I’ve converted my first histogram MetaTrader indicator from MQL4 to MQL5. It’s a Fisher indicator. I was asked by one of the site visitor to make it my next conversion. As this indicator looks quite popular (5th place with more about 500 downloads monthly), I’ve gave it a try. The Fisher’s code is quite short and is relatively simple. There were not too many differences in MQL5 code compared to MQL4. The biggest problem was the ArrayMaximum() function, which had wrong help file in MQL5. The timeseries arrays again were quite confusing in MQL5, with High and Low going like in MT4, and indicator buffers going in the opposite direction. Anyway, I like the result, as the code now looks much cleaner and is easier to understand. For traders — both versions should work the same. Once again, I should warn all Forex traders that this indicator repaints and thus can’t be considered a holy grail (though, it may look like one).
You can get the code of MT5 version or read more Fisher about the indicator.
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