DesideriusDesiderius 2005.05.09 15:24 

Alimin

I had the same request. I tool one of the samples "Bands" and changed it to EMA. The code is below. I changed the line

MovingBuffer[i]=iMA(NULL,0,BandsPeriod,BandsShift,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i);

to

MovingBuffer[i]=iMA(NULL,0,BandsPeriod,BandsShift,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i);

Des





//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Bands.mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2005, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| http://www.metaquotes.net/ |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2005, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.metaquotes.net/"

#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 3
#property indicator_color1 LightSeaGreen
#property indicator_color2 LightSeaGreen
#property indicator_color3 LightSeaGreen
//---- indicator parameters
extern int BandsPeriod=20;
extern int BandsShift=0;
extern double BandsDeviations=2.0;
//---- buffers
double MovingBuffer[];
double UpperBuffer[];
double LowerBuffer[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- indicators
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(0,MovingBuffer);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(1,UpperBuffer);
SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexBuffer(2,LowerBuffer);
//----
SetIndexDrawBegin(0,BandsPeriod+BandsShift);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1,BandsPeriod+BandsShift);
SetIndexDrawBegin(2,BandsPeriod+BandsShift);
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Bollinger Bands |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int i,k,counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
double deviation;
double sum,oldval,newres;
//----
if(Bars<=BandsPeriod) return(0);
//---- initial zero
if(counted_bars<1)
for(i=1;i<=BandsPeriod;i++)
{
MovingBuffer[Bars-i]=EMPTY_VALUE;
UpperBuffer[Bars-i]=EMPTY_VALUE;
LowerBuffer[Bars-i]=EMPTY_VALUE;
}
//----
int limit=Bars-counted_bars;
if(counted_bars>0) limit++;
for(i=0; i<limit; i++)
MovingBuffer[i]=iMA(NULL,0,BandsPeriod,BandsShift,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i);
//----
i=Bars-BandsPeriod+1;
if(counted_bars>BandsPeriod-1) i=Bars-counted_bars-1;
while(i>=0)
{
sum=0.0;
k=i+BandsPeriod-1;
oldval=MovingBuffer[i];
while(k>=i)
{
newres=Close[k]-oldval;
sum+=newres*newres;
k--;
}
deviation=BandsDeviations*MathSqrt(sum/BandsPeriod);
UpperBuffer[i]=oldval+deviation;
LowerBuffer[i]=oldval-deviation;
i--;
}
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

DesideriusDesiderius 2005.05.12 01:09 

Any time mate