Elder's Market Thermometer

 

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);

}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Files:
 

...and here is the file...

 

Fixed

mikep:
...and here is the file...

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

 

the array is "ExtMapBuffer1", not "thermo" !

 

Herberth,

You are faster !

but you also can do this (from left to right):

for(i=limit-1;i>=0;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;}

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

 
Michel:
Herberth,

You are faster !

but you also can do this (from left to right):

for(i=limit-1;i>=0;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;}

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

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

 

Elders market thermometer - from "Come in my trading room" - a real classic: good indicator coded by mladen.

 

All John Ehlers

1. All John Ehlers Indicators... - the thread 
   1.1. LowPassFilter indicator - the post
   1.2. Non-Linear Kalman Filter indicator - the post
   1.3. BandPassIndicator indicator - the post 
   1.4. KalmanBands indicator - the post
   1.5. Gaussian Filter - indicator for MetaTrader 5
   1.6. Adaptive Laguerre filter trend for MetaTrader 5
   1.7. Adaptive Laguerre Filter indicator for MetaTrader 5
   1.8. Adaptive Laguerre filter 2 for MetaTrader 5
   1.9. Adaptive Laguerre indicator for MetaTrader 5
   1.10. Laguerre indicator for Metatrader 5 
2. Elder's Market Thermometer duscussion thread
3. Elders market thermometer - from "Come in my trading room" - a real classic: the thread