Anchor indicator ChartEvent

[Marreta]

Hi, anyone could help me to find a way to anchor this indicator to the low of the candle, when i click on chart?

Thanks

input string          InpName="ArrowBuy";   // Object name
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
//---
Print("The expert with name",MQL5InfoString(MQL5_PROGRAM_NAME),"is running");
//---
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 void OnChartEvent(const int id, 
                  const long   &lparam,
                  const double &dparam,
                  const string &sparam)
  {
   string comment="Last event: ";
//--- select event on chart
   switch(id)
     {
            
      //--- 1
      case CHARTEVENT_CLICK:
        {
         comment+="6) mouse click on chart";
         //--- object counter 
         static uint sign_obj_cnt;
         string buy_sign_name="buy_sign_"+IntegerToString(sign_obj_cnt+1);
         //--- coordinates 
         int mouse_x=(int)lparam;
         int mouse_y=(int)dparam;
          
         //--- time and price
         datetime obj_time;
         double obj_price;
          
         int sub_window;
         //--- convert the X and Y coordinates to the time and price values
         if(ChartXYToTimePrice(0,mouse_x,mouse_y,sub_window,obj_time,obj_price) )
            {
            //--- create object
            if(!ObjectCreate(0,buy_sign_name,OBJ_ARROW_BUY,0,obj_time,obj_price)) //OBJ_ARROW_BUY
            
              {
               Print("Failed to create buy sign!");
               return;
              }
            
           }
           
        }
     }
//---
   Comment(comment);
          
       }

[Alain Verleyen]

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies

Hello,

Please use the SRC button when you post code. Thank you.

This time, I edited it for you.

[Alain Verleyen]

Marreta:

Hi, anyone could help me to find a way to anchor this indicator to the low of the candle, when i click on chart?

Thanks

This is not an indicator.

[Marreta]

Hi angevoyageur, I'm new to this forum an to MQL5, sorry for the SRC, i did not know about it.

I know this is not an  indicator, but how should I call it? A tool, script, expert? Is there a better place on this forum to post this topic? 

Thanks 

[Alain Verleyen]

Marreta:

Hi angevoyageur, I'm new to this forum an to MQL5, sorry for the SRC, i did not know about it.

I know this is not an  indicator, but how should I call it? A tool, script, expert? Is there a better place on this forum to post this topic? 

Thanks 

It's fine to post here, but what you want is not clear.

[Marreta]

Ok let me try to be more clear. The indicator/tool/expert I posted plots an arrowbuy when I click on Chart with the left mouse buttom.

What I want is to have the arrowbuy to be placed below the low of the candle relative to the point that I clicked on the chart, even if the exact point that I clicked is way down below the low of the candle, I want the arrow buy to be anchored to the low of the candle, like some magnet tool.

Thanks again. 

[Stuart Browne]

In your ObjectCreate, why not just use the obj_time from ChartXYToTimePrice and then use the Low of the bar that corresponds to that time?

[Marreta]

Thanks for your help Filter, now I'd like to know if it's possible to have a second object when clicking  on the chart for the second time.

The formula below creates a horizontal line two ticks below the low of the candle when I click on the chart, then if I click again on the chart it removes the line and creates a new line at the new low relative to this new click.

I'd like to keep the first line when clicking for the second time, so I would have two lines , and then if clicking againg on the chart (Third Time) start the process again. 

I just don't have any idea how to achieve that, so I really appreciate if someone could guide me through it. 

Thanks

 

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                           T6.mq5 |
//|                        Copyright 2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                              http://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2014, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link      "http://www.mql5.com"
#property version   "1.00"//
input string          InpName="HLineLow";   // Object name
//---
MqlRates candle[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnInit()
  {
//---
   ArraySetAsSeries(candle,true);
   
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 void OnChartEvent(const int id, 
                  const long   &lparam,
                  const double &dparam,
                  const string &sparam)
  {
   //---
   int visibleBars = (int)ChartGetInteger(0,CHART_VISIBLE_BARS,0);
   //---
   CopyRates(_Symbol,_Period,0,visibleBars,candle);
   //---
   double tickSize = SymbolInfoDouble(_Symbol,SYMBOL_TRADE_TICK_SIZE);
//---   
   string comment="Last event: ";
//--- select event on chart
   switch(id)
     {
            
      //--- 1
      case CHARTEVENT_CLICK:
        {
         comment+="6) mouse click on chart";
         //--- object counter 
         static uint sign_obj_cnt;
         string buy_sign_name="buy_sign_"+IntegerToString(sign_obj_cnt+1);
         //--- coordinates 
         int mouse_x=(int)lparam;
         int mouse_y=(int)dparam;
          
         //--- time and price
         datetime obj_time;
         double obj_price;
          
         int sub_window;
         //--- convert the X and Y coordinates to the time and price values
         if(ChartXYToTimePrice(0,mouse_x,mouse_y,sub_window,obj_time,obj_price) )
            {
            //---
            int barPos = Bars(_Symbol,_Period,obj_time,TimeCurrent());
            //--- create object
            if(!ObjectCreate(0,buy_sign_name, OBJ_HLINE,0,obj_time,candle[barPos].low-(20*tickSize))) //OBJ_HLINE
            
              {
               Print("Failed to create buy sign!");
               return;
              }
            
           }
           
        }
     }
//---
   Comment(comment);
          
       }

[Alain Verleyen]

Marreta:

Thanks for your help Filter, now I'd like to know if it's possible to have a second object when clicking  on the chart for the second time.

The formula below creates a horizontal line two ticks below the low of the candle when I click on the chart, then if I click again on the chart it removes the line and creates a new line at the new low relative to this new click.

I'd like to keep the first line when clicking for the second time, so I would have two lines , and then if clicking againg on the chart (Third Time) start the process again. 

I just don't have any idea how to achieve that, so I really appreciate if someone could guide me through it. 

Thanks

 

Your sign_obj_cnt is never increased.

[Marreta]

Hi angevoyageur, could you give an example how to do it, I tryed to find it on the web but no success.

Thanks and happy new year!

[Alain Verleyen]

Marreta:

Hi angevoyageur, could you give an example how to do it, I tryed to find it on the web but no success.

Thanks and happy new year!

         string buy_sign_name="buy_sign_"+IntegerToString(sign_obj_cnt++);