How can i tell iBands to work with a different value?

[KT313]

I want to use the bollinger bands as normal, just with one exception:

For the newest, the current candle, the bollinger bands shouldnt move as the price changes. I want to set a certain value, and the bollinger bands should form as if this value is the price of the current candle. Is that possible?

so something like

double ValueForFirstCandle = 1.115;

//then here some code to form the normal bollinger bands (iBands)

//then here some code telling bollinger bands to use ValueForFirstCandle instead of the real price for the current candle for calculation

I want to program this in mql5.

Thank you!

[William Roeder]

KT313: I want to … Is that possible? …I want …

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[KT313]

@William Roeder , thanks for responding. The problem is that i do not know how i could do that, how i could replace the PRICE_CLOSE for only the first candle with that value

[Mohamad Zulhairi Baba]

KT313:
@William Roeder , thanks for responding. The problem is that i do not know how i could do that, how i could replace the PRICE_CLOSE for only the first candle with that value

PRICE_OPEN 

[KT313]

@Mohamad Zulhairi Baba , thanks for responding, but if i use PRICE_OPEN, it gets used for every candle, not just the first one. Furthermore, i want to use a custom value, not PRICE_OPEN

[Ahmet Metin Yilmaz]

KT313:
@Mohamad Zulhairi Baba , thanks for responding, but if i use PRICE_OPEN, it gets used for every candle, not just the first one. Furthermore, i want to use a custom value, not PRICE_OPEN

what do you mean with just the first one?

daily first candle, monthly first candle, first candle of the all history? Or what?

[Mohamad Zulhairi Baba]

KT313:
@Mohamad Zulhairi Baba , thanks for responding, but if i use PRICE_OPEN, it gets used for every candle, not just the first one. Furthermore, i want to use a custom value, not PRICE_OPEN

Why not? 

Code to return value of current candle [i] will be PRICE_OPEN.

PRICE_CLOSE for [i+1].

Don’t know the whole structure of your code, but you get the idea.

[WindmillMQL]

KT313:

I want to use the bollinger bands as normal, just with one exception:

For the newest, the current candle, the bollinger bands shouldnt move as the price changes. I want to set a certain value, and the bollinger bands should form as if this value is the price of the current candle. Is that possible?

so something like

double ValueForFirstCandle = 1.115;

//then here some code to form the normal bollinger bands (iBands)

//then here some code telling bollinger bands to use ValueForFirstCandle instead of the real price for the current candle for calculation

I want to program this in mql5.

Thank you!

I haven't seen your code so I don't know for sure how you are implementing it. Your first step is to copy the arrays from iBands() to your own arrays. Lets say that Upper[] is the array of upper values for the Bollinger Bands. Upper[0] is the most recent value, of the current bar which is still developing. You want to replace the value of Upper[0] with something else. Once you have done that you can create an indicator on the chart using your Upper[] array.

The same applies for the Lower[] end of the Bollinger Bands, and Middle[] for the middle values.