mrtools wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:36 amWould make a wild guess it is using buffer#3 which would be the trend buffer, which would be if trend = 1 = buy and trend =-1 = sell.schemman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:01 amDear experts,
I was trying to code a simple EA with the "Super smoothed average trend 1.2" by Jimmy, which is an indicator in the Top 10 NRP indicators list in here (attached below for ease of access). The idea is to make a buy order when the indicator turns Green (by default) and sell order vice versa. I was trying to find the indicator values using iCustom function during backtesting as shown below.
When I execute this, it returns Empty_Value in Line Index 2 and 3, while the rest of them are zero. I tried using backtest data where the indicator shows green, as well as red, but the return values did not change at all.Code: Select all
#include <stdlib.mqh> extern int AvgPeriod1 = 34; extern ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE AvgPrice1 = PRICE_CLOSE; void OnTick() { double CustomIndi0 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 0, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 0 is: ", CustomIndi0); double CustomIndi1 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 1, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 1 is: ", CustomIndi1); double CustomIndi2 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 2, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 2 is: ", CustomIndi2); double CustomIndi3 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 3, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 3 is: ", CustomIndi3); double CustomIndi4 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 4, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 4 is: ", CustomIndi4); double CustomIndi5 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 5, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 5 is: ", CustomIndi5); double CustomIndi6 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 6, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 6 is: ", CustomIndi6); double CustomIndi7 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 7, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 7 is: ", CustomIndi7); double CustomIndi8 = iCustom(Symbol(), 15, "Super smoothed average trend 1.2", AvgPeriod1, AvgPrice1, 8, 1); Print("The value of Indicator Buffer 8 is: ", CustomIndi8); }
Any help would be highly appreciated. Thank you very much for your time.
Thank you very much for responding, MrTools.
The problem I have is that I never got the iCustom to return a value other than 2147483647.0 for Buffer#3! "The value of Indicator Buffer 3 is: 2147483647.0" is always the result I get, despite the indicator going through Buy or Sell regions. Same goes with buffer#2, whille all other buffers return 0. Am I using the iCustom right?