Time converstion function slowing down EA

Dua Yong Rew 2022.10.22 00:06

I noticed that TimeToString and StringToTime is making my EA a lot slower

Is there anything I can improve on the code below?

It is a function to check if the market is open for trading

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function                                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()
  {
//---

   TimeTradeServer(time);

   if(isMarketOpen())
   {}
   
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| is Market Open                                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool isMarketOpen()
  {
//---

   datetime start = 0,
            end   = 0,
            now   = StructToTime(time);

   if(!SymbolInfoSessionTrade(_Symbol, (ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK) time.day_of_week, 0, start, end)) return(false);

   string   str_start = TimeToString(start, TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS),
            str_end   = TimeToString(end, TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS),
            str_now   = TimeToString(now, TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS);

   start = StringToTime(str_start);
   end   = StringToTime(str_end);
   now   = StringToTime(str_now);

   if(start <= now && now <= end) return(true);

//---
   return(false);
  }

Osazee Asikhemhen 2022.10.22 03:22 #1

Since the function is to know if market is opened, run it per bar not per tick.

Dua Yong Rew 2022.10.23 00:33 #2

Osazee Asikhemhen #:
Since the function is to know if market is opened, run it per bar not per tick.

Every minute bar?

Fernando Carreiro 2022.10.23 04:18 #3

Dua Yong Rew: I noticed that TimeToString and StringToTime is making my EA a lot slower. Is there anything I can improve on the code below? It is a function to check if the market is open for trading

Why are you converting the date/times into strings?
That makes processing slower. Treat them as datetime directly and mask out the time only.
Why are you reading the sessions on every tick?
They are not going to change suddenly, so read them for an entire week at the beginning of the week or read them once a day at the beginning of the day.
Save the session data in datetime format, or just as time only, and then only check them when necessary, for example when you need to place an order.

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Osazee Asikhemhen 2022.10.24 23:05 #4

Dua Yong Rew #:

Every minute bar?

void OnTick()
  {
//---
 static datetime NewTime=0;                 
 bool NewBar=false;                              
 if(New_Time!=Time[0])                       
     {
      NewTime=Time[0];                        
      NewBar=true;                            
      
     
      TimeTradeServer(time);
   
      if(isMarketOpen())
      {}
     
     }
   
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| is Market Open                                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool isMarketOpen()
  {
//---

   datetime start = 0,
            end   = 0,
            now   = StructToTime(time);

   if(!SymbolInfoSessionTrade(_Symbol, (ENUM_DAY_OF_WEEK) time.day_of_week, 0, start, end)) return(false);

   string   str_start = TimeToString(start, TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS),
            str_end   = TimeToString(end, TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS),
            str_now   = TimeToString(now, TIME_MINUTES|TIME_SECONDS);

   start = StringToTime(str_start);
   end   = StringToTime(str_end);
   now   = StringToTime(str_now);

   if(start <= now && now <= end) return(true);

//---
   return(false);
  }

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