Question about "Impulse up/down" block
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I'm looking for a new EA very close to what "Impulse up/down" block apparently does, but I would like some additional information to confirm I understand it correctly please. These are the parameters I'm not sure of:
- Quiet bars. If I select "2", I understand that candles ID 1 and 2 will be checked while candle 0 is still forming. Right?
- Quite bar min size. If I select a 0, then every candle will be checkhed?
- Impulse strengh. The explanation is clear but I can read it considers the maximum quiet bar as the only trigger to pass the block. I see this maximum cannot be specified anywhere whereas the minimum can be in the previous parameter. Is that correct?
- Impulse shift. This is the more intriguing part and I would appreciate some clarification here. If I understand it correctly, 0 means that if the impulse is reached right now at candle 0, the block passes. But what's the difference between values 1 and 2? In both cases the impulse must have been completed at candle 1 to the block to pass. What does "...and old" mean in option 2?
Let me say that these blocks are almost perfect for what I'm looking for. I would just need some minor hints to get the following:
a) Instead of looking for the "maximum quiet bar", I need to know the average range of pips for that number of quiet candles.
b) Then the "impulse strength" would be calculated on that average range instead of on the maximum quiet bar only.
Could you please tell me how should I set the parameters to achieve that?
Thank you very much in advance.
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You know, I don't recommend using this block and also the blocks around this one who have crazy names. I made this block long time ago when I was thinking that "I should create as many blocks as possible". In reality, what this block tries to do is better to be done with a custom indicator. I basically created just a single custom indicator with this block, which is not a real custom indicator.
I also kinda forgot what the values mean in this block. This block should detect when the current bar is much bigger than the previous bars, so "quiet" bars are those small bars that are supposed to exist before the current big bar. And "min size" is a filter that tells that each of these small bars must be at least 10 pips (this is the default value). This is because sometimes bars are much smaller and the detected "impulse" bar is actually not so big.
Impulse shift is when you want to look at the previous bar, or some previous bar. Instead of looking at the current bar, look at some of the already closed bars. Nothing special.
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I see. It's interesting you discourage to use some blocks. Maybe you would consider the possibility of removing them from fxDreema?
I agree that a custom indicator should be the best solution, but what this block does, apparently, is almost exactly what I'm looking for.Could you please recommend me what blocks should I use for an indicator such as the one explaint at my first message? I don't need a full structure, just let me see how to begin with.
Thank you in advance.
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Ok. I tried my first EA using those blocks: please, click here
But I found an unexpected problem. I don't know why, but I canoot run the EA on my MT4!! :(. It is depeicted with a grey circle at my EA's list whereas all my other installed ones are depicted in yellow colour. This is the first time this happens to me by using FxDreema.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Well, I can hide blocks, but then people who used them will see a message that says that some of the blocks in their project are not listed anymore and I think at least one person will ask me to list them back
This gray circle means that there is no .mq4 file. You can download the .mq4 file and it will become yellow, but this will not change anything about the EA
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@fxdreema said in Question about "Impulse up/down" block:
This gray circle means that there is no .mq4 file. You can download the .mq4 file and it will become yellow, but this will not change anything about the EA
I downloaded it as a mq4 file. I tried it again to be sure, but it's still grey :(. I have other EAs, and all are shown correctly in yellow. I can't see why this is happening to this EA only.
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The problem persists. I tried it at different MT4 platforms but to no avail. This is very weird. All my other EAs work perfectly when downloaded as a mq4 file. This is the only one that doesn't.
Any suggestion?
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I tried it with up to four different MT4 platforms and it doesn't work. Could someone please just check it doesn't happen to me only? I would appreciate any member of this forum offering some help.
Thank you very much in advance
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But can you compile the .mq4 file with MetaEditor, is everything with the code correct?
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I compiled it with metaeditor and four errors are detected. The problem is that I don't know what they mean because I'm not a programmer :(. Here they are:
- 'Bars' - variable already defined
- 'Volume' - variable already defined
- '' - invalid array access
- 'Volume' - invalid array access
'Bars' and 'Volume' are in effect variables I created to change them at will. I don't understand what's the problem. Any hint, please?
