ForumSections

MT5 Previous Bar Hi-Lo

New comment

Does anyone happen to know how to convert this to MT5 so I can display the previous bars' high and low:

 

int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();


double HIGH;
double LOW;


if((Time[0]!=curTime))
{ 
curTime=Time[0];

HIGH = High[1];
LOW = Low[1];

I've tried numerous things but can't seem to find a solution.

You can use CopyRates() function to get time, high, low,... values.

This code is written without check in compiler, therefore you probably will need to fix some small errors:

int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
double HIGH;
double LOW;
MqlRate barData[];
int copiedAmount = CopyRates(_Symbol, PERIOD_CURRENT, 0, 2, barData);
if (copiedAmount == 2){
   ArraySetAsSeries(barData, true);
   if((barData[0].time != curTime)){
      curTime = barData[0].time;
      HIGH = barData[1].high;
      LOW = barData[1].low;
   }
}

Here is the implementation in the indicator: 

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                               test_indicator.mq5 |
//|                        Copyright 2015, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                              http://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright   "2015, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link        "http://www.mql5.com"
#property version     "1.00"
#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_plots     0

datetime   prevtime=0;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
  {
   double HIGH;
   double LOW;
   if(prevtime==time[rates_total-1])
     {
      return(rates_total);
     }
   prevtime=time[rates_total-1];
   HIGH= high[rates_total-2];
   LOW = low[rates_total-2];
   Comment(prevtime,"; ",HIGH,"; ",LOW);
//--- OnCalculate done. Return new prev_calculated.
   return(rates_total);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
You guys are the best! Thank you so much, I've been struggling with this for days. Thank you.
New comment