Help me on this
I need it to buy and sell on date and time.
this is the error I get thank you.
this is the error I get thank you.
Your bracket was missing after the if statement that creates your order. The if statement was also cleaned up a bit. One thing that helps me is to include comments after closing 'if' and 'for' brackets. It saves hours of debugging when your cat runs accross the keyboard.
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| DATE & TIME .mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2006, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| https://www.metaquotes.net/ |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
extern double TakeProfit = 50;
extern double Lots = 0.1;
extern double TrailingStop = 30;
extern double StopLoss = 12;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int cnt, ticket, total;
// initial data checks
// it is important to make sure that the expert works with a normal
// chart and the user did not make any mistakes setting external
// variables (Lots, StopLoss, TakeProfit,
// TrailingStop) in our case, we check TakeProfit
// on a chart of less than 100 bars
if(Bars<100)
{
Print("bars less than 100");
return(0);
}
if(TakeProfit<10)
{
Print("TakeProfit less than 10");
return(0); // check TakeProfit
}
total=OrdersTotal();
if(total<1)
{
// check for position (BUY) & (SELL)
if(Year()==2006 && Month()==12 && Day()==6 && Hour()==19 && Minute()==13 && Seconds()==46)
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"date time sample",16384,0,Green);
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,3,Ask+StopLoss*Point,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"date time sample",16384,0,Red);
}
} // Check Time for order
// it is important to enter the market correctly,
for(cnt=0;cnt<total;cnt++)
{
OrderSelect(cnt, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
if(OrderType()<=OP_SELL && // check for opened position
OrderSymbol()==Symbol()) // check for symbol
{
if(OrderType()==OP_BUY) // long position is opened
{
// check for trailing stop
if(TrailingStop>0)
{
if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice()>Point*TrailingStop)
{
if(OrderStopLoss()<Bid-Point*TrailingStop)
{
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Bid-Point*TrailingStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Green);
return(0);
}
}
}
}
else // go to short position
{
// check for trailing stop
if(TrailingStop>0)
{
if((OrderOpenPrice()-Ask)>(Point*TrailingStop))
{
if((OrderStopLoss()>(Ask+Point*TrailingStop)) || (OrderStopLoss()==0))
{
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Ask+Point*TrailingStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Red);
return(0);
}
}
}
}
}}
return(0);
}
// the end.
IT still will not buy and sell
I need a basic buy and sell on date and time to trade the news.
thank you for your help.
I need a basic buy and sell on date and time to trade the news.
thank you for your help.
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this is the error I get thank you.
'\end_of_program' - ending bracket '}' expected C:\Program Files\WindsorDirect 4\experts\DATE & TIME .mq4 (97, 1)
1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| DATE & TIME .mq4 |
//| Copyright © 2006, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| https://www.metaquotes.net/ |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
extern double TakeProfit = 50;
extern double Lots = 0.1;
extern double TrailingStop = 30;
extern double StopLoss = 12;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int cnt, ticket, total;
// initial data checks
// it is important to make sure that the expert works with a normal
// chart and the user did not make any mistakes setting external
// variables (Lots, StopLoss, TakeProfit,
// TrailingStop) in our case, we check TakeProfit
// on a chart of less than 100 bars
if(Bars<100)
{
Print("bars less than 100");
return(0);
}
if(TakeProfit<10)
{
Print("TakeProfit less than 10");
return(0); // check TakeProfit
}
total=OrdersTotal();
if(total<1)
{
// check for position (BUY) & (SELL)
if(Year==2006)
(Month==12)
(Day==6)
(Hour==19)
(Minute==13)
(Seconds==46);
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"date time sample",16384,0,Green);
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,3,Ask+StopLoss*Point,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"date time sample",16384,0,Red);
}
// it is important to enter the market correctly,
for(cnt=0;cnt<total;cnt++)
{
OrderSelect(cnt, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
if(OrderType()<=OP_SELL && // check for opened position
OrderSymbol()==Symbol()) // check for symbol
{
if(OrderType()==OP_BUY) // long position is opened
{
// check for trailing stop
if(TrailingStop>0)
{
if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice()>Point*TrailingStop)
{
if(OrderStopLoss()<Bid-Point*TrailingStop)
{
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Bid-Point*TrailingStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Green);
return(0);
}
}
}
}
else // go to short position
{
// check for trailing stop
if(TrailingStop>0)
{
if((OrderOpenPrice()-Ask)>(Point*TrailingStop))
{
if((OrderStopLoss()>(Ask+Point*TrailingStop)) || (OrderStopLoss()==0))
{
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),Ask+Point*TrailingStop,OrderTakeProfit(),0,Red);
return(0);
}
}
}
}
}
}
return(0);
}
// the end.