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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar rose against the euro Monday, boosted by more gains in U.S. stock markets and a report suggesting the U.S. economy may avoid a recession.

After opening the New York session lower against the euro based on concerns over U.S. consumer confidence, the greenback made a quick rebound Monday morning with the release of a report from the Conference Board, a private research group.

The group's Leading Economic Indicators index rose by a modest 0.1% in April. Though not a big gain, it at least met economists' expectations and suggested to worried investors that the U.S. economy is at least not contracting.

Stocks rallied and the dollar followed, with the euro declining more than a full U.S. cent after the data was released. The dollar also climbed against the yen.

Currency analysts expressed surprise that the second-tier report gave the dollar such a big boost. They said the move implies that speculative investors such as hedge funds are muscling the market, taking short-term profits when they can in what has become a less volatile market.

"The leading indicators data is not normally a market-moving report," said Geoffrey Yu, currency strategist at UBS. Since it was a quiet session until the data was released, Yu said traders were "perhaps looking for an excuse to sell the euro and take profits, and the data served that purpose."

Monday afternoon in New York, the euro was at $1.5513 from $1.5586 late Friday, while the dollar was at Y104.30 from Y104.20. The euro was at Y161.79 from Y162.40, according to EBS. The U.K. pound was at $1.9481 from $1.9552 late Friday, and the dollar was at CHF1.0535 from CHF1.0475.

Even with the dollar's gains against the euro and the yen, the greenback remains in the same tight ranges it has been in throughout the month of May.

Analysts say data out of Europe Tuesday may create more robust price action for the dollar against the euro.

Germany's ZEW indicator of economic sentiment by financial analysts and institutional investors is due Tuesday, followed by the Ifo report on German business confidence, to be released Wednesday.

The two German reports "may prove instrumental in determining the next turning point in the (euro)," says Ashraf Laidi, chief foreign exchange strategist at CMC Markets.

Elsewhere, while Canada was on holiday for Victoria Day, currency traders took the Canadian dollar to its highest level against the U.S. currency since mid March.

The U.S. dollar fell to C$0.9900 early in the New York session as Canada's currency benefitted from higher global price for oil.

But the U.S. currency's broad rebound later in the session allowed the dollar to recover somewhat. Late Monday afternoon, the U.S. dollar was at C$0.9925 from C$0.9996 late Friday.

The Australian dollar continued its ascent against the U.S. currency Monday as higher prices for gold boosted the currency of commodities-rich Australia.

The Australian dollar reached as high as $0.9568 during the Asian session Monday, its highest level since March 1984. But again, the U.S. dollar's broad rally during the North American session prevented the Aussie from extending those gains.

Late Monday in New York, Australia's dollar was at$0.9530 from $0.9545 late Friday in New York.

Elsewhere, the U.K. pound continued to struggle, even after a report from Rightmove that indicated the average asking price for a home in the U.K. hit its highest level in almost six years in May. Economists were skeptical that the data signaled any end to the U.K.'s housing woes.

Euro having a good run up this morning. Been playing with EUR/JPY the last few days, mostly on the short side. Luckily closed everything last night or might have been caught out while travelling to work this morning.

jeffmack- looks abit of a ceiling at 163 for the last month

Jeef, I've also been playing with Euro Yen recently, more to the long side! - just the way it was when I look in.

Agree 163 looks like a tough nut - may try & post a chart later for people's thoughts.

I've been in and out on E/J over the past week too, always from the short side. I was expecting a big move down, though the recent strength may force me re-evaluate tomorrow it it doesn't happen. I've recently re-shorted from 162.95.

eur/jpy just broken 163!

And some

Pah, missed it - and I felt it in my bones it was going to go. Not having a good day here - was long Fiber instead of cable this morning - bad decision no. 1, then missed the boat on E/J :-(

Work doesn't half get in the way of trading....

taken a profit, doesnt look very convincing to me, seeing abit of divergence on indicators........probably take of now!

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The dollar declined Friday against the euro and yen, tipped off by a U.S. report that showed consumer sentiment at a 28-year low.

But the greenback still retained most of its gains from earlier in the week, and currency strategists said the decline represented some end-of-week consolidation after three days of sold gains.

Overnight, the euro fell to a two-week low of $1.5461 after reports that showed disappointing German retail sales and accelerated euro-zone consumer price inflation, leading to concern over a stagflation scenario in Europe.

But the single currency bounced back to an intraday high during the New York session of $1.5570 - though still below this week's peak of $1.5819.

Friday afternoon in New York, the euro was at $1.5557 from $1.5507 late Thursday, while the dollar was at Y105.42 from Y105.58. The euro was at Y163.98 from Y163.72 late Thursday, according to EBS. The U.K. pound was at $1.9803 from $1.9767, while the dollar was at CHF1.0421 from CHF1.0496 late Thursday.

The Reuters/University of Michigan final consumer sentiment survey for May saw the overall index declined for the fourth straight month, to 59.8 from 62.6 in April.

