMAPeriod,SignalMAPeriod,1,MA_tf_bar);
      
     if (macd_line[i+ii2] > macd_signal_line[i+ii2])
      {
      SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,EMPTY,2,indicator_color1);
      macd_true_long[i+ii2]=1;
      }
      if (macd_line[i+ii2] < macd_signal_line[i+ii2])
      {
      SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_HISTOGRAM,EMPTY,2,indicator_color2);
      macd_true_short[i+ii2]=-1;
      }
   }
//   Print(macd_line[i]);
   i=i+oszto;
   MA_tf_bar++;
   }
//---
   
//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call
   return(rates_total);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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