OnCalculate

[Abraham]

I want my indicator to make calculations every 1-2mins and not on every tick. I tried using OnTimer but couldn't get it to work for the life of me. Is there a way? I'd be happy if the calculation was done on the closing of a candle...

[Pawel Wojnarowski]

Abraham:
I want my indicator to make calculations every 1-2mins and not on every tick. I tried using OnTimer but couldn't get it to work for the life of me. Is there a way? I'd be happy if the calculation was done on the closing of a candle...

Personally didn't have a need for such stuff, but perhaps you could make some use of this.

[Abraham]

Enigma71fx:
Personally didn't have a need for such stuff, but perhaps you could make some use of this.

Thanks for your help. My problem is this, when I use this indicator, the page loads, but then when I move my screen with my mouse, the cpu goes insane. Does Metrader intall all the data, or just the page that it sees? I've had a lot of problems recently with crazy CPU reactions to my programs. I think that the indicator itself is ok... but perhaps someone can find a problem...

#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 1
#property indicator_plots   1

//---- plot Label1
#property indicator_label1  "1"
#property indicator_type1   DRAW_LINE
#property indicator_color1  clrWhite
#property indicator_style1  STYLE_SOLID
#property indicator_width1  1

input int period=360; //Period

//--- indicator buffers
double         buffer1[];

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//--- indicator buffers mapping
   SetIndexBuffer(0,buffer1,INDICATOR_DATA);
  
IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,0);
IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,"calc");

   ResetLastError();
  
//---
   return(0);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| 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[])
  {
//--- Copy the values of the indicator Custom Moving Average to our indicator buffer

      //--- variables

//--- check for bars count
   if(rates_total<1000)
      return(0);

 for(int i=1000;i<rates_total;i++)
     {
  
   buffer1[i]= sum(high,low,close,i,period);
  
                     }
   return(rates_total);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

int stoch(const double &high1[],const double &low1[],const double &close1[],int j,int period1)
{
      double max = high1[j];
      double min = low1[j];

      for(int k=0;k<period1;k++)
      {
      if(high1[j-k]>max){max = high1[j-k];}
      if(low1[j-k]<min){min = low1[j-k];}
     
      }
     
      double stoch = (close1[j]-min)/(max-min);
     
      int x = 0;
     
      if(stoch>0.5){ x=1;}
      if(stoch<0.5){ x=-1;}
     
      return(x);
}

int sum(const double &high1[],const double &low1[],const double &close1[],int j,int period1)
{
   int y=0;
   int l=0;
   
   for(int k=0; k<period1/5;k++)
   {
  
   l=5*k;
  
   y += stoch(high1,low1,close1,j,period1-l);
  
   }

   return(y);
}