//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Correlation_Trend_Calculator.mqh | //| Calculation engine for the John Ehlers' Correlation Trend | //| Indicator. | //| Copyright 2025, xxxxxxxx | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property copyright "Copyright 2025, xxxxxxxx" #include //+==================================================================+ class CCorrelationTrendCalculator { protected: int m_period; double m_price[]; virtual bool PreparePriceSeries(int rates_total, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE price_type, const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[]); public: CCorrelationTrendCalculator(void) {}; virtual ~CCorrelationTrendCalculator(void) {}; bool Init(int period); void Calculate(int rates_total, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE price_type, const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[], double &corr_buffer[]); }; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ bool CCorrelationTrendCalculator::Init(int period) { m_period = (period < 2) ? 2 : period; return true; } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void CCorrelationTrendCalculator::Calculate(int rates_total, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE price_type, const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[], double &corr_buffer[]) { if(rates_total < m_period) return; if(!PreparePriceSeries(rates_total, price_type, open, high, low, close)) return; for(int i = m_period - 1; i < rates_total; i++) { double sx=0, sy=0, sxx=0, syy=0, sxy=0; for(int j = 0; j < m_period; j++) { // x is the price, from newest (j=0) to oldest (j=m_period-1) double x = m_price[i - j]; // y is a time index with a positive slope double y = j + 1; sx += x; sy += y; sxx += x * x; syy += y * y; sxy += x * y; } double numerator = m_period * sxy - sx * sy; double den_term1 = m_period * sxx - sx * sx; double den_term2 = m_period * syy - sy * sy; if(den_term1 > 0 && den_term2 > 0) { double denominator = sqrt(den_term1 * den_term2); if(denominator != 0) { // CORRECTED: The correlation of a rising price with a rising time index is positive. // Ehlers wants a positive correlation for an uptrend. // However, his EasyLanguage code uses a descending time index (Y = -count), // which results in an inverted output compared to a standard Pearson correlation with an ascending time index. // To match the visual expectation (Up Trend = Positive Corr), we must invert our result. // Let's re-verify. If price (X) goes up, and our time (Y) goes up, correlation is positive. Correct. // If price (X) goes down, and our time (Y) goes up, correlation is negative. Correct. // The issue might be in the EasyLanguage indexing vs MQL5. // Let's try reversing the time index to match Ehlers' logic. // Re-calculation with reversed time index sx=0; sy=0; sxx=0; syy=0; sxy=0; for(int j = 0; j < m_period; j++) { double x = m_price[i - j]; double y = m_period - j; // Newest bar (j=0) gets highest time value sx += x; sy += y; sxx += x * x; syy += y * y; sxy += x * y; } numerator = m_period * sxy - sx * sy; den_term1 = m_period * sxx - sx * sx; den_term2 = m_period * syy - sy * sy; if(den_term1 > 0 && den_term2 > 0) { denominator = sqrt(den_term1 * den_term2); if(denominator != 0) { corr_buffer[i] = numerator / denominator; } } } } } } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ bool CCorrelationTrendCalculator::PreparePriceSeries(int rates_total, ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE price_type, const double &open[], const double &high[], const double &low[], const double &close[]) { ArrayResize(m_price, rates_total); switch(price_type) { case PRICE_CLOSE: ArrayCopy(m_price, close, 0, 0, rates_total); break; case PRICE_OPEN: ArrayCopy(m_price, open, 0, 0, rates_total); break; case PRICE_HIGH: ArrayCopy(m_price, high, 0, 0, rates_total); break; case PRICE_LOW: ArrayCopy(m_price, low, 0, 0, rates_total); break; case PRICE_MEDIAN: for(int i=0; i