How to pass data from Custom Indicator to cBot

Created at 27 Aug 2022, 20:36
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belasto

Joined 11.02.2019

How to pass data from Custom Indicator to cBot
27 Aug 2022, 20:36


Hi all,

I read many posts about this and the reference help as well, but I am not able to get it to work - feeling totally lost. I don't get the C# concept yet.

I wrote a small indicator and would like to pass the current HighPrice and LowPrice of the Inidcator to a cBot. Could someone provide the things I need to add please? 

Indicator code below, the cBot is rather empty yet.
 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Collections;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using cAlgo.API.Internals;

namespace cAlgo
{
    [Indicator(IsOverlay = true, TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AutoRescale = false, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
    public class Draw_Test : Indicator
    {
        
        double HighPrice = 0;
        double LowPrice = 100000000;
        double Distance;
        int FirstIndex = -1;
        int LastIndex = -1;
        
        DateTime MyDate;
        
        protected override void Initialize()
        {

        }

        public override void Calculate(int index)
        {
            
            // TO DO: CALC BOXES FOR CURRENT DAY AND LAST X DAYS
            MyDate = Bars.LastBar.OpenTime.Date;

            if(Bars.OpenTimes[index].Hour == 6 && Bars.OpenTimes[index].Date == MyDate){

                if(FirstIndex == -1){
                    FirstIndex = index;
                    LastIndex = FirstIndex + 11;
                }

                if(HighPrice < Bars[index].High){
                    HighPrice = Bars[index].High;
                }

                if(LowPrice > Bars[index].Low){
                    LowPrice = Bars[index].Low;
                }

                Distance = HighPrice - LowPrice;
                int intervalDistance = 263;
                int lineAmount = 7;

                Color MainCol = Color.FromHex("55FF0000");
                Color LineColDark = Color.FromHex("FF000000");
                Color LineColBright = Color.FromHex("55000000");

                // DRAW NO TRADING ZONE
                ChartRectangle rectangleFilled = Chart.DrawRectangle("rectangleFilled", FirstIndex, HighPrice, LastIndex+intervalDistance, LowPrice, MainCol);
                rectangleFilled.IsFilled = true;
                rectangleFilled.Color = MainCol;

                // DRAW SOURCE ZONE
                Chart.DrawRectangle("rectangleLine", FirstIndex, HighPrice, LastIndex, LowPrice, LineColDark);

                // DRAW LINES ABOVE
                for(int i = 1; i <= lineAmount; i++){
                    Color col;
                    if(i < 4){
                        col = LineColDark;
                    }else{
                        col = LineColBright;
                    }
                    Chart.DrawTrendLine("lineAbove"+i.ToString(), FirstIndex, HighPrice+Distance*i, LastIndex+intervalDistance, HighPrice+Distance*i, col);
                }

                // DRAW LINES BELOW
                for(int j = 1; j <= lineAmount; j++){
                
                    Color col;
                    if(j < 4){
                        col = LineColDark;
                    }else{
                        col = LineColBright;
                    }
                    Chart.DrawTrendLine("lineBelow"+j.ToString(), FirstIndex, LowPrice-Distance*j, LastIndex+intervalDistance, LowPrice-Distance*j, col);
                }

// ADD FUNCTION FOR PASSING HIGH AND LOW PRICES HERE..
// ....
// --------

            }else{
                HighPrice = 0;
                LowPrice = 100000000;
                FirstIndex = -1;
                LastIndex = -1;
                Distance = 0;
            }
        }
    }
}



Thanks a lot if you can help.


@belasto
Replies

PanagiotisCharalampous
29 Aug 2022, 10:09

Hi belasto,

First you need to declare some Output IndicatorDataSeries

        [Output("Threshold", LineColor = "Green")]
        public IndicatorDataSeries High { get; set; }

        [Output("Threshold", LineColor = "Red")]
        public IndicatorDataSeries Low { get; set; }

Then you need to pass the values to the data series


                if(HighPrice < Bars[index].High){
                    HighPrice = Bars[index].High;
                    High[index] = HighPrice;
                }

                if(LowPrice > Bars[index].Low){
                    LowPrice = Bars[index].Low;
                    Low[index] = LowPrice;
                }

At last, you can access these data series from your cBot

Best Regards,

Panagiotis 

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belasto
30 Aug 2022, 01:42 ( Updated at: 30 Aug 2022, 01:44 )

RE:

Hi Panagiotis,

Okay - with your input, I finally got it to work.

If some other Super Newbie like me has the same question, here is a super noob recap.


Indicator Code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Collections;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using cAlgo.API.Internals;

namespace cAlgo
{

   [Indicator(IsOverlay = true, TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AutoRescale = false, AccessRights == AccessRights.None)]
    public class YourCustomIndicator : Indicator
    {
        [Output("Value1", LineColor = "Transparent")]
        public IndicatorDataSeries MyValue { get; set; }

        ......
    }


    public override void Calculate(int index)
    {
         MyValue[index] = WhateverYouWantToPass;
    }
}



cBot Code
(Don't forget to click on "Manage References" on the top and include your custom indicator!)
 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Collections;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using cAlgo.API.Internals;

namespace cAlgo.Robots
{
    [Robot(AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
    public class YourBot : Robot
    {
    
        private YourCustomIndicator theIndicator;

        protected override void OnStart()
        {
            theIndicator = Indicators.GetIndicator<YourCustomIndicator>();
        }

        protected override void OnTick()
        {
            Print("YourValue: ", theIndicator.MyValue.LastValue.ToString());
        }

        protected override void OnStop()
        {
            // Handle cBot stop here
        }
    }
}




Best regards.


@belasto