HIGH AND LOW BREAKOUT ALERT INDICATOR

WOLF HUNTER

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I have an idea for ict traders who looks out for liquidity sweeps and I hope that someone could make this alert system indicator works, am not a coder,but just have tried to help the coder with 80% of work so that we can take benefit of this amazing alert system which could afford daily ote entries and the community take benefit of it:

an MQL5 indicator that identifies the high and low of a candlestick, draws horizontal lines with text labels for the high and low, and triggers an alert when the price breaks above the high or below the low. This indicator also includes a multi-timeframe option

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| HighLow.mq5|
//| Copyright 2024, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| https://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "2024, Your Name"
#property link "https://yourwebsite.com"
#property version "1.00"
#property indicator_chart_window

// Input parameters
input ENUM_TIMEFRAMES TimeFrame = 0; // Timeframe to use (current chart timeframe by default)
input int BarsToCheck = 1; // Number of bars to check (default: 1)
input bool AlertsOn = true; // Enable alerts
input bool PushAlertsOn = true; // Enable push notifications

// Buffers to store high and low values
double HighBuffer[];
double LowBuffer[];

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
// Indicator buffers mapping
SetIndexBuffer(0, HighBuffer);
SetIndexBuffer(1, LowBuffer);

return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
const int prev_calculated,
const datetime &time[],
const double &open[],
const double &high[],
const double &low[],
const double &close[],
const long &tick_volume[],
const long &volume[],
const int &spread[])
{
int limit = BarsToCheck;

for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++)
{
int shift = i + 1;

if (TimeFrame != 0)
{
double high_value = iHigh(NULL, TimeFrame, shift);
double low_value = iLow(NULL, TimeFrame, shift);

// Drawing horizontal lines for high and low
string highLine = "High_" + IntegerToString(i);
string lowLine = "Low_" + IntegerToString(i);

if (ObjectFind(0, highLine) == -1)
{
ObjectCreate(0, highLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], high_value);
ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrRed);
ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
ObjectSetString(0, highLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "High");
}
if (ObjectFind(0, lowLine) == -1)
{
ObjectCreate(0, lowLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], low_value);
ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrBlue);
ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
ObjectSetString(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "Low");
}

// Check for price breakout and alert
if (close[0] > high_value)
SendAlert("Break above high", high_value);
else if (close[0] < low_value)
SendAlert("Break below low", low_value);
}
else
{
HighBuffer = high[shift];
LowBuffer = low[shift];

// Drawing horizontal lines for high and low
string highLine = "High_" + IntegerToString(i);
string lowLine = "Low_" + IntegerToString(i);

if (ObjectFind(0, highLine) == -1)
{
ObjectCreate(0, highLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], high[shift]);
ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrRed);
ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
ObjectSetString(0, highLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "High");
}
if (ObjectFind(0, lowLine) == -1)
{
ObjectCreate(0, lowLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], low[shift]);
ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrBlue);
ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
ObjectSetString(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "Low");
}

// Check for price breakout and alert
if (close[0] > high[shift])
SendAlert("Break above high", high[shift]);
else if (close[0] < low[shift])
SendAlert("Break below low", low[shift]);
}
}

return(rates_total);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Function to send alerts and push notifications |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void SendAlert(string message, double level)
{
string alert_message = StringFormat("%s at level %.5f", message, level);

if (AlertsOn)
Alert(alert_message);

if (PushAlertsOn)
SendNotification(alert_message);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

the code need to be fixed and compiled as I have failed to fix syntax errors and compile it.


Best Regards
 

WOLF HUNTER

Trader
Aug 19, 2024
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The code got broken because you inserted it without formatting it properly. You should either use a code highlighting or attach the indicator as a file. Otherwise, it's difficult to see what's wrong with it.
thank you I'll repost it by highlighting it and hope someone could fix it
Post automatically merged:

MQL5:
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                       HighLow.mq5|
//|                        Copyright 2024, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                           https://www.mql5.com   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "2024, Your Name"
#property link      "https://yourwebsite.com"
#property version   "1.00"
#property indicator_chart_window
 
// Input parameters
input ENUM_TIMEFRAMES TimeFrame = 0;   // Timeframe to use (current chart timeframe by default)
input int             BarsToCheck = 1; // Number of bars to check (default: 1)
input bool            AlertsOn = true; // Enable alerts
input bool            PushAlertsOn = true; // Enable push notifications
 
// Buffers to store high and low values
double HighBuffer[];
double LowBuffer[];
 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
   // Indicator buffers mapping
   SetIndexBuffer(0, HighBuffer);
   SetIndexBuffer(1, LowBuffer);
 
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnCalculate(const int rates_total,
                const int prev_calculated,
                const datetime &time[],
                const double &open[],
                const double &high[],
                const double &low[],
                const double &close[],
                const long &tick_volume[],
                const long &volume[],
                const int &spread[])
  {
   int limit = BarsToCheck;
 
   for (int i = 0; i < limit; i++)
     {
      int shift = i + 1;
 
      if (TimeFrame != 0)
        {
         double high_value = iHigh(NULL, TimeFrame, shift);
         double low_value = iLow(NULL, TimeFrame, shift);
 
         // Drawing horizontal lines for high and low
         string highLine = "High_" + IntegerToString(i);
         string lowLine = "Low_" + IntegerToString(i);
 
         if (ObjectFind(0, highLine) == -1)
           {
            ObjectCreate(0, highLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], high_value);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrRed);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
            ObjectSetString(0, highLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "High");
           }
         if (ObjectFind(0, lowLine) == -1)
           {
            ObjectCreate(0, lowLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], low_value);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrBlue);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
            ObjectSetString(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "Low");
           }
 
         // Check for price breakout and alert
         if (close[0] > high_value)
            SendAlert("Break above high", high_value);
         else if (close[0] < low_value)
            SendAlert("Break below low", low_value);
        }
      else
        {
         HighBuffer[i] = high[shift];
         LowBuffer[i] = low[shift];
 
         // Drawing horizontal lines for high and low
         string highLine = "High_" + IntegerToString(i);
         string lowLine = "Low_" + IntegerToString(i);
 
         if (ObjectFind(0, highLine) == -1)
           {
            ObjectCreate(0, highLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], high[shift]);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrRed);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, highLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
            ObjectSetString(0, highLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "High");
           }
         if (ObjectFind(0, lowLine) == -1)
           {
            ObjectCreate(0, lowLine, OBJ_HLINE, 0, time[shift], low[shift]);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_COLOR, clrBlue);
            ObjectSetInteger(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_WIDTH, 1);
            ObjectSetString(0, lowLine, OBJPROP_TEXT, "Low");
           }
 
         // Check for price breakout and alert
         if (close[0] > high[shift])
            SendAlert("Break above high", high[shift]);
         else if (close[0] < low[shift])
            SendAlert("Break below low", low[shift]);
        }
     }
 
   return(rates_total);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Function to send alerts and push notifications                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void SendAlert(string message, double level)
  {
   string alert_message = StringFormat("%s at level %.5f", message, level);
 
   if (AlertsOn)
      Alert(alert_message);
 
   if (PushAlertsOn)
      SendNotification(alert_message);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
 

Enivid

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Did you just copy the MQL4 code to MQL5? You need to do some modifications for this to work. Check out other MQL5 indicators and compare what they do differently. One important thing is to set close, low, high, and time arrays as series inside OnCalculate() function. Otherwise, your close[0] isn't the latest close - it's the oldest close on the chart.