[PYenner]

CCI_T3_1.mq4
This is a version of Sniper using arrays for e1 to e6 instead of variables.
It confirms that arrays should have been used for the emas although the difference will only show up on live ticks.

This left the MT4 version without enough arrays to show the histogram lines, so what you get instead is a rainbow sequence of lines showing how the cci input signal gets progressively smoothed and delayed by the emas.

If NT has only 7 arrays then it looks like some of the later emas might be omitted, freeing up enough arrays to allow use of histo bars, same goes for an MT4 version, but is a more leading version of Sniper needed as it will also have more noise?

Judge from the rainbow lines...
Black line is the regular Sniper output.
Red line is e1 input, yellow is e2 etc thru to black.

If Sniper is going to get ported to other platforms, it might be worth going for arrays to guarantee stability on ticks, but reducing the number of arrays so that the common platforms can all still do histo bars.

[Sparrow]

Bruce, Congrats on solving the tough problems with the Sniper CCI.
I might have not phrased my NT stuff clearly, NT has an unlimited amount of arrays.

I did a 1:1 translation of Bruce's code of the ADXVMA to NT.
Things could be simplified using more NT indicators, Bruce should be much better at that.

Hope I got it right, have fun.

Cheers

[PYenner]

Originally Posted by Sparrow »

Bruce, Congrats on solving the tough problems with the Sniper CCI.
Hope I got it right, have fun.

Looks like I didn't get it right...
Got the line sequence mixed up somehow.
So I will pull the attachment and have another go.
Back to the drawing board...
Cheers

[Blu-Ray]

Bruce

If you are thinking of moving over to Ninja Trader, the language looks very similar to MT4, so it might not be as much of this

Cheers

Blu-Ray

[PYenner]

CCI_T3_2.mq4
This time..
I am trying to avoid having MT4 diseases passed on to other platforms.
Sniper ran out of arrays so he cheated and used variables for the T3 ema's.
Result was that it malfunctions on live ticks, so he used a repaint step to correct the bars, but not the ticks.

If Sniper is going to be ported to other platforms then it has to use arrays for the emas. But then MT4 is unable to do arrays plus histo bars.

One option is to do without histo bars on MT4.
This is the other option, drop e6 which is the slowest of the ema's.
Result is a bit more leading than sniper and a bit more noise.
But if b=0.4 is used (default is 0.618) then you get something close to sniper but with no MT4 foulups to be passed on to other platforms.
It also won't be exactly T3 anymore... so you don't exactly win.

Whatever goes down, I hope other platforms will stick to using arrays so that the tick problem does not spread beyond MT4.

Another option would be to leave the MT4 version of sniper as it is, with tick problems, but just make sure that other platforms do it properly with arrays.

So, this version has arrays, but with e6[i] deleted in order to have histo bars.

If other people see other options then now might be a time to sort it out.

Whatever
Cheers all.

[PYenner]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray »

Bruce
If you are thinking of moving over to Ninja Trader, the language looks very similar to MT4, so it might not be as much of this
Cheers
Blu-Ray

Blu I have a foot in both camps now and you know
I like MT4 a lot but the diy indicator stuff seriously sucks and lack of English documentation is a major part of the problem.

There are some seriously good looking MT4 things coming out of Russia, like fast fourier transforms but again, no english versions,

I seem to be the only twit trying to program in MT4.
I'm not a whiz bang programmer, just a hacker, slow poke whatever.
I could surely have used some company from someone who knew something about MT4. But I don't even know how many people even want to stick with MT4.

I do want to look at volume and volume based charts.
So that means either NT or excel. Bought excel to do analysis, havn't used it yet. Just got NT demo going, I think At least it has better documentation than MT4 at first glance.

I don't think Sparrow will need help from me, I'm too slow.
So, maybe I can take a holiday anyway.
I would be happy to see the bulk of the development being done on NT or whatever fills the need.

I lost a week chasing around for an answer to the array shortage, googling programs to see how to do subroutines etc basic stuff but where is it documented? Cant be repeating overheads like that. If it can't be done in MT4 in a realistic "competitive" fashion, then I'm inclined to vote with my feet and move to NT or excel.
Cheers.

[walterw]

Bruce : between NT and excell... excell doesnt have "traders" friendly charting environment... also, data feed issues.... for example I am enjoying right now a global crosshair on NT that we didnt have on mt4, so you can see what happens on diferent charts more clearly...

Thats my two cents comparing the "traders" side of this two platforms... cheers Walter.

[Sparrow]

Bruce,

You have a lot more insight into indicator development, than I do which imo is the more important thing. Porting from MT4 is pretty easy most of the time, but designing an indicator takes more than that. What I did with the rainbow and bands is a whole different beast, most of the time it requires just some simple lines of code. And remember I only got like 4 weeks of on and off experience with NT myself.

I think you'll have an easier time on NT and less headaches. One of the drawbacks is that there aren't that many indicators by other people around so MT4 still has its merits.

We could team up of course.

Cheers