• Development of a New ZigZag Indicator

Posted: **Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:54 am**

Dear all,
I am currently working on a demo version of a ZigZag indicator. First and foremost, I would like to extend my gratitude to Xard777 for developing the original "ZigZag Semaphore" version, which served as an inspiration for my work.

In my demo, I have made some modifications:
The indicator uses 5 dots instead of the original 4.
The periods applied are different from the standard version.

I have several ideas for further improvements and additional features, but before proceeding, I would greatly appreciate your feedback:
What are your initial impressions of the current version?
Do you have any suggestions or ideas that could enhance its functionality?

Your insights and expertise would be invaluable in refining this tool. Looking forward to your thoughts.
Best regards,
Thoth

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Posted: **Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:16 am**

Hi guys, love the community, absolutely amazing, not looking for freebies, ust have a code and struggling to convert to mql5. any help would be appreciated.

Posted: **Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:46 am**

NUMEROTRADER1 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:16 am Hi guys, love the community, absolutely amazing, not looking for freebies, ust have a code and struggling to convert to mql5. any help would be appreciated.

Hi NUMEROTRADER1,
I just saw the message now. I didn't get a notification. I'm still a beginner. If I can, I'll gladly convert it for you. It depends on the complexity. I'd need to see it first. You can choose how to send it. If it's confidential, you can share it privately.
I don’t use MT4, and I’d need to see some screenshots to understand whether I’m doing it correctly or not. Thanks.

Posted: **Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:04 pm**

Thoth wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 2:54 am Dear all,
I am currently working on a demo version of a ZigZag indicator. First and foremost, I would like to extend my gratitude to Xard777 for developing the original "ZigZag Semaphore" version, which served as an inspiration for my work.

In my demo, I have made some modifications:
The indicator uses 5 dots instead of the original 4.
The periods applied are different from the standard version.

I have several ideas for further improvements and additional features, but before proceeding, I would greatly appreciate your feedback:
What are your initial impressions of the current version?
Do you have any suggestions or ideas that could enhance its functionality?

Your insights and expertise would be invaluable in refining this tool. Looking forward to your thoughts.
Best regards,
Thoth
ZigZag (Demo).ex5

so far so good...If can remove clr from colour code..so easly can backtest extreme dot .

Posted: **Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:39 pm**

JohnL33 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:04 pm so far so good...If can remove clr from colour code..so easly can backtest extreme dot .

Let me explain what I attempted to do.
The dots are not simple objects—I inserted them as plots. I tried adding a global Boolean input to disable the color using clrnone, but the result was that they became invisible. I also attempted to create a color transparency code, but they disappeared again.
I don’t know how to achieve this, and I don’t think it’s possible—though I may be mistaken.
Later today, I will try converting them into objects to see if it can be done when they are objects rather than plots.
I’m still not very skilled with objects and plots, so I read extensively before finding a satisfactory solution.

Posted: **Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:47 pm**

Thoth wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:39 pm Let me explain what I attempted to do.
The dots are not simple objects—I inserted them as plots. I tried adding a global Boolean input to disable the color using clrnone, but the result was that they became invisible. I also attempted to create a color transparency code, but they disappeared again.
I don’t know how to achieve this, and I don’t think it’s possible—though I may be mistaken.
Later today, I will try converting them into objects to see if it can be done when they are objects rather than plots.
I’m still not very skilled with objects and plots, so I read extensively before finding a satisfactory solution.

Try ask claude...maybe they got solution. I always ask them and they answers me politely even my question are very newbie sometime.
i pray you will get what you want.

Posted: **Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:26 pm**

JohnL33 wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:47 pm Try ask claude...maybe they got solution. I always ask them and they answers me politely even my question are very newbie sometime.
i pray you will get what you want.

I created a version of the dots as objects instead of plots.
I’m not entirely satisfied with it because it has some annoying glitches when the graph moves.
Between today and tomorrow, I’ll try to see if I can fix it.

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