HLR is short for Highest Lowest Range and typifies a Metatrader 5 forex indicator that defines the relative price position in range of the several N previous bars.
Seemingly, the HLR MT5 forex indicator is equal zero when price gets situated at the range bottom (speaking of a fresh low), while the indicator equals 1 (or 100%) when price gets positioned at the top of the range (speaking of a fresh high).
The indicator carries a value of 0.5 or 50% if price gets stuck in the middle of the range.
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Example Chart
The EUR/CAD H4 chart below displays the HLR Oscillator Metatrader 5 forex indicator in action.
Basic Trading Signals
Buy Signal: Go long when the red line of the HLR Metatrader 5 forex indicator breaks above the 50 level.
Sell Signal: Go short when the red line of the HLR Metatrader 5 forex indicator breaks below the 50 level.
Exit buy trade: Close all buy orders if while a bullish trend is ongoing, the red line of the indicator dips below the 50 level.
Exit sell trade: Close all sell orders if while a bearish trend is ongoing, the red line of the indicator surges above the 50 level.
Tips: Trading the Highest Lowest Range (HLR) should be accompanied with trend indicators (for instance moving averages), when modeling profitable trading strategies for intraday traders, scalpers and swing traders.
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MT5 Indicator Characteristics
Currency pairs: Any
Platform: Metatrader 5
Type: chart window indicator
Customization options: Variable [Period, Horizontal shift (in bars)], Colors, width & Style.
Time frames: 1-Minute, 5-Minutes, 15-Minutes, 30-Minutes, 1-Hour, 4-Hours, 1-Day, 1-Week, 1-Month
Type: oscillator
Installation
Copy and paste the hlr.ex5 indicator into the MQL5 indicators folder of the Metatrader 5 trading platform.
You can access this folder from the top menu as follows:
File > Open Data Folder > MQL5 > Indicators (paste here)