How to resume trading in x minutes after loss

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int start() {
if(AccountEquity()>AccountBalance())
  CloseOrders();

so this will close all orders as soon as any  there is any profit its just an example in mt4 but  what i want is   time resume  ,,like  after this closes all orders     i want to resume in lets say 5 minutes    how do we do that? 

 
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so this will close all orders as soon as any  there is any profit its just an example in mt4 but  what i want is   time resume  ,,like  after this closes all orders     i want to resume in lets say 5 minutes    how do we do that? 

Hi , this is not tested 

So what is happening is :

  • declare a variable that retains the last time your system fully stopped
  • when your system fully stops you capture the time
  • if there is a time captured and the limit input is not zero (system active by user) then you run a check
  • which compares the difference in seconds of the current time from the last stop time

a more complete solution would retain all that info even after reinits and terminal shutdowns , check for trading etc check if all trades closed  etc

input int continueSecs=3600;//continue after stop in seconds 
datetime stopped=0;
int start(){
if(AccountEquity()>AccountBalance()){
CloseOrders();
//should check if they really closed , but not of topic
stopped=TimeLocal();
}
//if you have a recent stopped time
if(stopped!=0&&continueSecs>0){
//difference in seconds 
   int secs_diff=((int)TimeLocal())-((int)stopped);
//if the difference crosses over your limit reopen
  if(secs_diff>=continueSecs){
  //open your trades here and reset stopped time
     stopped=0;  
}
}
}
 
Lorentzos Roussos #:

Hi , this is not tested 

So what is happening is :

  • declare a variable that retains the last time your system fully stopped
  • when your system fully stops you capture the time
  • if there is a time captured and the limit input is not zero (system active by user) then you run a check
  • which compares the difference in seconds of the current time from the last stop time

a more complete solution would retain all that info even after reinits and terminal shutdowns , check for trading etc check if all trades closed  etc

thank you bro

 
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input int continueSecs=3600;//continue after stop in seconds 
datetime stopped=0;
int start(){
if(AccountEquity()>AccountBalance()){
CloseOrders();
//should check if they really closed , but not of topic
stopped=TimeLocal();
}
//if you have a recent stopped time
if(stopped!=0&&continueSecs>0){
//difference in seconds 
   int secs_diff=((int)TimeLocal())-((int)stopped);
//if the difference crosses over your limit reopen
  if(secs_diff>=continueSecs){
  //open your trades here and reset stopped time
     stopped=0;  
}
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input int continueSecs=3600;//continue after stop in seconds 
datetime stopped=0;
int start(){
   if(AccountEquity()>AccountBalance()){
      CloseOrders(); stopped = TimeLocal() + continueSeconds;
   }
   //if the "continue after" has expired.
   if(stopped < TimeLocal()){
     //open your trades here and reset stopped time
   }
}
 
William Roeder #:
Code
Simplified

Awesome , thank you sir William

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