Fixed
2 problems found:
- iMAOnArray can only be used on an array and you were using the simple variable thermo instead.
- iMAOnArray can only be used on a prepared (filled) array. So it can only be executed after the first loop.
Cheers,
Herbert
Herberth,
You are faster !
but you also can do this (from left to right):
thermo = MathMax(iHigh(NULL,0,i) - iHigh(NULL,0,i+1), iLow(NULL,0,i+1) - iLow(NULL,0,i));
if (thermo < 0) {thermo = 0;}
ExtMapBuffer1=thermo;
ExtMapBuffer2=iMAOnArray(ExtMapBuffer1,0,ThermoMAPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,i);
}It seems better as value of bar i+1 is used to calculate value of bar i
You are faster !
but you also can do this (from left to right):
thermo = MathMax(iHigh(NULL,0,i) - iHigh(NULL,0,i+1), iLow(NULL,0,i+1) - iLow(NULL,0,i));
if (thermo < 0) {thermo = 0;}
ExtMapBuffer1=thermo;
ExtMapBuffer2=iMAOnArray(ExtMapBuffer1,0,ThermoMAPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,i);
}Correct Michel it's always better to go from left to right, one important reason
for that is to prevent re-painting of the indi.
Regards
Thanks for the quick response!!
I appreciate it, now I can review my mistakes and hopefully not repeat them!
Mike
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Hello All,
I'm trying to program Elder's Market Thermometer and have the basic calculations and drawing correct to measure "temperature".
However, actually getting the indicator to draw a MA on top seems to be an issue.
I've attached a screen shot where I just used the temperature then manually overlayed a MA ontop vs the bottom where I tried my hand at programming it into the indicator automatically.
It's part of a larger system (all based on Elder's 3 screens) and seems to work quite well.
I'm using it to exit trades when the temperature is 3.5 times the MA.
I'm also playing with it to enter trades - if temperature is 3 times the MA, take trade in direction of longer TF (only if price is below chart MA for a long, for example).
The code is super simple, but even so I can't figure it out - can someone take 3 minutes to check it out and fix the issue?
I've attached a screen shot to show the issue.
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_color1 Black
#property indicator_color2 Red
//---- buffers
double ExtMapBuffer1[];
double ExtMapBuffer2[];
extern int ThermoMAPeriod = 13;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- indicators
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtMapBuffer1);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE,STYLE_SOLID,2);
SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtMapBuffer2);
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int i,limit;
double thermo, ma;
limit=Bars-1;
for(i=0;i<limit;i++) {
thermo = MathMax(iHigh(NULL,0,i) - iHigh(NULL,0,i+1), iLow(NULL,0,i+1) - iLow(NULL,0,i));
if (thermo < 0) {thermo = 0;}
ma = iMAOnArray(thermo,0,ThermoMAPeriod,0,MODE_EMA,i);
ExtMapBuffer1=thermo;
ExtMapBuffer2=ma;
}
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+