[Geko]

Today, I inaugurate the coding tips forum.

In the future, we will try to share coding tips to improve or adds functionality to your MT4 tools.

Let’s start with a basic idea.

With this piece of code, you can change your chart’s foreground colour to highlight the current trend or a potential setup.

Here the code:

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extern string     AA01                    = "Foreground color in line with Trend"; 
extern string     AA02                    = "==== Chart Foreground settings ====";
extern bool       Change_Chart_Foreground = true;
extern color      Foreground_neutral      = White;
extern color      Foreground_up           = ForestGreen;
extern color      Foreground_down         = Maroon;

if(Change_Chart_Foreground)
{
      ChartSetInteger(0, CHART_COLOR_FOREGROUND, Foreground_neutral);

      if(Trend is up)         ChartSetInteger(0, CHART_COLOR_FOREGROUND, Foreground_up);
      else if(Trend is down)  ChartSetInteger(0, CHART_COLOR_FOREGROUND, Foreground_down);
}

Here the result:

FG.png

[BenOscar]

Hello.

Wonderful! Thanks for the tip it's usefull if you stare at multiple charts
I placed in attachment a very simple MA cross indicator that I created with this foreground color change option.

All the best!