The Matrix

[renexxxx]

I would love to code this variation by myself, but I'm afraid I just do not have the time by now. So just take my lines as a proposal.

Good idea ... this will make it a full matrix. I will change the code accordingly and upload the new version as soon as I have time.

Cheers!

[simplex]

Good idea ... this will make it a full matrix. I will change the code accordingly and upload the new version as soon as I have time.

One more thought: maybe you could add a new input variable when modifying your code:

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input int method = 0;

where:
method == 0: original display as you have it now
method == 1: modified display for full matrix

Thus the way of interpretation Spider suggested would also be possible in future.

Jürgen

[renexxxx]

I have made the change as suggested. Thanks for your input!

TheMatrix.png

TheMatrix.mq4

[simplex]

René,
Excellent coding - thanks a lot!

When browsing your code, the normalization algorithm in function calcSymbols() caught my attention.

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if ( max > min ) {
   for (int iSymbol = 0; iSymbol < ArraySize(symbols); iSymbol++) {
      symbols[iSymbol].value = 2 * ((symbols[iSymbol].value - min) / (max-min)) - 1.0;
   }
}

You seem to set the symbol with highest CSS slope at value +1 and the symbol with the lowest slope at -1. Then all other symbols get their values between those extremes, much like a stoch calculation.

I see the necessity for some kind of normalization for method CSS in order to map its readings to a limited colour scale. The implication of doing so is that we loose one of the best features of CSS: a measure for the weighted strength of a certain currency. We can only identify by colour intensity whether a currency is strong or weak as compared to the others, but IMO we don't have any chance to judge whether this colour mapping is caused by significant moves or just by random fluctuations.

The other methods you've implemented at the moment (ADX, Stochastic, and MFI) are defined on limited scales per se. So when it comes to mapping their original values to your -1 ... +1 scale a simple linear transformation applied to their scalar values would be sufficient. These are normalized per se, and a second normalization is being applied by your algorithm.

I do not state that it would be better to replace the second normalization by a simple linear transformation, but I do believe that the choice of appropriate normalization algorithms is crucial for any cluster indicator like this one - if and only IF normalization is necessary for a specific purpose.

I'd love to read about your thoughts that led to the specific algorithm you implemented here.

Cheers,

Jürgen

[renexxxx]

I'd love to read about your thoughts that led to the specific algorithm you implemented here.

Jürgen

Hi Jürgen,

The 'problem' is this: Map the set of symbol values to a color (RGB) range from 255:0:0 - 0:255:0. Obviously, we must be able to 'see' the differences in values, so, my solution was to map the highest symbol value to GREEN (0:255:0) and the lowest one to RED (255:0:0) and every other symbol value was linearly mapped to a color in between.

I agree that this can have problems. If for instance the highest value = +10 and the lowest value is -200 (for whatever performance indicator), but most values are within +10 and -10, the impact of the -200 value is huge and it means that most negative values have roughly the same color (red-brownish).

So, I am open to suggestions to improve this mapping from values to colors.

Rene.

[piter44]

Preview: The Matrix
Hi,
I've been redirected to this topic from forexfactory forum and I found that this indicator is very similiar to my daily manual calculations.
Basically I calculate strength of a currency by comparing current price to SMA. i.e.

I check current price of a pair and compare it with SMA (usually 89 but sometimes I change it) and then score currency. i.e.

I have eigth currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, NZD, CHF, CAD
and every day I check each cross and its position to SMA. (my basic timeframe is 4h)

And I put my observations into excel sheet:
SMA on EURUSD = 1.40 and current price is 1.32 so i give 1 point to USD and -1 point to EUR
SMA on GBPUSD = 1.60 and current price is 1.52 so i give 1 point to USD and -1 point to GBP
SMA on EURGBP = 0.90 and current price is 0.95 so i give 1 point to EUR and -1 point to GBP
So far I have:
EUR: 0
USD: 2
GBP: -2
etc.

Is it possible to modify your indicator and add comparision to SMA?

You can see how my excel looks in attached file.

Kind regards,
Piter

[renexxxx]

Preview: The Matrix
Hi,
I've been redirected to this topic from forexfactory forum and I found that this indicator is very similiar to my daily manual calculations.
Basically I calculate strength of a currency by comparing current price to SMA. i.e.

I check current price of a pair and compare it with SMA (usually 89 but sometimes I change it) and then score currency. i.e.

I have eigth currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, NZD, CHF, CAD
and every day I check each cross and its position to SMA. (my basic timeframe is 4h)

And I put my observations into excel sheet:
SMA on EURUSD = 1.40 and current price is 1.32 so i give 1 point to USD and -1 point to EUR
SMA on GBPUSD = 1.60 and current price is 1.52 so i give 1 point to USD and -1 point to GBP
SMA on EURGBP = 0.90 and current price is 0.95 so i give 1 point to EUR and -1 point to GBP
So far I have:
EUR: 0
USD: 2
GBP: -2
etc.

Is it possible to modify your indicator and add comparision to SMA?

You can see how my excel looks in attached file.

Kind regards,
Piter

Hi piter44,

This sort of thing can be easily done, by changing a few lines in the calcSymbols function. Apart from the column and row totals this is pretty much what you want, right? For instance, on H4, the JPY row is GREEN. This is a visual clue that JPY must be strong (on H4) -- however, there is no row total - you will have to add that yourself, if this is absolutely necessary.

TheMatrixSMA.png

I have attached the updated code. (Select the appropriate CalcMethod) The idea is and has been to use this 'Matrix' as a visualisation tool to display a certain indicator value. Obviously, the number of indicators is infinite and I can not add code for each of them. So, hopefully, people would use this code to create their own 'Matrix'.

Cheers ... Rene.

[piter44]

Brilliant!

Thank You very much

[simplex]

I agree that this can have problems. If for instance the highest value = +10 and the lowest value is -200 (for whatever performance indicator), but most values are within +10 and -10, the impact of the -200 value is huge and it means that most negative values have roughly the same color (red-brownish).

So, I am open to suggestions to improve this mapping from values to colors.

Well, my basic question at this point is: why should a calculation, that is normalized per se (e.g. Stochastic) be normalized a second time before being mapped to a colour code?

If you want your visualization to be as close as possible to the original Stochastic values, a simple scalar rescaling would do to fit into your -1 ... +1 scale:

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stoch_rescaled = (stoch_raw - 50.0) / 50.0;

If you want to expand stoch_raw in order to utilize the full spectrum of a chosen range of colours, your second normalization is a good choice and the result is the visualization of a 'dual-normalized' Stochastic.

Maybe it is a question of a specific trading strategy that would make one of those two methods more preferrable.

Have a nice weekend!

Jürgen

[obob]

thank you for the fantastic indicator.
It literally transformed my trading (especially the addition of above/below MA option).

I have a question...
I keep an eye on several currency pairs on the TheMatrix indi.
I would like to manually mark them with either a shape or an arrow (whatever even vertical and horiz. lines would work), but after I put marks on the chart, they disappear (go into background) after few seconds.
Is there a way of marking certain squares?

thank you