Errors that occur when working with symbols which have insufficient quote history

[Winsor Hoang]

Per this article on MQL4 https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/2555

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Errors that occur when working with symbols which have insufficient quote history

If an expert or indicator is launched on a chart with insufficient history, then there are two possibilities:

1. the program checks for availability of the required history in all the required depth. If there are less bars than required, the program requests the missing data and completes its operation before the next tick arrives. This path is the most correct and it helps to avoid a lot of mistakes, such as array out of range or zero divide;

How do I implement the solution above? Any help is greatly appreciated. 

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[Carl Schreiber]

Within an EA you can use while( !IsStopped() && not_here(..) ) sleep(500).

As sleep does not work within an EA you just can do directly within OnCalculate(){ ..  if( not_here(..) ) return(0)‌;..

This way you 'wait' until you have all your datas and you start with the first tick hereafter.

[Alain Verleyen]

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Alain Verleyen, 2017.03.07 08:16

Why people who are selling products on the Market want to get free help on the forum ?

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[Winsor Hoang]

Carl Schreiber:

Within an EA you can use while( not_here(..) ) sleep(500).

As sleep does not work within an indicator you just can do directly within OnCalculate(){ ..  if( not_here(..) ) return(0)‌;..

This way you 'wait' until you have all your datas and you start with the first tick hereafter.

Thanks Carl,

‌‌Greatly appreciated.