Expert Advisor MQL4

Trader1529 2019.01.22 08:28

Good morning everyone,

I wrote an expert Advisor in mql4 format which open position at certain time of the day, it calculate number of lots, take profit and stop loss.

Now I want to change it because it doesn’t work very well and I want that it open position when the candlestick start (in the timeframe I set). For example, I set the timeframe M5, every 5 minutes (when the candle starts) it opens my position, but I don’t know the function to write it.

Can someone please help me?

Renjun Gu 2019.01.22 08:43 #1

int OnInit()

{

EventSetTimer(300);//300second

return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);

}

void OnDeinit(const int reason)

{

EventKillTimer()

}

void OnTimer()

{

}

void OnTick()

{

}

//Now execute the code you run in OnTimer(), it will be executed every 5min.

Trader1529 2019.01.22 14:16 #2

Renjun Gu:

int OnInit()

{

EventSetTimer(300);//300second

return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);

}

void OnDeinit(const int reason)

{

EventKillTimer()

}

void OnTimer()

{

}

void OnTick()

{

}

//Now execute the code you run in OnTimer(), it will be executed every 5min.

Thank you, but this function will execute every 300 seconds from when I start the autotrading, but I need to execute every 5 minutes of clock, that means, if I activate autotrading at 09:04, from 09:05 every 5 minutes it opens position, if I start autotrading at 10:16, from 10:20 it will open position every 5 minutes. I don’t know if I explained well what I need...

Expert Advisor MT4 mt5/mt4? Help out anyone who

nicholish en 2019.01.22 18:26 #3

You can track the opening of a new bar using a static variable and the bar time.

void OnTick()
{
   static datetime last_trade = 0;
   if (last_trade == 0)
      last_trade = Time[0];
   else if (last_trade != Time[0]) {
      int ticket = OrderSend(_Symbol, OP_BUY, 0.01, Ask, 0, 0.0, 0.0);
      if (ticket >= 0)
         last_trade = Time[0];
   }
}