Convert X-bars Fractals Indicator (Serhii Ivanenko, MQL5) to ProRealTime

• 08/11/2025 at 12:21 PM #249620
  David1998P

  Fractals are used to identify market structure — a moment t where:

  Down fractal:
  Low(t) <= Lowest(t-a, t+b)
  for the minimum in domain [t-a, t+b]

  Up fractal:
  High(t) >= Highest(t-a, t+b)
  for the maximum in domain [t-a, t+b]

  Example:
  If lookback = 20 and a = b = 3

  Assume that at time t = i = 10 (bar index, where 0 is current, 1 is previous, n is nth bar, etc.):
  Lowest(10-3, 10+3) → Lowest(7 to 13) = Low(10)
  Then t = 10 is a down fractal.

  Reference:
  Here is the code of the existing indicator (X-bars Fractals from Serhii Ivanenko) that would be great to convert for ProRealTime users:
  https://www.mql5.com/en/code/1381

  Thank you !

  

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  08/11/2025 at 3:02 PM #249627
  JS

  Hi,

  Try this one…

  x-Bar Fractals

  Once NLB=5 //Number Left Bars Once NRB=5 //Numer Right Bars TB=NLB+NRB //TotalBars fp=NRB+1 //fp=fractal point If High[fp]=Highest[TB+1](High) then DrawArrowUp(BarIndex-fp,High[fp]) Coloured("Blue") EndIf If Low[fp]=Lowest[TB+1](Low) then DrawArrowDown(BarIndex-fp,Low[fp]) Coloured("Green") endIf Return

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  Once NLB=5 //Number Left Bars Once NRB=5 //Numer Right Bars     TB=NLB+NRB //TotalBars fp=NRB+1 //fp=fractal point   If High[fp]=Highest[TB+1](High) then DrawArrowUp(BarIndex-fp,High[fp]) Coloured("Blue") EndIf   If Low[fp]=Lowest[TB+1](Low) then DrawArrowDown(BarIndex-fp,Low[fp]) Coloured("Green") endIf   Return

   

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  08/13/2025 at 9:54 AM #249692
  David1998P

  Thanks but it does not work…

  

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  08/13/2025 at 10:17 AM #249695
  JS

  Have you tried it, because it works fine for me…

  What doesn’t work…?

  

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  08/14/2025 at 12:29 PM #249753
  David1998P

  When I tried it yesterday during regular trading hours, it didn’t work. Now that I’ve tried it when the market is closed, it mostly works. This happens sometimes to me with other indicators as well. I wonder why…

  But there are many false positives. Take a look at the screenshots here where NLB and NRB = 2; there are many examples of the displayed fractal not being the local min or max of the candle range (t-2, t+2, so in total 5 candles). Do you know why this happens?

  

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  08/14/2025 at 1:19 PM #249761
  JS

  Hi,

  Try this one… (small addition error)

  x-Bar Fractals

  Once NLB=2 //Number Left Bars Once NRB=2 //Numer Right Bars TB=NLB+NRB //TotalBars fp=NRB //fp=fractal point If High[fp]=Highest[TB+1](High) then DrawArrowUp(BarIndex-fp,High[fp]) Coloured("Blue") EndIf If Low[fp]=Lowest[TB+1](Low) then DrawArrowDown(BarIndex-fp,Low[fp]) Coloured("Green") endIf Return

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  Once NLB=2 //Number Left Bars Once NRB=2 //Numer Right Bars     TB=NLB+NRB //TotalBars fp=NRB //fp=fractal point   If High[fp]=Highest[TB+1](High) then DrawArrowUp(BarIndex-fp,High[fp]) Coloured("Blue") EndIf   If Low[fp]=Lowest[TB+1](Low) then DrawArrowDown(BarIndex-fp,Low[fp]) Coloured("Green") endIf   Return

   

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