//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| AsymmetricVolatilityRegimeOscillator.mq5 | //| Copyright 2025, MetaQuotes Ltd. | //| https://www.mql5.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright 2025, MetaQuotes Ltd." #property link "https://www.mql5.com" #property version "1.00" // Preprocessor directives and indicator properties #define __SLSQP__ // Enable Sequential Least Squares Programming optimization algorithm #property indicator_separate_window // Render indicator in an independent subwindow #include "Arch\Univariate\mean.mqh" // Include statistical mean model header dependencies // Define buffer and plotting counts #property indicator_buffers 3 #property indicator_plots 3 #property indicator_level1 0.0 // Zero crossover baseline // --- Plot 1: Fast Mean Residual Window #property indicator_label1 "Fast" #property indicator_type1 DRAW_LINE #property indicator_color1 clrRed #property indicator_style1 STYLE_SOLID #property indicator_width1 1 // --- Plot 2: Slow Mean Residual Window #property indicator_label2 "Slow" #property indicator_type2 DRAW_LINE #property indicator_color2 clrGreen #property indicator_style2 STYLE_SOLID #property indicator_width2 1 // --- Plot 3: Asymmetric Volatility Regime Oscillator (AVRO = Fast - Slow) #property indicator_label3 "Avro" #property indicator_type3 DRAW_LINE #property indicator_color3 clrMediumBlue #property indicator_style3 STYLE_SOLID #property indicator_width3 1 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| INPUT PARAMETERS | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ input int BarsToDraw = 500; // Number of historical bars to calculate and render input ulong FastWindowLen = 20; // Fast window length for standardized residual mean input ulong SlowWindowLen = 40; // Slow window length for standardized residual mean input ulong HistoryLen = 200; // Rolling sample size (lookback period) for EGARCH fitting input double ScaleFactor = 1000.; // Multiplier applied to log returns (improves numerical optimizer stability) input ENUM_MEAN_MODEL MeanModel = MEAN_CONSTANT; // Model type for time-series conditional mean input bool MeanConstant = true; // Include intercept constant in mean specification input string MeanLags = ""; // Comma-separated list of AR lag terms (e.g. "1,2") ENUM_VOLATILITY_MODEL VolatilityModel = VOL_EGARCH; // Volatility process specified as Exponential GARCH input ulong _P_ = 1; // GARCH order (lagged conditional log-variances) input ulong _O_ = 1; // Asymmetry order (leverage/asymmetric magnitude terms) input ulong _Q_ = 1; // ARCH order (lagged innovations) input int Volatility_Seed = 0; // Seed for volatility model random generator initialization input ENUM_DISTRIBUTION_MODEL ErrorDistribution = DIST_NORMAL; // Innovation error distribution assumption input int Distribution_Seed = 0; // Seed for distribution model random generator initialization //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| GLOBAL INDICATOR BUFFERS AND STATE VARIABLES | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ // Dynamic arrays mapped to indicator plot buffers double FastBuffer[]; double SlowBuffer[]; double AvroBuffer[]; // Computational vectors and model pointers vector returns = vector::Zeros(HistoryLen); // Rolling logarithmic returns vector vector stdresid = returns; // Model-standardized residuals vector vector fastwindow = vector::Zeros(FastWindowLen); // Sliced fast window vector for local mean calculation vector slowwindow = vector::Zeros(SlowWindowLen); // Sliced slow window vector for local mean calculation ArchParameters model_spec; // Struct holding model specifications and hyperparameters HARX* full_model; // Polymorphic pointer to mean model instance //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnInit() { // Validate lookback window length if(HistoryLen < 30) { Print("Invalid input value for HistoryLen"); return INIT_FAILED; } // Validate window hierarchy: Fast window must be strictly smaller than Slow window if(FastWindowLen >= SlowWindowLen) { Print("FastWindowLen should Not be more than or equal to SlowWindowLen"); return INIT_FAILED; } // Validate window bounds against total history lookback length if(MathMax(FastWindowLen, SlowWindowLen) > HistoryLen) { Print("Neither FastWindowLen nor SlowWindowLen should be more than HistoryLen"); return INIT_FAILED; } // --- Map dynamic dynamic arrays to indicator buffers