Timer on screen

[Yashar Seyyedin]

Hello. When trying to update a timer on chart screen using timer event the timer does not update exactly in conjunction with server time. Is there a solution?

[Fernando Carreiro]

Yashar Seyyedin: Hello. When trying to update a timer on chart screen using timer event the timer does not update exactly in conjunction with server time. Is there a solution?

Updates and changes to graphical objects on MT5 are not reflected immediately. They are queued for processing, so there can be a delay if there are too many updates on queue.

Remember that charts and all indicators for a symbol, all run on the same thread.