Alert when candle opens

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Hi,

 

I am trying to create an indicator, which is working now, but I've got a lot of alerts by every thick. I want to change this, so that I have only an alert when a new candle is open. Can someone help me with my code and tell me what i am doing wrong?

 

Here is my code:

#define INDICATOR_NAME "TMS_Alert"

#property indicator_chart_window
input int RSI_Period = 10; // RSI_Period: 8-25
input ENUM_APPLIED_PRICE RSI_Price = PRICE_TYPICAL;
input int Volatility_Band = 34; // Volatility_Band: 20-40
input double StdDev = 1.6185; // Standard Deviations: 1-3
input int RSI_Price_Line = 2;      
input ENUM_MA_METHOD RSI_Price_Type = MODE_EMA;
input int Trade_Signal_Line = 7;  
input ENUM_MA_METHOD Trade_Signal_Type = MODE_SMA;
extern bool               Alert_Popup=true;           /* Alert: Enable Popup with Sound */
extern bool               Alert_Notification=false;    /* Alert: Enable Push Notification */
extern bool               Alert_Email=false;           /* Alert: Send email */
extern string             Alert_Subject="Default";     /* Email Subject. */ //If "Default" the subject is set by the indicator
double RSIBuf[], UpZone[], MdZone[], //yellow
       DnZone[], MaBuf[], //green
       MbBuf[]; //red
      
datetime now;
bool alerted = false;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Custom indicator initialization function                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{  
   IndicatorShortName("TDI_Alert(" + IntegerToString(RSI_Period) + "," + IntegerToString(Volatility_Band) + "," + IntegerToString(RSI_Price_Line) + "," + IntegerToString(Trade_Signal_Line) +  ")");
   return(0);
}
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
   Comment("");
}


///-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// function: start()
// Description: Custom indicator iteration function.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
int start() {
if (IsNewBar()) alerted = false;

{

  
   double curTdiGreen, curTdiRed, curTdiYellow;
   double prevTdiGreen, prevTdiRed, prevTdiYellow;
    
      
         {
             {
            
               curTdiGreen   = iCustom(NULL,0,"TDI Red Green.ex4",10,5,34,2,1,7,0,4,0);
               prevTdiGreen  = iCustom(NULL,0,"TDI Red Green.ex4",10,5,34,2,1,7,0,4,1);
               curTdiRed     = iCustom(NULL,0,"TDI Red Green.ex4",10,5,34,2,1,7,0,5,0);
               prevTdiRed    = iCustom(NULL,0,"TDI Red Green.ex4",10,5,34,2,1,7,0,5,1);
               curTdiYellow  = iCustom(NULL,0,"TDI Red Green.ex4",10,5,34,2,1,7,0,2,0);
               prevTdiYellow = iCustom(NULL,0,"TDI Red Green.ex4",10,5,34,2,1,7,0,2,1);
               if ((curTdiGreen>curTdiRed)&&(curTdiGreen>curTdiYellow)&&(prevTdiRed>prevTdiGreen))
               { //list all pairs with buy signal
                 //if ((curTdiGreen>curTdiRed)&&(curTdiRed>curTdiYellow)&&(prevTdiRed>prevTdiGreen))
                   DoAlert("LONG Signal!");
                 } else {  //list all pairs with sell signal
                 if ((curTdiYellow>curTdiRed)&&(curTdiRed>curTdiGreen)&&(prevTdiGreen>prevTdiRed))
                   DoAlert("Sell Signal!");
               }
              
             }
         }
         }
      
       alerted = true;
        
  return(0);
}

bool IsNewBar() {
   if (now != Time[0]) {
      now = Time[0];
      return (true);
   }

   return (false);
}

      
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// function: DoAlert()
// Description: Alert on signal
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      
void DoAlert(string sAlertMsg) {
  // Do Alerts        
  sAlertMsg=Symbol()+", "+TF2Str(Period())+": "+sAlertMsg;
  if (Alert_Popup)
    Alert(sAlertMsg, ", ", INDICATOR_NAME);
  if (Alert_Notification)
    SendNotification(sAlertMsg + ", "+ INDICATOR_NAME);
  if (Alert_Email) {
    if (Alert_Subject=="Default")
      Alert_Subject=sAlertMsg;
    SendMail( Alert_Subject, "MT4 Alert! "+INDICATOR_NAME+"\n" + TimeToStr(Time[0],TIME_DATE|TIME_SECONDS )+"\n"+sAlertMsg);              
  }
}      
      
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// function: TF2Str()
// Description: Convert time-frame to a string
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
string TF2Str(int iPeriod) {
  switch(iPeriod) {
    case PERIOD_M1: return("M1");
    case PERIOD_M5: return("M5");
    case PERIOD_M15: return("M15");
    case PERIOD_M30: return("M30");
    case PERIOD_H1: return("H1");
    case PERIOD_H4: return("H4");
    case PERIOD_D1: return("D1");
    case PERIOD_W1: return("W1");
    case PERIOD_MN1: return("MN1");
    default: return("M"+(string)iPeriod);
  }
}
 
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  2. Where do you ever use your alerted variable?
 
whroeder1:
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  2. Where do you ever use your alerted variable?

Thanks for your reply. I change the post. And thanks for the 2 question. This triggers something, and not it is working.

 

I forgot "if (!alerted)"

 

Thanks! 

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