MQL5 Supertrend

Supertrend indicator for MQL5 MetaTrader 5.

Language: MQL5 · Category: Supertrend · Tags: supertrend, MQL5, indicator, ATR, MetaTrader 5

Source code

double STUp[],STDn[]; int STDir[];
void CalcSupertrend(int atrP,double mult,int bars) {
   double atr[],h[],l[],c[];
   int ah=iATR(_Symbol,PERIOD_CURRENT,atrP);
   CopyBuffer(ah,0,0,bars,atr); CopyHigh(_Symbol,PERIOD_CURRENT,0,bars,h);
   CopyLow(_Symbol,PERIOD_CURRENT,0,bars,l); CopyClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_CURRENT,0,bars,c);
   ArrayResize(STUp,bars); ArrayResize(STDn,bars); ArrayResize(STDir,bars);
   for(int i=1;i<bars;i++) {
      double hl2=(h[i]+l[i])/2;
      STUp[i]=hl2-mult*atr[i]; STDn[i]=hl2+mult*atr[i];
      STDir[i]=c[i]>STDn[i-1]?1:-1;
   }
   IndicatorRelease(ah);
}

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