Momentum candle open to close price, please help me create this thanks

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Hi,

when it comes to trading forex, we want to look for momentum to show us that the pair we are intrested in has any potential movement , I have been all over the internet looking for this simple indicator to show me when the candle has moved from the open price to the close price a certain amount of pips, I would like this candle to change colour, so lets say the price is just going sideways and we have no real momentum for what my setting is, say my setting was 15 pips on the 1 hour chart, so the open to close price was only around 8-10 pips , this would mean that the candles would remain with no colour on them, but as soon as the open to close price hits 15 pips or > than this, the candle would be painted green for and up candle or red for a down candle according to the minimum pip value that I have set it to.

this would be a great visual indicator, and would save me from trying to work out the candles body size , all i need to do is look visualy at the candle for my momentum trigger.

can someone please help me to create this indicator as i feel it would be a great help not only to me but to other people who have been searching for this.

thanks

 

Momentum candles

momentum_candles.mq4

 

Big massive thank you my friend

cja:
momentum_candles.mq4

Thank you so much for this great indicator, I hope that other people get good use of it also

an mt5 version would be fantastic if you can do it

 
cja:
momentum_candles.mq4

nice work

 

Momentum candles MT5

I have not done much in the way of MT5 code but I have managed to get this to work ( see screenshot below ), however either my windows 7 or MT5 is stopping me gaining access to the custom indicator files so i have to post it like this. Hopefully this will work for you.

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Momentum candles.mq5 |

//| by cja |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

#property copyright "Copyright 2013, MetaQuotes Software Corp."

#property link "MQL5: automated forex trading, strategy tester and custom indicators with MetaTrader"

#property version "1.00"

#property indicator_chart_window

#property indicator_buffers 5

#property indicator_plots 1

#property indicator_type1 DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES

#property indicator_color1 Green,Red,Gray

#property indicator_width1 3

#property indicator_label1 "Momentum Candles"

input int CandlePipValue = 10;

//--- indicator buffers

double ExtOBuffer[];

double ExtHBuffer[];

double ExtLBuffer[];

double ExtCBuffer[];

double ExtColorBuffer[];

//--- handles of indicators

//--- bars minimum for calculation

#define DATA_LIMIT 38

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Custom indicator initialization function |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

void OnInit()

{

//--- indicator buffers mapping

SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtOBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtHBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(2,ExtLBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(3,ExtCBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(4,ExtColorBuffer,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);

//---

IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits);

//--- sets first bar from what index will be drawn

IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,"Momentum Candles");

//--- don't show indicator data in DataWindow

PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHOW_DATA,false);

//--- sets first candle from what index will be drawn

PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,DATA_LIMIT);

//--- get handles

//--- initialization done

}

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 &TickVolume[],

const long &Volume[],

const int &Spread[])

{

int i,limit;

//--- we can copy not all data

int to_copy;

if(prev_calculated>rates_total || prev_calculated<0) to_copy=rates_total;

else

{

to_copy=rates_total-prev_calculated;

if(prev_calculated>0) to_copy++;

}

//--- set first bar from what calculation will start

if(prev_calculated<DATA_LIMIT)

limit=DATA_LIMIT;

else

limit=prev_calculated-1;

double pipModifier=1;

if (_Digits==3 || _Digits==5) pipModifier=10;

//--- the main loop of calculations

for(i=limit;i<rates_total && !IsStopped();i++)

{

ExtOBuffer=Open;

ExtHBuffer=High;

ExtLBuffer=Low;

ExtCBuffer=Close;

//--- set color for candle

ExtColorBuffer=2.0; // set gray Color

//--- check for Green Zone and set Color Green

if(Open>Close && (Open-Close)>=CandlePipValue*_Point*pipModifier)

ExtColorBuffer=1.0;

//--- check for Red Zone and set Color Red

if(Open=CandlePipValue*_Point*pipModifier)

ExtColorBuffer=0.0;

}

//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call

return(rates_total);

}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Files:
momentum_candles_1.gif  17 kb
 

Meta Trader 5 code working great thank you again !!!

cja:
I have not done much in the way of MT5 code but I have managed to get this to work ( see screenshot below ), however either my windows 7 or MT5 is stopping me gaining access to the custom indicator files so i have to post it like this. Hopefully this will work for you.
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Momentum candles.mq5 |

//| by cja |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

#property copyright "Copyright 2013, MetaQuotes Software Corp."

