//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom MACD.mq4 |
//| Copyright ?2004, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| http://www.metaquotes.net/ |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright ?2004, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.metaquotes.net/"
//---- indicator settings
#property indicator_separate_window
#property indicator_buffers 3
#property indicator_color1 Silver
#property indicator_color2 Gold
#property indicator_color3 Red
#property indicator_width1 1
//---- indicator parameters
extern int FastEMA=12;
extern int SlowEMA=26;
extern int SignalEMA=9;
//---- indicator buffers
double MacdBuffer[];
double SignalBuffer[];
double DiffBuffer[];
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- drawing settings
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE);
SetIndexStyle(2,DRAW_HISTOGRAM);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1,SignalEMA);
IndicatorDigits(Digits+1);
//---- indicator buffers mapping
SetIndexBuffer(0,MacdBuffer);
SetIndexBuffer(1,SignalBuffer);
SetIndexBuffer(2,DiffBuffer);
//---- name for DataWindow and indicator subwindow label
IndicatorShortName("MACD("+FastEMA+","+SlowEMA+","+SignalEMA+")");
SetIndexLabel(0,"MACD");
SetIndexLabel(1,"Signal");
SetIndexLabel(2,"Diff");
//---- initialization done
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Moving Averages Convergence/Divergence |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int limit;
int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if(counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;
limit=Bars-counted_bars;
//---- macd counted in the 1-st buffer
for(int i=0; i<limit; i++)
MacdBuffer=iMA(NULL,0,FastEMA,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i)-iMA
(NULL,0,SlowEMA,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,i);
//---- signal line counted in the 2-nd buffer
for(i=0; i<limit; i++)
SignalBuffer=iMAOnArray(MacdBuffer,Bars,SignalEMA,0,MODE_EMA,i);
for(i=0; i<limit; i++)
DiffBuffer=MacdBuffer-SignalBuffer;
//---- done
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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