public MACD_Histogram(SlotTypes slotType)
{
// General properties
IndicatorName = "MACD Histogram";
PossibleSlots = SlotTypes.OpenFilter | SlotTypes.CloseFilter;
SeparatedChart = true;
// Setting up the indicator parameters
IndParam = new IndicatorParam();
IndParam.IndicatorName = IndicatorName;
IndParam.SlotType = slotType;
// The ComboBox parameters
IndParam.ListParam[0].Caption = "Logic";
IndParam.ListParam[0].ItemList = new string[]
{
"The MACD histogram rises",
"The MACD histogram falls",
"The MACD histogram is higher than the Level line",
"The MACD histogram is lower than the Level line",
"The MACD histogram crosses the Level line upward",
"The MACD histogram crosses the Level line downward",
"The MACD histogram changes its direction upward",
"The MACD histogram changes its direction downward"
};
IndParam.ListParam[0].Index = 0;
IndParam.ListParam[0].Text = IndParam.ListParam[0].ItemList[IndParam.ListParam[0].Index];
IndParam.ListParam[0].Enabled = true;
IndParam.ListParam[0].ToolTip = "Logic of application of the indicator.";
IndParam.ListParam[1].Caption = "Smoothing method";
IndParam.ListParam[1].ItemList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(MAMethod));
IndParam.ListParam[1].Index = (int)MAMethod.Exponential;
IndParam.ListParam[1].Text = IndParam.ListParam[1].ItemList[IndParam.ListParam[1].Index];
IndParam.ListParam[1].Enabled = true;
IndParam.ListParam[1].ToolTip = "The smoothing method of Moving Averages.";
IndParam.ListParam[2].Caption = "Base price";
IndParam.ListParam[2].ItemList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(BasePrice));
IndParam.ListParam[2].Index = (int)BasePrice.Close;
IndParam.ListParam[2].Text = IndParam.ListParam[2].ItemList[IndParam.ListParam[2].Index];
IndParam.ListParam[2].Enabled = true;
IndParam.ListParam[2].ToolTip = "The price the Moving Averages are based on.";
IndParam.ListParam[3].Caption = "Signal line method";
IndParam.ListParam[3].ItemList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(MAMethod));
IndParam.ListParam[3].Index = (int)MAMethod.Simple;
IndParam.ListParam[3].Text = IndParam.ListParam[3].ItemList[IndParam.ListParam[3].Index];
IndParam.ListParam[3].Enabled = true;
IndParam.ListParam[3].ToolTip = "The smoothing method of the signal line.";
// The NumericUpDown parameters
IndParam.NumParam[0].Caption = "Slow MA period";
IndParam.NumParam[0].Value = 26;
IndParam.NumParam[0].Min = 1;
IndParam.NumParam[0].Max = 200;
IndParam.NumParam[0].Enabled = true;
IndParam.NumParam[0].ToolTip = "The period of Slow MA.";
IndParam.NumParam[1].Caption = "Fast MA period";
IndParam.NumParam[1].Value = 12;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Min = 1;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Max = 200;
IndParam.NumParam[1].Enabled = true;
IndParam.NumParam[1].ToolTip = "The period of Fast MA.";
IndParam.NumParam[2].Caption = "Signal line period";
IndParam.NumParam[2].Value = 9;
IndParam.NumParam[2].Min = 1;
IndParam.NumParam[2].Max = 200;
IndParam.NumParam[2].Enabled = true;
IndParam.NumParam[2].ToolTip = "The period of Signal line.";
IndParam.NumParam[3].Caption = "Level";
IndParam.NumParam[3].Value = 0;
IndParam.NumParam[3].Min = 0;
IndParam.NumParam[3].Max = 5;
IndParam.NumParam[3].Point = 4;
IndParam.NumParam[3].Enabled = true;
IndParam.NumParam[3].ToolTip = "A critical level (for the appropriate logic).";
// The CheckBox parameters
IndParam.CheckParam[0].Caption = "Use previous bar value";
IndParam.CheckParam[0].Checked = PrepareUsePrevBarValueCheckBox(slotType);
IndParam.CheckParam[0].Enabled = true;
IndParam.CheckParam[0].ToolTip = "Use the indicator value from the previous bar.";
return;
}