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Institutional Swing Search 4.14

Bar-time arrows & historical pattern sections

The current bar controls the match. On an hourly chart, 05:00 stays the reference throughout that candle, including 05:03 and 05:59. The reference changes when MT5 opens the next bar. Smaller timeframes use their actual bar opening times.

Marker	Meaning
Small swing arrow	A confirmed historical high/low with the same hour and minute as the current bar. Existing swing colors remain.
Large gold arrow	A same-time historical bar that qualifies as a confirmed swing.
Large silver upward arrow	A same-time historical bar that is not a confirmed swing. This is a time reference, not a trade signal.

Large arrows sit slightly to the right so small and large markers can be distinguished. Hover for the original time. Use the bottom-left Small swing and Big time buttons independently. Inputs set initial visibility, colors, button position and history depth (3,000 bars by default). Keep the original ShowSwingArrows enabled for small arrows. Manual Find Time results retain their separate controls.

Swing Alerts: matching historical sequences now receive shaded vertical sections and bounded dashed horizontal levels at each matched swing: tomato for highs and blue for lows. Scroll back to the match date to see the section. Inputs control levels, shading color and the number of sections (50 by default). Shading uses a solid background color. Tools without a pattern-search command receive only the arrow features.

Download the replacement package and reload the affected indicator or EA. Preserve EA settings and reload only when safe for active trade management. Builds compile cleanly; live-chart visual verification is still required. Legacy Master 16.08B remains excluded because its source does not compile.

Search historical swing times, including weekends.

Find Time and Pattern do different jobs

Control	What it searches
Find Time	Ordinary bar-open times matching the entered HH:MM. Many days can produce many matches. These are not necessarily swings.
Pattern	An ordered high/low swing-time sequence. Default: two swings, with ±15 minutes tolerance. This is a time-sequence search, not a price-shape similarity model.
NY / SVR	Changes the search/display clock between the configured offset and server time.
Clear	Removes manual search and pattern markers; it does not remove every regular swing label.
Hide Results / Show Results	Toggles the results panel.

Run a pattern search

Load sufficient history for the chart symbol and timeframe.
Confirm the clock using NY/SVR and the offset input.
Click Pattern. Read the displayed H/L sequence, number of bars and swings, and match count.
Inspect historical match dates on the chart. The “latest match: next swing” is what happened after a historical match, not a confirmed future event.

Weekend bars are included. The panel reports Saturday and Sunday bar counts so you can check that the loaded broker history contains them.

Search and label settings

Input	Default / effect
SwingStrength	5 bars on each side; confirmed swings need subsequent closed bars.
SwingTests	2 swings in the sequence.
TimeToleranceMinutes	15; 0 requests exact clock-time matching.
MaxSearchBars	10,000; older history lies outside this scan.
MaxSearchMarkers	100; caps drawn markers.
AutoScanNewBars	true; Pattern also runs on demand.
SearchOnChartClick	false; ordinary clicks do not replace results.
LabelGapPixels / ArrowGapPixels	6 / 16; symbol-independent wick spacing.
MaxLabelBars	1,000; limits regular labels.
NYTimeOffsetHours	−7 default; a manual shift from server time, not automatic New York daylight-saving conversion.

Move, fade or hide the panel

PanelTransparency=30 by default; 0 is opaque and 100 clears the background while keeping text visible. PanelCorner defaults to top-right, PanelX=10, PanelY=45, and PanelWidth=420. Select and drag the panel when PanelAllowDrag=true. Set Inputs for a persistent starting position; session dragging and hiding reset on reattachment.

Fix duplicate or ghost panels

Press Ctrl+I and remove all older Institutional Swing Search instances.
Refresh Navigator and attach 4.14 once.
If saved objects from 4.11–4.14 exist, 4.14 saves a chart template before removing those recognized leftovers. If backup fails, initialization stops.
Maximize and restore the chart to check placement.

Version 4.14 reuses its panel bitmap during resizing and refuses a second recognized Swing Search instance. It does not delete arbitrary unrelated chart objects.

No matches?

Check the selected clock, available history and displayed sequence. A longer sequence or zero tolerance can legitimately yield none. Increase history or tolerance deliberately, and compare the results; do not treat more matches as evidence of better prediction.

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