Seeing the .mq4 for built-in indicators

Drew Poteau 2017.03.20 02:00

Maybe a dumb question?... When I'm in MetaEditor, I want to open the .mq4 file for, let's say, the Average Directional Movement Index. That particular indicator is in another folder - called Trend - within the indicators folder. When I try to open a file from the editor, I can't see that Trend folder, only the files directly within the 'Indicators' folder.

Keith Watford 2017.03.20 03:33 #1

I think that you will find that only the ex4 file is supplied with MT4 for that indicator.

James Cater 2017.03.20 08:16 #2

Keith Watford:
I think that you will find that only the ex4 file is supplied with MT4 for that indicator.

I think the source code can be found here MQL4\Include\Indicators\Trend.mqh

But I'm not sure how you get from the CiADX class to the actual indicator.

honest_knave 2017.03.20 08:24 #3

Additionally, everything in the Trend folder has an "i" function too:

iADX()
iBands()
iEnvelopes()
iIchimoku()
iMA()
iSAR()
iStdDev()

Stanislav Korotky 2017.03.20 09:46 #4

You can use the built-in context search on this site:

provide the indicator name
enter user name "MetaQuotes"
and limit the results to the codebase

Here is how this looks for "ADX" search.

And here is the mq4 code which is listed in the results.

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Drew Poteau 2017.03.20 20:19 #5

Thank you folks for your responses and links. The guidance on using the search feature was really helpful.