FXCM-TradingStation-Indicators

Overview

Summary

Repository contains eight (8) non-trading indicators written in Lua and intended to be executed using FXCM Trading Station. FXCM Trading Station is a financial trading application written for Windows that can leverage scripts written in Lua (and JavaScript) via Indicore SDK to further extend functionality.

Symbol Overlay

Calculates and displays symbol's change during period in pips and percent terms as well as symbol's net open positions and net PL.

Day P/L In Percent

Calculates and displays day p/l in percentage terms.

Effective Leverage

Calculates and displays effective leverage based on the current equity compared to open positions converted to USD values.

Equity Return

Calculates and displays equity return based on the current equity compared to the user variable 'Deposit Amount'.

Equity Drawdown

Calculates and displays equity drawdown based on the current equity compared to the user variable 'Equity High'.

Account Overlay

Calculates and displays account's current equity, day p/l, day p/l in percent and leverage.

Account Overview

Recreates all trading tables and adds additional values for display on Marketscope for improved consumability.

Inverted Spread Identifier

Highlights zero and negative spreads.

Installation

1. Clone or download desired *.lua files from this repository.

2. Move *.lua files to the following directory depending on 32 or 64 bit OS version:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Candleworks\FXTS2\indicators\Custom

   C:\Program Files\Candleworks\FXTS2\indicators\Custom

3. If previously running, close and reopen FXCM Trading Station.

4. Strategy(ies) will now be available under 'Alerts and Trading Automation' > 'New Strategy or Alert.'

OR

1. Clone or download desired *.lua files from this repository.

2. If not running, open FXCM Trading Station.

3. Drap and drop *.lua files onto a Marketscope chart instance.

Version History

Symbol Overlay

1.1.07282016

• Feature release
• Added average open rate
• Added average pips
• Added automatic suppression of values if exposure = 0
• Overall code optimization

1.0.07282016

• Initial release

Day P/L In Percent

1.1.11062014

• Cosmetic release
• Updated default value for 'Nickname' to ""
• Added support for existing (though unused) option to control font color

1.0.11062014

• Initial release

Effective Leverage

1.1.11062014

• Cosmetic release
• Updated default value for 'Nickname' to ""
• Updated timer to refresh every 30 seconds from 60 seconds
• Added option to control precision for 'Format_Precision'
• Added support for existing (though unused) option to control font color

1.0.11062014

• Initial release

Equity Return

1.2.11062014

• Cosmetic release
• Updated default value for 'Nickname' to ""
• Updated 'Format_Financial' function to add thousands separator
• Added option to control precision for 'Format_Financial'
• Added support for existing (though unused) option to control font color

1.1.11062014

• Feature release
• Fixed percentage calculation

1.0.11062014

• Initial release

Equity Drawdown

1.1.11062014

• Cosmetic release
• Updated default value for 'Nickname' to ""
• Updated 'Format_Financial' function to add thousands separator
• Added option to control precision for 'Format_Financial'
• Added support for existing (though unused) option to control font color

1.0.11062014

• Initial release

Account Overlay

1.0.01312016

• Initial release

Account Overview

1.0.mmddyyyy

• Initial release

Inverted Spread Identifier

1.0.mmddyyyy

• Initial release