How to delete pending orders which are more than 2 days old ?

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Hi everyone,

I am writing a code that loops through all orders, and to check that if is a pending order is placed more than 2 days before, the pending order will be deleted.

e.g Pending orders placed on 3 April (or earlier) will be deleted if today is 5 April.

Pending orders placed on 4 April will not be deleted until 6 April arrives.

I think we have to use functions like "OrderOpenTime" and somehow compare it with today's date, but am not exactly sure how to code it.

Anyone can show me the way ?

Thank you,

Hip

 

There has been a thread about this already, use the search at the top right of the page.

For example: https://www.mql5.com/en/forum/138402

 

Yes, I search but did not manage to find anything close to what I am looking for.

If I use something like,

TimeDay(TimeCurrent) - TimeDay(OrderOpenTime) >=2

it will work for say, 5 April - 3 April >=2,

but what about, 1 May - 29 April ??

And there are also Sats and Suns which should not be counted as they are non-trading days.

Any ideas ?

 
Any ideas ?

As an idea I have this (test it before use):

if (iBarShift(Symbol(), PERIOD_D1, OrderOpenTime(), false) >= 2)
 
hip280:


And there are also Sats and Suns which should not be counted as they are non-trading days.

Any ideas ?

Convert your times to bar numbers and check the number of bars that have passed . . . this takes care of weekends and holidays iBarShift()
 
Thanks for the ideas guys.
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