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Okay, I am going to have to think about this for a bit.....

#1 hit for "mql4 interpolated mtf ma" on Google:
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=37965

Come on, I can see you aren't afraid of typing.

Alger, tale into account that daily amounts may not show up in lower time frames. The indicator does work but you do not see the value - the issue is a scale problem.
The lower time frames show a scale close to the prices in that chart. If the low/high of the previous day is too different/far from the current price you won't see it. You may see it if you zoom out the chart.

If I remember correctly (it's been a while since I built an MTF indi in TIB), TIB code modified in this fashion produces a real true-to-form MTF indi. By this, I mean an H4 indi loaded onto an H1 chart will print a bar every 4 price bars in the indicator window. Swtich the chart TF to H4 and it doesn't change shape at all--it simply prints a bar every price bar. I don't even know what to call these--straight MTF???

Then there are the stepped MTF indi's. These are useful for chart window displays because the step simply shortens or lengthens--depending on whether the user lengthens or shortens the chart TF, respectively. Continuing the H1 chart example, an H4 stepped indi would print a horizontal line 4 price bars long, and then step up to the next 4 bar horizontal line.

Then there are the interpolated indi's, also useful for chart window displays. These make more use of arrays (not IndexBuffers), and EMPTY_VALUES than I can understand. So, I don't find them too useful with SB. Continuing the same scenario, a diagonal line is printed... and reprinted... and reprinted until it's 4 bars long, and then it's fixed, and the reprinting starts again for the next 4 bars.

Hi RJO

I downloaded two from that page...they are pretty cool. I like the interpolation one best.. it seems to make a good try at elimating whipsaws, although it is several candles in the past.... which doesn't help me!!!!! The other one I downloaded the other day, puts a flat bar right up to the current candle in the lower time frame so you can take your signal off of that. But, still all very interesting! Thanks.

Hi Molanis

No, its not a scale problem. My broker is Oanda, so maybe its their downloaded version of MT4. Or maybe something in my computer, but i doubt it. In the lower time frame, normally a person can view a higher time frame indicator -- it just shows as a flat bar -- or as RJO says, "stepped" The one I made from Molanis, is not "stepped" and doesn't calculate properly the adjustment for the lower time frame. For example when I am viewing the daily TF values in the 4 hour chart, the indicator still puts in the daily values -- one per candle -- as if it is still in the daily chart. The reason I can't see it on the chart at all time is because it is displaying the wrong values for all the candles in a lower time frame.

But if that one shows right on your computer, that is strange. An adaptive one I got from another forum the other day doesn't show in my 4 hour time frame but it does in all the other TFs. He said it shows on all time frames on his computer, so again I've got something strange going on with my version of MT4. Maybe I will just download a new version....

I don't quite know what you mean by this, but I followed Molanis instructions exactly and it didn't display right in the chart window or a seperate indicator window. This quirk along with the one where that one adaptive ma didn't show right in my 4 hour time frame shows me there is a quirk hiding in my computer somewhere. anyway,, not to worry.. I have others programmed that seem to be working fine.....

Hi Molanis,

Here is my snapshot to show you how it shows up in my computer. I followed your instructions exactly, but I first tried simply importing a moving average from my brokers file (instead of a custom indicator that I created in Molanis), and it turned out to display exactly the same way as the other way using your exact instructions:

Program actually displays the last chart first, so please look at the last chart and comments first, then the middle one, then the first one. and you will see what i mean when you compare it that way. The chart comments appear in very small writing for some reason:

Please post your .mol files and a description of each indicator

Here is the first one: It is the MTF LWMA 3, which shows in a seperate window. I want it to show daily values in other TFs



Here is the second one MTF LWMA 3 which shows in the chart window:



Both have the same issue.