However, the November fed-funds futures contract still showed about a 58% chance for the Federal Open Market Committee to hike its key rate at the Oct. 28-29 meeting, compared with a 72% chance Thursday.

Growing inflation concerns, spurred on by the elevated price of oil and food, as well as recent speeches by Fed members, have turned the market's attention from growth concerns and potential rate cuts to rate hikes.

That outlook is sustaining the dollar's stronger sentiment.

A string of Federal Reserve rate cuts that began last year has been a major factor in the dollar's underperformance against its rivals since last September. Lower rates tend to reduce returns on dollar-based investments, leading traders to sell the dollar and buy currencies that offer higher yields.

The release Friday of the Commerce Department's personal consumption expenditures price index, excluding food and energy, reinforced the new dominating market view. The core inflation measure climbed 2.1% in April year-over-year, above the Fed's presumed comfort level of 2.0%.

The dollar was also lent support Friday by crude oil prices, which continued to stay under the $130-a-barrel mark. Cheaper oil is seen as helpful to the recovery of the U.S. economy.

"To a large extent, the G7 appear to have gotten what they wanted," said Marc Chandler, global head of foreign exchange at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in New York. At the last meeting of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, leaders expressed concern about the fluctuations in the foreign exchange market, as the euro broke record highs against the dollar.

"A better two-way market for the dollar has emerged and the implied volatility for the dollar against the euro and yen has fallen," said Chandler.

Next week, currency traders will pay close attention to the European Central Bank's interest rate decision Thursday and the release Friday of the U.S. monthly nonfarm payrolls report for May.

I could do with a little bit of help here. I've cobbled together a custom indicator for MT4 which will draw up and down arrows on the chart when you get a ma crossover of the macd.

Although it will draw the arrows historically, it doesn't seem to draw them real time. I wonder if Foxey (or someone else) could perhaps take a look at it and please tell me why.

#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_color1 Aqua
#property indicator_width1 3
#property indicator_color2 Magenta
#property indicator_width2 3


extern int MACD_Fast = 12;
extern int MACD_Slow = 26;
extern int MACD_Slowing = 9;
extern int Shift_Bars=0;
extern int Bars_Count= 20000;



//---- buffers
double v1[];
double v2[];


int init()
{

IndicatorBuffers(2);
SetIndexArrow(0,233);
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexDrawBegin(0,-1);
SetIndexBuffer(0, v1);
SetIndexLabel(0,"Buy");

SetIndexArrow(1,234);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexDrawBegin(1,-1);
SetIndexBuffer(1, v2);
SetIndexLabel(1,"Sell");





return(0);
}

int start()
{
double macd, macd_sig;
int previous;
int i;
int shift;
bool crossed_up, crossed_down;
int counted_bars = IndicatorCounted();
if (counted_bars > 0) counted_bars--;
if (Bars_Count > 0 && Bars_Count < = Bars)
{
i = Bars_Count - counted_bars;
}else{
i = Bars - counted_bars;
}

while(i>=0)
{
shift = i + Shift_Bars;

macd = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_MAIN, shift+1);
macd_sig = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_SIGNAL, shift+1);
crossed_up = (macd > macd_sig);
crossed_down = (macd < macd_sig);


if (crossed_up && previous != 1) {
v1[i] = Open[shift];
previous = 1;
}else if(crossed_down && previous != 2){
v2[i] = Open[shift];
previous = 2;
}

i--;
}
return(0);
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Bloody hell! Hil the Hacker!

Can't help with that Hil, but sent you a mail last night re another aspect of MT4. Just in case it got junked!

Hi Hils,

Just had a quick look at your code as not really much time at moment.

Your problem is to do with setting your value for i. After the first loop it will always be negative so cause your code to never execute again.

It is a one line correction, set i=Bars_Count as shown below.

if (Bars_Count > 0 && Bars_Count <= Bars)
{
i = Bars_Count;
}else{
i = Bars - counted_bars;
}

There are more efficient ways to do it as you are always recalculating the history when not needed but this will sort it out for now.

That's great, thanks Foxey. I couldn't see that error for looking until you pointed it out. The code has actually been cobbled together from another custom indicator, so I can't take the credit for it being all my own work. Presumably that other indicator doesn't draw real time either.

:o)

Seymour,

Yes, got your email, thanks. I have got Alpari and ODL installed together on one machine for those Condor Moments when ODL go down. I've not tried it yet, but I'll give it a go when I've got a mo.

OK Hil - not sure if it's worth the effort when all you need is just copies of the same files in the corresponding directories - but would make sure they were always the same.

I need a bit more help now please folks.

After Foxey kindly showed me the error of my ways with my ma crossover of MACD the other day, I went back to the drawing board and re-wrote it completely using some code from another indicator called 2MA crossover which also gives an option to change arrow styles and has some nice "Avon Calling" ding dong alerts.

I now want to code it for MTF (iCustom will be fine). Unfortunately I've given it a go myself and keep getting some compilation errors that I don't understand.

Here's my code for the basic indicator.