#property link "MQL5: automated forex trading, strategy tester and custom indicators with MetaTrader"

#property version "1.00"

#property indicator_chart_window

#property indicator_buffers 5

#property indicator_plots 1

#property indicator_type1 DRAW_COLOR_CANDLES

#property indicator_color1 Green,Red,Gray

#property indicator_width1 3

#property indicator_label1 "Momentum Candles"

input int CandlePipValue = 10;

//--- indicator buffers

double ExtOBuffer[];

double ExtHBuffer[];

double ExtLBuffer[];

double ExtCBuffer[];

double ExtColorBuffer[];

//--- handles of indicators

//--- bars minimum for calculation

#define DATA_LIMIT 38

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//| Custom indicator initialization function |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

void OnInit()

{

//--- indicator buffers mapping

SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtOBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtHBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(2,ExtLBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(3,ExtCBuffer,INDICATOR_DATA);

SetIndexBuffer(4,ExtColorBuffer,INDICATOR_COLOR_INDEX);

//---

IndicatorSetInteger(INDICATOR_DIGITS,_Digits);

//--- sets first bar from what index will be drawn

IndicatorSetString(INDICATOR_SHORTNAME,"Momentum Candles");

//--- don't show indicator data in DataWindow

PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_SHOW_DATA,false);

//--- sets first candle from what index will be drawn

PlotIndexSetInteger(0,PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN,DATA_LIMIT);

//--- get handles

//--- initialization done

}

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 &TickVolume[],

const long &Volume[],

const int &Spread[])

{

int i,limit;

//--- we can copy not all data

int to_copy;

if(prev_calculated>rates_total || prev_calculated<0) to_copy=rates_total;

else

{

to_copy=rates_total-prev_calculated;

if(prev_calculated>0) to_copy++;

}

//--- set first bar from what calculation will start

if(prev_calculated<DATA_LIMIT)

limit=DATA_LIMIT;

else

limit=prev_calculated-1;

double pipModifier=1;

if (_Digits==3 || _Digits==5) pipModifier=10;

//--- the main loop of calculations

for(i=limit;i<rates_total && !IsStopped();i++)

{

ExtOBuffer=Open;

ExtHBuffer=High;

ExtLBuffer=Low;

ExtCBuffer=Close;

//--- set color for candle

ExtColorBuffer=2.0; // set gray Color

//--- check for Green Zone and set Color Green

if(Open>Close && (Open-Close)>=CandlePipValue*_Point*pipModifier)

ExtColorBuffer=1.0;

//--- check for Red Zone and set Color Red

if(Open=CandlePipValue*_Point*pipModifier)

ExtColorBuffer=0.0;

}

//--- return value of prev_calculated for next call

return(rates_total);

}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Thank you for your quick response to this, I got the MT5 indicator working

just brilliant

 

Candle colors

I forgot to mention if you want to display the no signal candles as normal MT5 candles replace line 12 with

#property indicator_color1 Green,Red,CLR_NONE

Files:
mom.gif  18 kb
 

Momentum candles 2

HELLO CJA,

Thanks for your skillful contributions.

I have been using the momentum candles and i have found out the momentum signals can be filtered to reduce some of the false signals by ADDING a 2nd rule based on pips difference between the LOW AND HIGH.

Can you please create this new version based on these rules ;

FOR GREEN CANDLE ;

(1) CLOSE IS ABOVE OPEN BY ...........X PIPS, and

(2) HIGH IS ABOVE LOW BY ...........X PIPS

FOR RED CANDLE ;

(1) CLOSE IS BELOW OPEN BY .......... X PIPS, and

(2) LOW IS BELOW HIGH BY ......... X PIPS

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED RESPONSE.

 

Added High Low option

Try these, the MQL4 should be good and the MQL5 should be alright but I have not done enough MQL5 code to be sure.

If you want the indicators to give the same signals as the previous versions just set the High low pip value to smaller than the Candle pip value.

momentum_candles_v1.mq5

momentum_candles_v1.mq4

 

Mom candles 2

Hello cja,

thank you very much for your prompt response.

 

Add Alerts please

Simple but very useful indicator! great.

You can add display alerts and email alerts?

thanks

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