Cycle KROUFR indicator and ICustom function

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Cycle KROUFR indicator and ICustom function

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Hello everybody,

I would need your help to solve a problem I encountered when trying to extract the value of the buffer of this indicator by the ICuston function.

The problem is the following:
1)when I attach the indicator "Cycle KROUFR" to a graph the " data window" shows correctly one variable (with all values of the plotted line of interest). The values range is from 0 to 100.
2) I try to import into an EA these values by the ICustom function assigning the buffer number 0 and shift 1 as follow:
double Signal_Krouf_1 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "Cycle KROUFR", 12,24,50,false, 0, 1);

3) I print the output of the variable Signal_Krouf_1, but the rendering is only a series of 0 and 100 without any other value in the between.

4) No warning appears in the Empty4 diary

I am puzzling my mind if I am doing some mistake or this indicator has some problem into its buffer code.

Please could any coder help ?
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Re: Cycle KROUFR indicator and ICustom function

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PIPone wrote:Hello everybody,

I would need your help to solve a problem I encountered when trying to extract the value of the buffer of this indicator by the ICuston function.

The problem is the following:
1)when I attach the indicator "Cycle KROUFR" to a graph the " data window" shows correctly one variable (with all values of the plotted line of interest). The values range is from 0 to 100.
2) I try to import into an EA these values by the ICustom function assigning the buffer number 0 and shift 1 as follow:
double Signal_Krouf_1 = iCustom(NULL, 0, "Cycle KROUFR", 12,24,50,false, 0, 1);

3) I print the output of the variable Signal_Krouf_1, but the rendering is only a series of 0 and 100 without any other value in the between.

4) No warning appears in the Empty4 diary

I am puzzling my mind if I am doing some mistake or this indicator has some problem into its buffer code.

Please could any coder help ?
Hi

after a very quick look, I can see there are 8 buffers in this indicators. Try first to print all values for this 8 buffers and let us know.

Cheers

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Re: Cycle KROUFR indicator and ICustom function

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Hi

after a very quick look, I can see there are 8 buffers in this indicators. Try first to print all values for this 8 buffers and let us know.

Cheers

Philippe[/quote]



Hi Philippe,

I have written a short EA to print out all the buffers, but it is still unclear to me which is the right one among the 8.
I attach the buffer tester, and I would appreciate if you could run it and take a look to the outputs in the diary of Empty4. I hope my coding is correct since I am a very newbie to MQL. :D
This Cycle KROUFR indi seems a good one to me, and the efforts to fix the buffer issue might be worthwhile for testing some strategies.

Thank you , looking forward to hear your advice...
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Re: Cycle KROUFR indicator and ICustom function

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What do you want? The value of the graph (violet line)?
If yes, it should be the buffer 0, so the function call would be like that:

Code: Select all

iCustom(NULL,0,"Cycle KROUFR",FastMA,SlowMA,Crosses,false,0,barshift);
FastMA,SlowMA,Crosses are the variables you have to set, barshift is how many candles to look back, 0:current candle, 1:last candle, etc. pp.) ...

If you not sure what buffer to look at, a nice way is to edit the indicator and insert SetIndexLabel() for each buffer, e.g.:
under SetIndexBuffer(1, MCD);
set SetIndexLabel(1,"MCD");

then when hovering with the mouse about the values, it shows you the label name, :idea:
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Re: Cycle KROUFR indicator and ICustom function

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fxdaytrader wrote:What do you want? The value of the graph (violet line)?
If yes, it should be the buffer 0, so the function call would be like that:

Code: Select all

iCustom(NULL,0,"Cycle KROUFR",FastMA,SlowMA,Crosses,false,0,barshift);
FastMA,SlowMA,Crosses are the variables you have to set, barshift is how many candles to look back, 0:current candle, 1:last candle, etc. pp.) ...

If you not sure what buffer to look at, a nice way is to edit the indicator and insert SetIndexLabel() for each buffer, e.g.:
under SetIndexBuffer(1, MCD);
set SetIndexLabel(1,"MCD");

then when hovering with the mouse about the values, it shows you the label name, :idea:

Exactly fxdaytrader, I would like to obtain the value of the violet line in the graph!
I agree with you that it should be buffer 0 so I used your expression changing the setting of parameters as in the default of Cycle KROUFR indicator:
therefore....
iCustom(NULL,0,"Cycle KROUFR",FastMA,SlowMA,Crosses,false,0,barshift);

with buffer = 0 and barshift = 1 is now:

double Signal_Krouf_1 = iCustom(NULL,0,"Cycle KROUFR",12,24,50,false,0,1);

I printed all 8 buffers with a BT, but the results are strange as you can see hereunder (the buffer_0 assumes only the 0 and 100 values):

2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:03 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0.0167
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 1
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.4692
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.4694
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 0.0007
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 20:00 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.4692
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.4683
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 0.0006
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:59 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 100
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.4692
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.4683
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 0.0006
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:56 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 100
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.4692
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.4683
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 0.0006
2013.09.09 18:32:30 2008.01.02 19:53 Buffer test kroufr_2 EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 100

Please help , this is driving me crazy :cry:
Any logic explanations? where have gone all the values between 0 and 100 for buffer_0?
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i do not know what you're doing wrong.
load that two indis (the one should be the same you have already) and theother one, it just writes a comment with the current and last bars value ...
on my Empty4 it works.
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fxdaytrader wrote:i do not know what you're doing wrong.
load that two indis (the one should be the same you have already) and theother one, it just writes a comment with the current and last bars value ...
on my Empty4 it works.
ok thank you fxdaytrader, your indicator work fine also on my Empty4 (see screenshot).
I have now a suspect that the problem is into the backtester of my Empty4: infact during the BT the values of the buffer_0 are anomaluos, but when I attach my buffer tester EA to the graph the buffer_0 values are showed correct.
I have Empty4 build 509 , I do not know how to solve this problem during BT, maybe a bug of Empty4?
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PIPone wrote:
fxdaytrader wrote:i do not know what you're doing wrong.
load that two indis (the one should be the same you have already) and theother one, it just writes a comment with the current and last bars value ...
on my Empty4 it works.
ok thank you fxdaytrader, your indicator work fine also on my Empty4 (see screenshot).
I have now a suspect that the problem is into the backtester of my Empty4: infact during the BT the values of the buffer_0 are anomaluos, but when I attach my buffer tester EA to the graph the buffer_0 values are showed correct.
I have Empty4 build 509 , I do not know how to solve this problem during BT, maybe a bug of Empty4?


Finally solved the rebus!
I tryed a backtest tick by tick and surprisingly the values of buffer_0 are now showed correctly in the diary... Anyway a quite strange behaviour of Empty4 backtester. :shock:

Thank you a lot for the support ! :D

2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_7 18
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_6 1076
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_5 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_4 0
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_3 1.2668
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_2 1.2646
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_1 -0.0012
2013.09.09 21:22:09 2008.12.04 15:21 Buffer test kroufr EURUSD,H1: Buffer_0 21.0033
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