Delay Entry EA Help

[mk731]

Hi,

I'm editing MACD Sample, using H4 AUDUSD,

I want to use the entry conditions supplied, but i want to delay it by looking for a correction in the trend then enter.

I used an input called 'Lookback', created a for loop that loops for i=0 to Lookback.

The Problem

I set the Lookback to 5,

it will only enter the trade if the 5th candle back has the entry signal, NOT anything between 0 and 5 candles back.

Could you please help
THX

[William Roeder]

Your "delay it by looking for a correction" is too vague. Until you come up with concrete definitions, you will never succeed, and no one can help you.

Perhaps start with something like:

static bool upTrend=false, dnTrend=false; 
if(MACD > 70) upTrend=true; dnTrend=false;
if(MACD < 30) upTrend=false; dnTrend=true;

bool retrace=MACD(2) < 70;
bool continuation = MACD(1) > MACD(2)
if(upTrend && retrace && continuation) Buy();

:

[mk731]

entry signal is made, but i want to delay entry so that a bar moves counter trend to enter trade.

i.e. for a buy,

conditions met, bar is green

wait till, a bar goes red, ('Lookback' varibale is the limit on how long it waits),

then at close or open on next bar, enter a buy trade

for sell, visa versa.

so i've written,

for the waiting loop,

for (i=0; i<Lookback;i++) //Lookback is a variable

if (entry condtions)

{buy0=true;}

else buy0=flase;

for entry,

if(buy0==true && Close0<Open0)

{ ticket=OrderSend(.....)}

so how come this only works if it's exactly 'Lookback' the period set, not 0 to "Lookback'

[William Roeder]

mk731: so how come this only works if it's exactly 'Lookback' the period set, not 0 to "Lookback'

Zero the loop exits. Stop looping! Return and wait for the next tick. On the next bar, test for your "bar goes red."