#property indicator_chart_window
#property indicator_buffers 2
#property indicator_color1 DodgerBlue
#property indicator_width1 3
#property indicator_color2 Magenta
#property indicator_width2 3

extern int MACD_Fast = 12;
extern int MACD_Slow = 26;
extern int MACD_Slowing = 9;
extern int Bars_Count= 20000;

extern string note1 = "Arrow Type";
extern string note2 = "0=Thick, 1=Thin, 2=Hollow, 3=Round";
extern string note3 = "4=Fractal, 5=Diagonal Thin";
extern string note4 = "6=Diagonal Thick, 7=Diagonal Hollow";
extern string note5 = "8=Thumb, 9=Finger";
extern int ArrowType=2;
extern string note6 = "--------------------------------------------";
extern string note7 = "turn on Alert = true; turn off = false";
extern bool AlertOn = true;
extern string note8 = "--------------------------------------------";
extern string note9 = "send Email Alert = true; turn off = false";
extern bool SendAnEmail=false;

double CrossUp[];
double CrossDown[];
string AlertPrefix;
string GetTimeFrameStr() {
switch(Period())
{
case 1 : string TimeFrameStr="M1"; break;
case 5 : TimeFrameStr="M5"; break;
case 15 : TimeFrameStr="M15"; break;
case 30 : TimeFrameStr="M30"; break;
case 60 : TimeFrameStr="H1"; break;
case 240 : TimeFrameStr="H4"; break;
case 1440 : TimeFrameStr="D1"; break;
case 10080 : TimeFrameStr="W1"; break;
case 43200 : TimeFrameStr="MN1"; break;
default : TimeFrameStr=Period();
}
return (TimeFrameStr);
}

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//---- indicators
if (ArrowType == 0) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 233);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 234);
}
else if (ArrowType == 1) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 225);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 226);
}
else if (ArrowType == 2) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 241);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 242);
}
else if (ArrowType == 3) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 221);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 222);
}
else if (ArrowType == 4) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 217);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 218);
}
else if (ArrowType == 5) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 228);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 230);
}
else if (ArrowType == 6) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 236);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 238);
}
else if (ArrowType == 7) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 246);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 248);
}
else if (ArrowType == 8) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 67);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 68);
}
else if (ArrowType == 9) {
SetIndexStyle(0,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(0, 71);
SetIndexStyle(1,DRAW_ARROW);
SetIndexArrow(1, 72);
}

SetIndexBuffer(0, CrossUp);
SetIndexBuffer(1, CrossDown);


AlertPrefix=Symbol()+" ("+GetTimeFrameStr()+"): ";
//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool NewBar()
{
static datetime lastbar;
datetime curbar = Time[0];
if(lastbar!=curbar)
{
lastbar=curbar;
return (true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator iteration function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start() {
int limit, i, counter;

double macdnow, macd_signow, macdprevious, macd_sigprevious, macdafter, macd_sigafter;
double Range, AvgRange;
int counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
//---- check for possible errors
if(counted_bars<0) return(-1);
//---- last counted bar will be recounted
if(counted_bars>0) counted_bars--;

limit=Bars-counted_bars;

for(i = 0; i < = limit; i++) {

counter=i;
Range=0;
AvgRange=0;
for (counter=i ;counter<=i+9;counter++)
{
AvgRange=AvgRange+MathAbs(High[counter]-Low[counter]);
}
Range=AvgRange/10;

macdnow = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_MAIN, i);
macdprevious = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_MAIN, i+1);
macdafter = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_MAIN, i-1);


macd_signow = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_SIGNAL, i);
macd_sigprevious = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_SIGNAL, i+1);
macd_sigafter = iMACD(Symbol(), Period(), MACD_Fast, MACD_Slow, MACD_Slowing, PRICE_CLOSE, MODE_SIGNAL, i-1);


if ((macdnow > macd_signow) && (macdprevious < macd_sigprevious) && (macdafter > macd_sigafter)) {
CrossUp[i] = Low[i] - Range*1.5;
if (AlertOn && NewBar()) {
Alert(AlertPrefix + "MACD ("+MACD_Fast+","+MACD_Slow+","+MACD_Slowing+") crosses UP");
}
if (SendAnEmail && NewBar()) {
SendMail(AlertPrefix, "MACD ("+MACD_Fast+","+MACD_Slow+","+MACD_Slowing+") crosses UP");
}
}
else if ((macdnow < macd_signow) && (macdprevious > macd_sigprevious) && (macdafter < macd_sigafter)) {
CrossDown[i] = High[i] + Range*1.5;
if (AlertOn && NewBar()) {
Alert(AlertPrefix + "MACD ("+MACD_Fast+","+MACD_Slow+","+MACD_Slowing+") crosses DOWN");
}
if (SendAnEmail && NewBar()) {
SendMail(AlertPrefix, "MACD ("+MACD_Fast+","+MACD_Slow+","+MACD_Slowing+") crosses DOWN");
}
}
}
return(0);
}

Your son did all that, didn't he :-)

I cook him dinner each night!

:o)

Hilary.

for(i = 0; i < = limit; i++) {

You have a space between the '<' and the '=', remove it and it compiles