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void LookForPinbar()
{
   //Called if there is no rrt. 
   
   //Check for a massive spread widening event and pause the ea whilst it is happening
   CheckForSpreadWidening();
   
   //Examines the current candle. Is it forming a pinbar?
   Candle2Height = (iHigh(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1) - iLow(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1)) * factor;
   if (CompareDoubles(Candle2Height, 0)) return;
   if(Candle2Height< AverageLength*pinbarPercentageOfLength) return; //Looking for candle bigger than the average candle?
   
   double highest = High[iHighest(NULL, TradingTimeFrame,MODE_HIGH, MinCandlesInSequence, 2)];
   double lowest = Low[iLowest(NULL, TradingTimeFrame,MODE_LOW, MinCandlesInSequence, 2)];
   
   //Rising candle
   if (iClose(NULL,TradingTimeFrame,1) > iOpen(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1) )
   {
      //Candle high must be the highest for MinCandlesInSequence candles
      if (iHigh(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1) < highest) return;

      //Calculate the wick
      Wick2 = (iHigh(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1) - iClose(NULL,TradingTimeFrame,1)) * factor;
      if (!CompareDoubles(Wick2, 0) )
      {
         Wick2Percent = (Wick2 / Candle2Height) * 100;
         if (Wick2Percent < RequiredWick2Percentage) return;//Nothing to do
         //We have a pin bar high
         PbStatus = pinbarhigh;
         return;
      }//if (!CloseEnough(wick2, 0) )
   }//if (Bid > iOpen(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 0))
   
   //Falling candle
   if (iOpen(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1)>iClose(NULL,TradingTimeFrame,1))
   {
      //Candle low must be the lowest for MinCandlesInSequence candles
      if (iLow(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1) > lowest) return;
      
      //Calculate the wick      
      Wick2 = (iClose(NULL,TradingTimeFrame,1) - iLow(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 1)) * factor;
      
      if (!CompareDoubles(Wick2, 0) )
      {
         Wick2Percent = (Wick2 / Candle2Height) * 100;
         if (Wick2Percent < RequiredWick2Percentage) return;//Nothing to do
         //We have a pin bar high
         PbStatus = pinbarlow;
      }//if (!CloseEnough(wick2, 0) )
   }//if (Bid < iOpen(NULL, TradingTimeFrame, 0))
   
   

}//End void LookForPinbar()