How to make a search on the forum/CodeBase/etc
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How can I search for indicators and other elements in this forum?
- 2017.05.29
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How can I search for indicators in this forum? I need the Hodrick Prescott Filter for MT4. Please, if anyone can help me, I thank you in advance...
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- 2024.03.02
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Jotam088:
Good Day MQL5 community .
Am looking coding for my fx robot to command the robot to set a stop-loss right after the 4hr candle closes
I would really appreciate your assistance .
I can give you a few ideas on this.
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Jotam Stoploss.mq5 | //| Copyright 2024, MetaQuotes Software Corp. | //| https://www.mql5.com | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property strict // Input parameters // Global variables double prev_four_hour_open = 0; double prev_four_hour_close = 0; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert initialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnInit() { // Set stop loss at the close of the 4-hour candle SetStopLossAtFourHourClose(); return INIT_SUCCEEDED; } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert deinitialization function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnDeinit(const int reason) { // Place any clean up code here if you need to } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Expert tick function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnTick() { // This function is called on each tick, if you have code here, don't leave it out } //+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Function to set stop loss at the close of the 4-hour candle | //+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ void SetStopLossAtFourHourClose() //Here we start with the function you need, SL at end of the 4hr candle { // Calculate stop loss price double stop_loss_price = 0; if (prev_four_hour_close > 0) { stop_loss_price = prev_four_hour_close - StopLossDistance * Point; } // Set stop loss if (stop_loss_price > 0) { bool result = OrderModify(OrderTicket(), 0, stop_loss_price, OrderTakeProfit(), 0, clrNONE); if (!result) Print("Failed to modify stop loss! Error code:", GetLastError()); else Print("Stop loss set successfully at ", stop_loss_price); } } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Function to track the open and close prices of the 4-hour candle | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnTimer() { datetime current_time = TimeCurrent(); datetime last_bar_time = Time[0]; datetime prev_bar_time = Time[1]; // Check if the previous bar closed 4 hours ago if (TimeToStruct(prev_bar_time).hour % 4 == 0 && TimeToStruct(last_bar_time).hour % 4 != 0) { // Update previous 4-hour open and close prices prev_four_hour_open = Open[1]; prev_four_hour_close = Close[1]; } }
There are other approaches that can be followed, but i think this is quite straight forward.

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Good Day MQL5 community .
Am looking coding for my fx robot to command the robot to set a stop-loss right after the 4hr candle closes
I would really appreciate your assistance .