Hi Ejanafish Please ensure that you unzipped the files from post #197. Below are the install instructions. It looks like you've already performed steps 1 to 3, since you've managed to get the Plot_News indicator onto your chart. Please try repeating ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Version 1.12 is here..... — Hi all If you're experiencing the problems I described in post #196, try version 1.12. Download the attached ZIP file using the same instructions in post #194. Again, the product is complete here, and unzipping will ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Hi all Not sure if it's just me, but Plot_News seems to have developed a problem in just the last few hours, where the descriptions are not being output on the charts. Is anybody else experiencing this? I haven't modified the software recently, and ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Hi Tradingcube The 8am GMT spike that you talk about is likely due (at least in part) to the opening of the European markets. See: url url (If you're new to forex, the whole babypips "School of Pipsology" is a great read: url included within ...

What driving the movments

FXJ - nice summary, IMHO. 786 - welcome to the forum. I don't know if it's any help, but you might like to read my post here, as a starting point: url Good luck David

Need Step by Step guide for a beginner and have some questions?

Phil, if your friend is winning overall with a 40.1% batting average, then his ave win size must be significantly greater than his ave loss size, i.e. R-value > 1. IMHO this can be arbitrarily attributed to either a "let profits run" approach to ...

Flip The Coin System

I must be missing something here...... — I must be missing something here. To me it seems obvious that if "prices" truly moved randomly (as simulated by a coin toss), the probability of a "trend" ending at any point is equal to its ending at ...

Flip The Coin System

Hi Steven Although you can't change the timeframe, you can create alternate time period charts using the periodcon indicator, or synthetic candles using the Candle Aggregator. Periodcon indicator - see here: url Candle Aggregator - see here: url ...

Custom Time Frames

Hi Dan The only facility I'm aware of is the "Show Ask line" checkbox (on the Common tab after you press F8). Check this on and MT4 will display both the bid and ask prices as twin horizontal lines, that move up and down as price changes. David

Spread Visuals?

Hi Yesyou Kir is 100% correct. If you prefer shortcut keys, you can press Ctrl-Y to toggle these same lines on and off. I also use the sessions indicator (attached). It shows the Asian, European and American sessions, and also their overlaps, in ...

Is there any way to show the start of every day's trading session

Hi Bill Sorry, I missed your post until now. I believe I know exactly what you mean, because I too wanted a pivot indicator that met these same two criteria. You can find it here: url Good luck! David

Historical Pivot Indicator

Hi Vlazaf Two possibilities that I'm aware of: 1. Periodcon indicator - see here: url 2. Candle Aggregator - see here: url Mason's v5 is the best version. Good luck! David

Combine candlebars

Hi TraderX Two possibilities: 1. Periodcon indicator - see here: url 2. Candle Aggregator - see here: url Mason's v5 is the best version. Good luck! David

Other time frames then default

Latest version 1.11 — Hi all Attached is the latest version of both FFcal.EXE and the Plot_News indicator. Everything is complete here; there's no need to revisit prior posts or download the product in separate pieces. Unlike previous ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Soul, nobody is asking you to use this indicator, and you can keep your old socks. You might like to try Derk Wehler's news indicator instead: url David

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Yes, it is — Hi Tranell 1. Press Ctrl-N to open the Navigator, and open up the "Indicators" tree. 2. Drag the indicator (e.g. RSI) into the relevant price window. 3. On the Parameters tab, set the "Apply to" appropriately: a) if you want the ...

Overlay

Hi Coolshades If you're referring to customizable daily/weekly "floor trader" type pivots (R2,R1,PP,S1,S2, etc), try this for starters: url If you're referring to horizontal points of prior S/R, try this: url David

price pivot zone indicator

Hiya Benny I use the attached pivot indicators for the following reasons: 1. They show daily/weekly pivots for not only the current period, but also historical periods. 2. The starting time is variable, e.g. you can define a day as starting at 0000 ...

Customizable Daily Pivot Point with mid-levels

Given that a picture is worth a thousand words......... — Attached is a diagram of the FFcal/Plot_News process.....

FFcal - Plot News indicator

Hi FriendofTrends I think you almost have it working correctly. First I will try to explain how FFcal.EXE works (there are a lot of parameters), and then I will try to answer your specific questions. There is probably too much information here, but ...

FFcal - Plot News indicator