Forex_Strategy_Builder.MACD.MACD C# (CSharp) Method

        public MACD(SlotTypes slotType)
        {
            // General properties
            IndicatorName  = "MACD";
            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 line rises",
                "The MACD line falls",
                "The MACD line is higher than zero",
                "The MACD line is lower than zero",
                "The MACD line crosses the zero line upward",
                "The MACD line crosses the zero line downward",
                "The MACD line changes its direction upward",
                "The MACD line changes its direction downward",
                "The MACD line crosses the Signal line upward",
                "The MACD line crosses the Signal line downward",
                "The MACD line is higher than the Signal line",
                "The MACD line is lower than the Signal line"
            };
            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.";

            // 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;
        }