Donchian Channels.mq4

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//|                      Donchian Channels - Generalized version.mq4 |
//|                         Copyright © 2005, Luis Guilherme Damiani |
//|                                      http://www.damianifx.com.br |
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#property copyright "Copyright © 2005, Luis Guilherme Damiani"
#property link      "http://www.damianifx.com.br"

#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_color1 Magenta
#property indicator_color2 Magenta

//Periods: number of bars used for calculating the Donchian channel 
//Extremes: if 1 uses the highest high and the lowest low -> I do not recomend using this
//			if 0 uses the open of the extremes bar -> the open point of a bar (as well as the close
//				are the points of maximum probability of concentration of the prices during the bar
//			if 3 uses the median point most extreme open and lowest low or highest high
//Margins: is the percent of the channel subtrated from the channel border before printing it, negative values are allowed
//Advance: the numbers of bars ahead

//---- input parameters
extern int      Periods=24;
extern int      Extremes=3;
extern int      Margins=-2;
extern int      Advance=0;
extern int      max_bars=700;

//---- buffers
double ExtMapBuffer1[];
double ExtMapBuffer2[];
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//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
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int init()
  {
//---- indicators
   SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_LINE,1,2);
   SetIndexBuffer(0,ExtMapBuffer1);
   SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_LINE,1,2);
   SetIndexBuffer(1,ExtMapBuffer2);

//----
   return(0);
  }
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//| Custor indicator deinitialization function                       |
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int deinit()
  {
//---- 
   
//----
   return(0);
  }
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//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
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int start()
{
   int    fixed_bars=IndicatorCounted();
   //---- 
   
   //int shift=0;//, cnt(0), loopbegin(0);
   double smin=0, smax=0, SsMax=0, SsMin=0;
   //Variables : bar(0), prevbars(0), start(0), cs(0), prevcs(0),commodt(0);

   for (int shift=0;shift< max_bars;shift++)
   {
	  if (Extremes ==1)
	  {
		 SsMax = High[Highest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,Periods,shift)];
		 SsMin = Low[Lowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW,Periods,shift)];
	  }
	  else if (Extremes == 3)
	  {
		 SsMax = (Open[Highest(NULL,0,MODE_OPEN,Periods,shift)]+High[Highest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,Periods,shift)])/2;
		 SsMin = (Open[Lowest(NULL,0,MODE_OPEN,Periods,shift)]+Low[Lowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW,Periods,shift)])/2;
	  }
	     else
	  {
		SsMax = Open[Highest(NULL,0,MODE_OPEN,Periods,shift)];
		SsMin = Open[Lowest(NULL,0,MODE_OPEN,Periods,shift)];
	  }
	  smin = SsMin+(SsMax-SsMin)*Margins/100;
	  smax = SsMax-(SsMax-SsMin)*Margins/100;
	  ExtMapBuffer1[shift-Advance]=smin;
	  ExtMapBuffer2[shift-Advance]=smax;
   }
//----
   
   return(0);
  }
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