How can I add delay after a lost trade

[Alican Selcuk]

Hi. I am trying to add delay between 2 trades after a loss trade without use sleep(). How can I do this?

ex: wait 60 second for open a new trade after a lost trade

[lippmaje]

Remember the time when you lost, open only when current time elapsed 60 seconds.

datetime TimeLastLoss=0;

void OnTick() {
   if(CheckForALossTrade()) TimeLastLoss=TimeCurrent();
   if(TimeCurrent()-TimeLastLoss>60) CheckForOpeningATrade();
}

[Alican Selcuk]

lippmaje:

Remember the time when you lost, open only when current time elapsed 60 seconds.

Thank you lippmaje but I don't know how remember the time when lost. Could you help me if you have little bit time?

[lippmaje]

The code sample above contains all you need to know to fix your EA. If you are not sure how to do it consider asking a freelancer in the job section.

[nicholish en]

Alican Selcuk:

Hi. I am trying to add delay between 2 trades after a loss trade without use sleep(). How can I do this?

ex: wait 60 second for open a new trade after a lost trade

#define ALL_SYMBOLS "ALL-SYMBOLS"
#define ALL_MAGICS  INT_MAX

void OnStart() {
   if (cool_down_after_loss(60))
      Print("Can trade!");
}
   

bool cool_down_after_loss(const int seconds, 
                          const string symbol=ALL_SYMBOLS, 
                          const int magic=ALL_MAGICS) 
{
   datetime time = WRONG_VALUE;
   for (int i=OrdersHistoryTotal()-1; i>=0; --i) {
      if (OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY)
         && OrderType() < 2
         && (symbol == ALL_SYMBOLS || symbol == OrderSymbol())
         && (magic == ALL_MAGICS || magic == OrderMagicNumber())
         && (time == WRONG_VALUE || OrderCloseTime() > time)
      ){
         time = OrderCloseTime();
      }
   }
   return (TimeCurrent() - time >= seconds);
}