How to have only one trade per bar?

[Ashish Kulkarni]

Hi guys,

What is the easiest way to enforce just one trade per bar on close of the bar? 

Best Regards, 

Ashish. 

[John Davis]

Ashish Kulkarni:
Hi guys,

What is the easiest way to enforce just one trade per bar on close of the bar? 

Best Regards, 

Ashish. 

Maybe

datetime NewTime=0;
void start()
  {
   if(NewTime!=Time[0]) // Run only on new bars
     {
      NewTime=Time[0];
  // Enter code to run once per bar here.
     }
  }

[Ashish Kulkarni]

Thanks John 

[Sabil Yudifera]

int barstemp=0;
void start()
{
    if(barstemp!=Bars)
    {
         barstemp = Bars;  
         //put your code
    }
}

 

[Sabil Yudifera]

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/bars

[Ali Reza Emami Bistgani]

John Davis #:

Maybe

It doesn't work dude it even doesn't recognize this function...

[William Roeder]

Ashish Kulkarni: What is the easiest way to enforce just one trade per bar on close of the bar?

You can't know when a candle closes. Only when a new tick arrives that starts a new bar is the old bar closed.

For a new bar test, Bars is unreliable (a refresh/reconnect can change number of bars on chart), volume is unreliable (miss ticks), Price is unreliable (duplicate prices and The == operand. - MQL4 programming forum.) Always use time.
          MT4: New candle - MQL4 programming forum #3 (2014)
          MT5: Accessing variables - MQL4 programming forum #3 (2022)

I disagree with making a new bar function, because it can only be called once per tick (second call returns false). A variable can be tested multiple times.
          Running EA once at the start of each bar - MQL4 programming forum (2011)

Sabil Yudifera #: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/bars

Bars is unreliable.

[Keith Watford]

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