SetIndexBuffer(0, FastBuffer, INDICATOR_DATA); SetIndexBuffer(1, SlowBuffer, INDICATOR_DATA); SetIndexBuffer(2, AvroBuffer, INDICATOR_DATA); // --- Set plot drawing offset to suppress initial uncalculated bars PlotIndexSetInteger(0, PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN, BarsToDraw); PlotIndexSetInteger(1, PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN, BarsToDraw); PlotIndexSetInteger(2, PLOT_DRAW_BEGIN, BarsToDraw); // --- Initialize buffers with empty markers ArrayInitialize(FastBuffer, EMPTY_VALUE); ArrayInitialize(SlowBuffer, EMPTY_VALUE); // --- Configure model specifications model_spec.mean_model_type = MeanModel; // Parse comma-separated mean lag configuration string if provided if(StringLen(MeanLags)) { string lag_info[]; int nlags = StringSplit(MeanLags, StringGetCharacter(",", 0), lag_info); if(nlags > 0) { for(uint i = 0; i < uint(nlags); ++i) { if(StringLen(lag_info[i]) > 0) { if(model_spec.mean_lags.Resize(model_spec.mean_lags.Size() + 1, 3)) model_spec.mean_lags[model_spec.mean_lags.Size() - 1] = StringToDouble(lag_info[i]); else { Print(" error ", GetLastError()); return INIT_FAILED; } } } } } // Set EGARCH structural dynamics and seeds model_spec.vol_rng_seed = Volatility_Seed; model_spec.garch_o = _O_; model_spec.garch_p = _P_; model_spec.garch_q = _Q_; model_spec.dist_type = ErrorDistribution; model_spec.dist_rng_seed = Distribution_Seed; // Factory instantiation of the requested mean model class switch(MeanModel) { case MEAN_CONSTANT: full_model = new ConstantMean(); break; case MEAN_ZERO: full_model = new ZeroMean(); break; case MEAN_AR: full_model = new AR(); break; default: full_model = new ConstantMean(); break; } // Ensure memory allocation for mean model succeeded if(CheckPointer(full_model) == POINTER_INVALID) return INIT_FAILED; model_spec.vol_model_type = VolatilityModel; return(INIT_SUCCEEDED); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator deinitialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnDeinit(const int reason) { // Free dynamic memory allocated for the mean model instance if(CheckPointer(full_model) == POINTER_DYNAMIC) delete full_model; } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Custom indicator iteration function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnCalculate(const int32_t rates_total, const int32_t prev_calculated, const datetime &time[], const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[], const long &tick_volume[], const long &volume[], const int32_t &spread[]) { // Verify total bars available meet required history length if(rates_total < int32_t(HistoryLen)) { Print("Not enough bars for indicator calculation"); return -1; } // Determine starting index for incremental bar calculation int32_t limit = 0; if(prev_calculated <= 0) limit = rates_total - int32_t(fabs(BarsToDraw)); // First run: calculate specified historical depth else limit = prev_calculated - 1; // Subsequent runs: update only latest bar(s) // Main calculation loop iterating through historical price bars for(int32_t shift = limit; shift < rates_total; ++shift) { int32_t from = (shift - int32_t(HistoryLen)) + 1; // Calculate logarithmic returns over the rolling lookback window for(int32_t i = from, k = 0; k < int32_t(HistoryLen); ++i, ++k) returns[k] = log(close[i] / close[i - 1]); // Scale returns to assist optimizer convergence returns *= fabs(ScaleFactor); // Load current sample window into specification structure model_spec.observations = returns; // Re-initialize model state with new sample window if(!full_model.initialize(model_spec)) { Print(" initialization error "); return 0; } // Fit EGARCH model via maximum likelihood optimization ArchModelResult result = full_model.fit(); if(!result.conditional_volatility.Size()) { Print(" model fit error "); return 0; } // Extract full vector of standardized residuals stdresid = result.std_resid(); // Populate fast and slow evaluation windows from the tail of standardized residuals for(ulong i = 0; i < FastWindowLen; ++i) fastwindow[i] = stdresid[HistoryLen - FastWindowLen + i]; for(ulong i = 0; i < SlowWindowLen; ++i) slowwindow[i] = stdresid[HistoryLen - SlowWindowLen + i]; // Compute local mean values and derive the oscillator buffer (AVRO) FastBuffer[shift] = fastwindow.Mean(); SlowBuffer[shift] = slowwindow.Mean(); AvroBuffer[shift] = FastBuffer[shift] - SlowBuffer[shift]; } // Return calculated count to optimize subsequent iteration calls return(rates_total); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+