Sleep() will be ignored

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Hi guys,

I´m very frustrated because my Sleep-function doesn´t work. Everytime my system open a pending order, and I only wnat to open one order, it opened more than one order.

Why does the Sleep-function not work?


//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| A4.mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2010, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| http://www.metaquotes.net |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright © 2010, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.metaquotes.net"


//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| extern input parameters |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
extern int Slippage=5;
extern int LotDiff=1000000;
extern double ProfitDiff=0.001;
extern int MagicNumber_101=101000;
extern int MagicNumber_102=102000;


double dXPoint=1;


//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//----

if (Digits==3||Digits==5)
{
dXPoint=10;
}

if (Digits==3||Digits==5)
{
dXPoint=10;
int SLIPPAGE=SLIPPAGE*dXPoint;
}




//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert start function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
double entry_high=iHigh(0,0,1);
double entry_low=iLow(0,0,1);

{
startLookingForProfits(MagicNumber_101);
startLookingForProfits(MagicNumber_102);
}

// Variante 1

if ((Minute()==14 || Minute()==29 || Minute()==44 || Minute()==59) && iHigh(0,0,2)<iHigh(0,0,1) && iHigh(0,0,1)>iHigh(0,0,0))

{

OrderSend("EURUSD",OP_BUYSTOP,AccountBalance()/LotDiff,entry_high,2,NULL,NULL,"Magic Number 101000",MagicNumber_101,0,CLR_NONE);

}

if ((Minute()==14 || Minute()==29 || Minute()==44 || Minute()==59) && iLow(0,0,2)>iLow(0,0,1) && iLow(0,0,1)<iLow(0,0,0))

{

OrderSend("EURUSD",OP_SELLSTOP,AccountBalance()/LotDiff,entry_low,2,NULL,NULL,"Magic Number 102000",MagicNumber_102,0,CLR_NONE);

}

return(0);
}

Sleep(180000);

int startLookingForProfits(int MagicNumber)
{
int ProfitTarget=AccountBalance()*ProfitDiff;
double dblProfit=0;
int POS=0;
bool boolTerm=false;
while(boolTerm==false)
{
if(OrderSelect(POS,SELECT_BY_POS))
{
if(OrderMagicNumber()==MagicNumber) dblProfit=dblProfit+OrderProfit();
POS++;
}
else
boolTerm=true;
}
if(dblProfit>=ProfitTarget)
{
for(int i=OrdersTotal()-1;i>=0;i--)
{
OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS);
if(OrderMagicNumber()==MagicNumber)
{
int type=OrderType();
bool result=false;

switch(type)
{
//Close opened long positions
case OP_BUY :
result=OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(OrderSymbol(),MODE_BID),Slippage,Red);
break;

//Close opened short positions
case OP_SELL :
result=OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(OrderSymbol(),MODE_ASK),Slippage,LimeGreen);
break;
}

if(result==false)
{
Sleep(1000);
}
}
}
Print("Profit Target For MagicNumber based Trades Reached & They have been Closed");
return(0);
}
/*
Comment("AccountBalance: $",AccountBalance(),"\n",
"Account Equity: $",AccountEquity(),"\n",
"Profit Target MagicNo. Based Trades: $",ProfitTarget,"\n",
"Current Profit MagicNo. Based Trades: $",dblProfit,"\n");
*/
return(0);
}
 

Its not going to sleep forever. Theres allot of different ways to limit orders to just one. Sleep isn't one of them.

 
ubzen:

Its not going to sleep forever. Theres allot of different ways to limit orders to just one. Sleep isn't one of them.


Hi ubzen,


I only want to open a pending order when Minute()==57 and then I place a Sleep()=180000 so it had to open only one order and sleep for 3 minutes. The 3 minutes later it is not Minute()==57 and it should wait for the next hour and Minute()==57.

Is there another possible way to place only one pending order per hour?


Kind regards

 
jimbofx7:

Hi ubzen,


I only want to open a pending order when Minute()==57 and then I place a Sleep()=180000 so it had to open only one order and sleep for 3 minutes. The 3 minutes later it is not Minute()==57 and it should wait for the next hour and Minute()==57.

Is there another possible way to place only one pending order per hour?


Kind regards

How about if( Minute() != 57 ) return from start?

IMO, If someone do-not have intro to programming learned then you're wisting your time. I'm not a big fan of learning by guessing. Try reading the book.

 
jimbofx7:

Hi guys,

I´m very frustrated because my Sleep-function doesn´t work. Everytime my system open a pending order, and I only wnat to open one order, it opened more than one order.

Why does the Sleep-function not work?



Diificult to tell without indentation of the braces, but as far as I can tell, return(0) comes before Sleep().

So you exit the start function without calling sleep, so the code will run again at the next tick.

 

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Thanks for your cooments!


I changed the position of the sleep function and it works.


Many thanks!

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