coding help needed regarding ema_angle ind

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hi all,

i'm trying to learn how to code, but i faced a problem now.

I tried to incorporate the EMA_Angle indicator into an EA as a filter. My code below works when I just go long if maAngle > EntryAngle_Threshold and short when maAngle < -EntryAngle_Threshold.

int ema()
{
double maAngle;

   GetMAs(MA_Type, MA_Period , PrevMAShift, CurMAShift);
   maAngle = mFactor * (MACurrent - MAPrevious)/2.0;
   
   if (maAngle > EntryAngle_Threshold)return(1); 
   if (maAngle < -EntryAngle_Threshold)return(2);
   }
   

However, I want the EA to take only long entrys even if maAngle IS NOT > EntryAngle_Threshold but the last signal from the Indicator was long. I can't really explain any better what I mean, since i don't speak English very well.

For that reason I've attached a picture, which hopefully makes it clear.

Between line 1 and 2, I want the EA to only take short entrys and between 2 and 3 to only take long entrys.

I hope somebody can help me with this

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nobody ????

[brewmanz]

All you've given us is a code fragment for a routine that returns maybe 1 or 2, and then told us that you want ANOTHER part of your EA to IGNORE its value!

What can we say?

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brewmanz:

All you've given us is a code fragment for a routine that returns maybe 1 or 2, and then told us that you want ANOTHER part of your EA to IGNORE its value!

What can we say?

Like I said I don't really know how to code, so I thought thats enough. Also English isn't my first language, so it's hard to explain what I want. Sorry about that.

Well, I don't want it to ignore the value, I want it to recognize the last value and act accordingly. Now the EA would only take trades when the EMA_Angle is yellow or green. But I want it to take, for example, sell trades even if it is red at the moment, but the last signal was yellow.

I looked over the code, but don't really know what you'd need.

This is basically all I've got (besides MM Options, etc)

extern int     MA_Period=34;
extern string  m = "--Mov SMA";
extern string  m1 = " 1 = EMA";
extern string  m2 = " 2 = SMMA";
extern string  m3 = " 3 = LWMA";
extern string  m4 = " 4 = LSMA";
extern int     MA_Type = 1;
extern string  p = "--Applied Price Types--";
extern string  p0 = " 0 = close";
extern string  p1 = " 1 = open";
extern string  p2 = " 2 = high";
extern string  p3 = " 3 = low";
extern string  p4 = " 4 = median(high+low)/2";
extern string  p5 = " 5 = typical(high+low+close)/3";
extern string  p6 = " 6 = weighted(high+low+close+close)/4";
extern int     MA_AppliedPrice = 4;
extern double  EntryAngle_Threshold=0.5;   // What size angle to trigger a trade
extern int     PrevMAShift=2;
extern int     CurMAShift=0;




double Get_mFactor()
{
   string Sym;
   double Factor;
   int ShiftDif;
   
   Factor = 100000.0;
   Sym = StringSubstr(Symbol(),3,3);
   if (Sym == "JPY") Factor = 1000.0;
   ShiftDif = PrevMAShift-CurMAShift;
   Factor /= ShiftDif;
   
   return (Factor);
}

void GetMAs (int TrendMethod, int MAPeriod, int Prev, int Cur)
{
   switch (TrendMethod)
   {
     case LSMA :  MACurrent=fLSMA(MAPeriod,MA_AppliedPrice,Cur);
                  MAPrevious=fLSMA(MAPeriod,MA_AppliedPrice,Prev);
                  break;
     default : MACurrent=iMA(NULL,0,MAPeriod,0,MA_Type,MA_AppliedPrice,Cur);
               MAPrevious=iMA(NULL,0,MAPeriod,0,MA_Type,MA_AppliedPrice,Prev);
   }
}



int ema()
{
double maAngle;

   GetMAs(MA_Type, MA_Period , PrevMAShift, CurMAShift);
   maAngle = mFactor * (MACurrent - MAPrevious)/2.0;
   
   if (maAngle > EntryAngle_Threshold)return(1); 
   if (maAngle < -EntryAngle_Threshold)return(2);
   }
   
int GetSignal()
{
   
   int emaAngle;
        emaAngle=ema();
   double stochm = iStochastic(NULL, 0, 8, 3, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0); 
   double stochmp = iStochastic(NULL, 0, 8, 3, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1);
   double stoch = iStochastic(NULL, 0, 8, 3, 3, 0, 0, 1, 0); 
   double stochp = iStochastic(NULL, 0, 8, 3, 3, 0, 0, 1, 1);
    
   if (emaAngle == 1 && stochmp < 50 && stochm > 50) return(LONG);
   if (emaAngle == 2 && stochmp > 50 && stochm < 50) return(SHORT);
          
   return(FLAT);
   
}

I've also attached the EMA_Angle Indi.