MT4 Saving multiple events

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Starting to get a bit more in depth with MQL4 and need some help.

Lets say (for example) the price hits 1.5000 3 times in one day. I would like to buy it on the third time.
Is there any way MT4 can record how many times an event has happened?

I guess my problem is that i want to open an order after certain events have happened. i.e. at 1pm price hit 1.5000 then at 3pm a macd crossed then at 5pm a moving average hit a level.

I cant use if statements because these events are not happening at the same time.

Thanks to anyone who can solve this.

[Tjipke de Vries]

if you save last 200 ticks then look how often a tick happend 3 or more times

So what do you mean price hits 1.5000 3 times in one day ....

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I guess my problem is that i want to open an order after certain events have happened. i.e. at 1pm price hit 1.5000 then at 3pm a macd crossed then at 5pm a moving average hit a level.

I cant use if statements because these events are not happening at the same time.

[Simon Gniadkowski]

tokyonine:

I guess my problem is that i want to open an order after certain events have happened. i.e. at 1pm price hit 1.5000 then at 3pm a macd crossed then at 5pm a moving average hit a level.

I cant use if statements because these events are not happening at the same time.

You said that already . . .

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RaptorUK:
You said that already . . .

Yeah.

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Devries commented on the first part of my question. Can anyone help on the second part of my question?

[Simon Gniadkowski]

tokyonine:
Devries commented on the first part of my question. Can anyone help on the second part of my question?

If you want live events, not just that a bar has hit a certain level then you have to remember these as you go and store that fact in a a variable. When the variables tell you that all the events you need have been met then do what you want to do . . . place a trade or whatever it is you want.

[ydrol]

You'll need to use static or global scoped variables to store counts etc. Here is a rough simplified template that I tend to use. This allows me to slot in extra steps to the strategy or remove them without too much pain...

#define STATE_BEGIN 0
#define STATE_WAIT_PRICE 1
#define STATE_WAIT_MACD_CROSS 2
#define STATE_WAIT_MA_HIT_LEVEL 3
#define STATE_ENTER_MARKET 4
#define STATE_NO_MORE_TRADES_TODAY 5

start()
{
        static int state;
        
        if (day_changed) state=STATE_WAIT_PRICE;

        switch(state) {
                case STATE_WAIT_PRICE:

                        code/fn to analyse tick/market for price

                        if (condition met) {
                                state = STATE_WAIT_MACD_CROSS;
                        }
                        // Fall through to save waiting for next tick
                        if (state != STATE_WAIT_MACD_CROSS ) break;

                case STATE_WAIT_MACD_CROSS:

                        code/fn to analyse tick/market for macd

                        if (condition met) {
                                state = STATE_WAIT_MA_HIT_LEVEL;
                        }
                        // Fall through to save waiting for next tick
                        if (state != STATE_WAIT_MA_HIT_LEVEL ) break;

                case STATE_WAIT_MA_HIT_LEVEL:

                        code/fn to analyse tick/market for MA hitting level

                        if (condition met) {
                                state = STATE_ENTER_MARKET;
                        }
                        // Fall through to save waiting for next tick
                        if (state != STATE_ENTER_MARKET ) break;

                case STATE_ENTER_MARKET:
                        buy, sell etc.
                        state = STATE_WAIT_PRICE;
                        or
                        state = STATE_NO_MORE_TRADES_TODAY;
                        break;

                case STATE_NO_MORE_TRADES_TODAY:
                        break;
        }
}

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Ah ok. Cheers raptor. I'll start looking at variables. I wasn't sure what I was looking for before hand. Thanks for your help folks. No doubt ill be back to annoy you all at some point. :)

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ydrol:

You'll need to use static or global scoped variables to store counts etc. Here is a rough simplified template that I tend to use. This allows me to slot in extra steps to the strategy or remove them without too much pain...

Cheers for that. I'll have a look at this.