ColorX2MA_Alert – indicator MetaTrader 5

The ColorX2MA indicator, which features alerts, sending emails and push-notifications to mobile devices.

The following changes have been made to the indicator code in order to implement the alerts, email messages and push-notifications:

1. Introduced new input parameters

   //---- Input variables for alerts 
   input uint NumberofBar=1;                    //Bar number for the signal
   input bool SoundON=true;                     //Enable alerts
   input uint NumberofAlerts=2;                 //Number of alerts
   input bool EMailON=false;                    //Enable mailing the signal
   input bool PushON=false;                     //Enable sending the signal to mobile devices
   

2. Added three new functions to the end of the indicator code: BuySignal(), SellSignal() and GetStringTimeframe()

   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   //| Buy signal function                                              |
   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   void BuySignal(string SignalSirname,// text of the indicator name for email and push messages
                  double &ColorArray[],// color index buffer
                  int ColorIndex,// color index in the color index buffer to generate a signal
                  const int Rates_total,     // the current number of bars
                  const int Prev_calculated, // the number of bars on the previous tick
                  const double &Close[],     // close price
                  const int &Spread[])       // spread
     {
   //---
      static uint counter=0;
      if(Rates_total!=Prev_calculated) counter=0;
   
      bool BuySignal=false;
      bool SeriesTest=ArrayGetAsSeries(ColorArray);
      int index,index1;
      if(SeriesTest)
        {
         index=int(NumberofBar);
         index1=index+1;
        }
      else
        {
         index=Rates_total-int(NumberofBar)-1;
         index1=index-1;
        }
      if(ColorArray[index1]!=ColorIndex && ColorArray[index]==ColorIndex) BuySignal=true;
      if(BuySignal && counter<=NumberofAlerts)
        {
         counter++;
         MqlDateTime tm;
         TimeToStruct(TimeCurrent(),tm);
         string text=TimeToString(TimeCurrent(),TIME_DATE)+" "+string(tm.hour)+":"+string(tm.min);
         SeriesTest=ArrayGetAsSeries(Close);
         if(SeriesTest) index=int(NumberofBar);
         else index=Rates_total-int(NumberofBar)-1;
         double Ask=Close[index];
         double Bid=Close[index];
         SeriesTest=ArrayGetAsSeries(Spread);
         if(SeriesTest) index=int(NumberofBar);
         else index=Rates_total-int(NumberofBar)-1;
         Bid+=Spread[index];
         string sAsk=DoubleToString(Ask,_Digits);
         string sBid=DoubleToString(Bid,_Digits);
         string sPeriod=GetStringTimeframe(ChartPeriod());
         if(SoundON) Alert("BUY signal \n Ask=",Ask,"\n Bid=",Bid,"\n currtime=",text,"\n Symbol=",Symbol()," Period=",sPeriod);
         if(EMailON) SendMail(SignalSirname+": BUY signal alert","BUY signal at Ask="+sAsk+", Bid="+sBid+", Date="+text+" Symbol="+Symbol()+" Period="+sPeriod);
         if(PushON) SendNotification(SignalSirname+": BUY signal at Ask="+sAsk+", Bid="+sBid+", Date="+text+" Symbol="+Symbol()+" Period="+sPeriod);
        }
   
   //---
     }
   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   //| Sell signal function                                             |
   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   void SellSignal(string SignalSirname,      // text of the indicator name for email and push messages
                   double &ColorArray[],       // color index buffer
                   int ColorIndex,             // color index in the color index buffer to generate a signal
                   const int Rates_total,     // the current number of bars
                   const int Prev_calculated, // the number of bars on the previous tick
                   const double &Close[],     // close price
                   const int &Spread[])       // spread
     {
   //---
      static uint counter=0;
      if(Rates_total!=Prev_calculated) counter=0;
   
      bool SellSignal=false;
      bool SeriesTest=ArrayGetAsSeries(ColorArray);
      int index,index1;
      if(SeriesTest)
        {
         index=int(NumberofBar);
         index1=index+1;
        }
      else
        {
         index=Rates_total-int(NumberofBar)-1;
         index1=index-1;
        }
      if(ColorArray[index1]!=ColorIndex && ColorArray[index]==ColorIndex) SellSignal=true;
      if(SellSignal && counter<=NumberofAlerts)
        {
         counter++;
         MqlDateTime tm;
         TimeToStruct(TimeCurrent(),tm);
         string text=TimeToString(TimeCurrent(),TIME_DATE)+" "+string(tm.hour)+":"+string(tm.min);
         SeriesTest=ArrayGetAsSeries(Close);
         if(SeriesTest) index=int(NumberofBar);
         else index=Rates_total-int(NumberofBar)-1;
         double Ask=Close[index];
         double Bid=Close[index];
         SeriesTest=ArrayGetAsSeries(Spread);
         if(SeriesTest) index=int(NumberofBar);
         else index=Rates_total-int(NumberofBar)-1;
         Bid+=Spread[index];
         string sAsk=DoubleToString(Ask,_Digits);
         string sBid=DoubleToString(Bid,_Digits);
         string sPeriod=GetStringTimeframe(ChartPeriod());
         if(SoundON) Alert("SELL signal \n Ask=",Ask,"\n Bid=",Bid,"\n currtime=",text,"\n Symbol=",Symbol()," Period=",sPeriod);
         if(EMailON) SendMail(SignalSirname+": SELL signal alert","SELL signal at Ask="+sAsk+", Bid="+sBid+", Date="+text+" Symbol="+Symbol()+" Period="+sPeriod);
         if(PushON) SendNotification(SignalSirname+": SELL signal at Ask="+sAsk+", Bid="+sBid+", Date="+text+" Symbol="+Symbol()+" Period="+sPeriod);
        }
   //---
     }
   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   //|  Getting the timeframe as a string                               |
   //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
   string GetStringTimeframe(ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe)
     {
   //----
      return(StringSubstr(EnumToString(timeframe),7,-1));
   //----
     }
   

3. Added a couple of calls to BuySignal() and SellSignal() functions after the indicator calculation cycles in the OnCalculate() block

   //---     
      BuySignal("X2MA_Alert",ColorX2MA,1,rates_total,prev_calculated,close,spread);
      SellSignal("X2MA_Alert",ColorX2MA,2,rates_total,prev_calculated,close,spread);
   //--- 
   

Where ColorX2MA is the name of the color index buffer for storing line color in the form of an index.

It is assumed that the only one call to the BuySignal() and SellSignal() functions will be used in the OnCalculate() block of the indicator code.

The indicator uses the classes of SmoothAlgorithms.mqh library (copy it to <terminal_data_folder>\MQL5\Include). The use of the classes was thoroughly described in the article “Averaging Price Series for Intermediate Calculations Without Using Additional Buffers”.

Fig1. The ColorX2MA_Alert indicator on the chart

Fig.2. The ColorX2MA_Alert indicator. Generating alerts.