use part of custom indicator code in ea

Jesper Christensen 2020.02.29 16:24

I am trying to program a London break-out EA. I found an indicator which i want to build the EA around. I have tried, but failed to figure out what part of the indicator code i can use for my purpose. I would like to extract price values of the highest and the lowest of the pre-London range and save those values in two variables, to use for triggering orders with the ea. The variables should be defined at time of turnover from the end of the breakout range (periodEnd) to the opening of the trade-session and it has to happen on a daily basis so the values change every 24 hours.

I am aware of the iCustom function, but i would like to have the code built in to the ea.

I would appreciate any help as I am as green as green gets when it comes to mql4.

below is the code of the custom indicator

further bellow is a screenshotattached to visually see what im trying to do..

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                               BreakOutPANCA-EAGLE.mq4 |
//|                                                        hapalkos  |
//|                                                       2007.11.20 |
//|   ++ modified so that rectangles do not overlay                  |
//|   ++ this makes color selection more versatile                   |
//|   ++ code consolidated                                           |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "hapalkos"
#property link      ""

#property indicator_chart_window
 
extern int    NumberOfDays = 50;        
extern string periodBegin    = "00:00"; 
extern string periodEnd      = "05:30";   
extern string BoxEnd         = "23:00"; 
extern int    BoxBreakOut_Offset = 10; 
extern color  BoxHLColor         = MidnightBlue; 
extern color  BoxBreakOutColor   = LimeGreen;
extern color  BoxPeriodColor     = OrangeRed;

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void init() {
  DeleteObjects();
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custor indicator deinitialization function                       |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void deinit() {
  DeleteObjects();
return(0);
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Remove all Rectangles                                            |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void DeleteObjects() {
    ObjectsDeleteAll(0,OBJ_RECTANGLE);     
 return(0); 
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void start() {
  datetime dtTradeDate=TimeCurrent();

  for (int i=0; i<NumberOfDays; i++) {
  
    DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxHL  " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), periodBegin, periodEnd, BoxEnd, BoxHLColor, 0, 1);
    DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxBreakOut_High  " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), periodBegin, periodEnd, BoxEnd, BoxBreakOutColor, BoxBreakOut_Offset,2);
    DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxBreakOut_Low  " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), periodBegin, periodEnd, BoxEnd, BoxBreakOutColor, BoxBreakOut_Offset,3);
    DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxPeriod  " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), periodBegin, periodEnd, periodEnd, BoxPeriodColor, BoxBreakOut_Offset,4);

    dtTradeDate=decrementTradeDate(dtTradeDate);
    while (TimeDayOfWeek(dtTradeDate) > 5) dtTradeDate = decrementTradeDate(dtTradeDate);
  }
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Create Rectangles                                                |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

void DrawObjects(datetime dtTradeDate, string sObjName, string sTimeBegin, string sTimeEnd, string sTimeObjEnd, color cObjColor, int iOffSet, int iForm) {
  datetime dtTimeBegin, dtTimeEnd, dtTimeObjEnd;
  double   dPriceHigh,  dPriceLow;
  int      iBarBegin,   iBarEnd;

  dtTimeBegin = StrToTime(TimeToStr(dtTradeDate, TIME_DATE) + " " + sTimeBegin);
  dtTimeEnd = StrToTime(TimeToStr(dtTradeDate, TIME_DATE) + " " + sTimeEnd);
  dtTimeObjEnd = StrToTime(TimeToStr(dtTradeDate, TIME_DATE) + " " + sTimeObjEnd);
      
  iBarBegin = iBarShift(NULL, 0, dtTimeBegin);
  iBarEnd = iBarShift(NULL, 0, dtTimeEnd);
  dPriceHigh = High[Highest(NULL, 0, MODE_HIGH, iBarBegin-iBarEnd, iBarEnd)];
  dPriceLow = Low [Lowest (NULL, 0, MODE_LOW , iBarBegin-iBarEnd, iBarEnd)];
 
  ObjectCreate(sObjName, OBJ_RECTANGLE, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
  
  ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_TIME1 , dtTimeBegin);
  ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_TIME2 , dtTimeObjEnd);
  
//---- High-Low Rectangle
   if(iForm==1){  
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE1, dPriceHigh);  
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE2, dPriceLow);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_COLOR, cObjColor);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_BACK, True);
   }
   
//---- Upper Rectangle
  if(iForm==2){
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE1, dPriceHigh);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE2, dPriceHigh + iOffSet*Point);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_COLOR, cObjColor);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_BACK, True);
   }
 
 //---- Lower Rectangle 
  if(iForm==3){
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE1, dPriceLow - iOffSet*Point);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE2, dPriceLow);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_COLOR, cObjColor);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_BACK, True);
   }

//---- Period Rectangle
  if(iForm==4){
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE1, dPriceHigh + iOffSet*Point);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_PRICE2, dPriceLow - iOffSet*Point);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_STYLE, STYLE_SOLID);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_COLOR, cObjColor);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 2);
      ObjectSet(sObjName, OBJPROP_BACK, False);
   }   
      string sObjDesc = StringConcatenate("High: ",dPriceHigh,"  Low: ", dPriceLow, " OffSet: ",iOffSet);  
      ObjectSetText(sObjName, sObjDesc,10,"Times New Roman",Black);
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Decrement Date to draw objects in the past                       |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

datetime decrementTradeDate (datetime dtTimeDate) {
   int iTimeYear=TimeYear(dtTimeDate);
   int iTimeMonth=TimeMonth(dtTimeDate);
   int iTimeDay=TimeDay(dtTimeDate);
   int iTimeHour=TimeHour(dtTimeDate);
   int iTimeMinute=TimeMinute(dtTimeDate);

   iTimeDay--;
   if (iTimeDay==0) {
     iTimeMonth--;
     if (iTimeMonth==0) {
       iTimeYear--;
       iTimeMonth=12;
     }
    
     // Thirty days hath September...  
     if (iTimeMonth==4 || iTimeMonth==6 || iTimeMonth==9 || iTimeMonth==11) iTimeDay=30;
     // ...all the rest have thirty-one...
     if (iTimeMonth==1 || iTimeMonth==3 || iTimeMonth==5 || iTimeMonth==7 || iTimeMonth==8 || iTimeMonth==10 || iTimeMonth==12) iTimeDay=31;
     // ...except...
     if (iTimeMonth==2) if (MathMod(iTimeYear, 4)==0) iTimeDay=29; else iTimeDay=28;
   }
  return(StrToTime(iTimeYear + "." + iTimeMonth + "." + iTimeDay + " " + iTimeHour + ":" + iTimeMinute));
}

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

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William Roeder 2020.02.29 19:06 #1

traderjes: I have tried, but failed to figure out what part of the indicator code i can use for my purpose.

The answer is none. Get the information from the indicator and use it.
Normally, indicators have buffers, and you can just use iCustom to read them.

This indicator doesn't have any buffers. I just creates objects.

DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxHL  "            + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), …
DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxBreakOut_High  " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), …
DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxBreakOut_Low  "  + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), …
DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxPeriod  "        + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), …

Go through the object list, find the latest rectangles and extract the information you need.
Object Functions

Indicators data usage as iCustom() Question How to make an

Jesper Christensen 2020.03.01 08:27 #2

William Roeder:

The answer is none. Get the information from the indicator and use it.
Normally, indicators have buffers, and you can just use iCustom to read them.
This indicator doesn't have any buffers. I just creates objects. Go through the object list, find the latest rectangles and extract the information you need.
Object Functions

Great, thanks William. Appreciate your help a lot. Didn't know about buffers either.. something more to look into;)

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