#region Namespaces
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
#endregion
namespace ScriptCode
{
/// <summary>
/// Signal scripts are used for generating numeric buy/sell trading signals.
///
/// This script can be used in several ways:
/// (1) It can be used on a chart.
/// (2) It can be used from another script.
/// (3) It can be used as a script column in a watchlist.
/// </summary>
public partial class MySignal : SignalScriptBase // NEVER CHANGE THE CLASS NAME
{
#region Variables
// The indicator to analyze for a positive crossover.
private Indicator _analyzedIndicator;
#endregion
#region OnInitialize
/// <summary>
/// This function accepts the user parameters for the script and is called when a new signal instance is created.
/// One of the parameters accepted by it must be that of a symbol or another script that is
/// based on a symbol (drawing, indicator, pattern or signal). This symbol will be used as the underlying symbol for the signal.
///
/// The parameter values can be specified from the user interface (UI) or from another script, depending on usage.
/// </summary>
/// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// PLEASE USE THE SCRIPT WIZARD (CTRL+W) TO ADD, EDIT AND REMOVE THE SCRIPT PARAMETERS
/// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// YOU MUST SET A PARAM TAG FOR EACH PARAMETER ACCEPTED BY THIS FUNCTION.
/// ALL PARAM TAGS SHOULD BE SET IN THE 'OnInitialize' REGION, RIGHT ABOVE THE 'OnInitialize' FUNCTION.
/// THE ORDER OF THE TAGS MUST MATCH THE ORDER OF THE ACTUAL PARAMETERS.
/// REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES:
/// (1) name: The exact parameter name.
/// (2) type: The type of data to collect from the user:
/// Set to "Integer" when the data type is 'int'
/// Set to "IntegerArray" when the data type is 'int[]'
/// Set to "DateTime" when the data type is 'long'
/// Set to "DateTimeArray" when the data type is 'long[]'
/// Set to "Boolean" when the data type is 'bool'
/// Set to "BooleanArray" when the data type is 'bool[]'
/// Set to "Double" when the data type is 'double'
/// Set to "DoubleArray" when the data type is 'double[]'
/// Set to "String" when the data type is 'string'
/// Set to "StringArray" when the data type is 'string[]'
/// Set to "Indicator" when the data type is 'Indicator'
/// Set to "Pattern" when the data type is 'Pattern'
/// Set to "Signal" when the data type is 'Signal'
/// Set to "Drawing" when the data type is 'Drawing'
/// Set to "Symbol" when the data type is 'int' representing a symbol index.
/// OPTIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
/// (3) default: The default parameter value is only valid when the type is Integer, Boolean, Double, String or an API Type.
/// (4) min: The minimum parameter value is only valid when the type is Integer or Double.
/// (5) max: The maximum parameter value is only valid when the type is Integer or Double.
/// EXAMPLE: <param name="" type="" default="" min="" max="">Enter the parameter description here.</param>
/// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <param name="analyzedIndicator" type="Indicator" default="">The indicator to analyze for a positive crossover.</param>
public void OnInitialize(Indicator analyzedIndicator)
{
// Set the script parameter to a script variable.
_analyzedIndicator = analyzedIndicator;
}
#endregion
#region OnBarUpdate
/// <summary>
/// This function is called to calculate the signal for the latest bar.
/// </summary>
/// <returns type="Double">A trading signal ranging from -100 (strong sell) to 100 (strong buy) for the latest bar.</returns>
public override double OnBarUpdate()
{
// Check for a positive crossover.
if (_analyzedIndicator[0] > 0 && _analyzedIndicator[1] <= 0) {
return 100;
}
return 0;
}
#endregion
}
}