Hello, I am trying to integrate the Economic Calendar into my MT5 EA !

[82106578]

Hello

I am trying to integrate an economic calendar into my MT5 EA so that the robot temporarily blocks trading before important news events. I am using the stub function EconomicNewsGetNext(), but I keep getting compilation errors like:

- Undeclared identifier

- Implicit conversion from unknown to string

- [array required]

I tried the examples from the MQL5 articles ("Trading with the MQL5 Economic Calendar"), but I still get errors.

Here is the relevant EA code snippet I use to handle news:

Economic calendar parameters
input bool UseEconomicCalendar = true;
enter int NewsBlockMinutes = 5; Block trades ± 5 minutes around news
input bool ClosePositionsOnHighNews = true;

News stub functions (currently placeholders)
bool IsNewsWindowActive() { return(false); }
bool EconomicNewsGetNext(datetime & newsTime, string & currency, int & importance, string & text) { return(false); }
void CloseUnfavorablePositionsAfter News(datetime newsTime, double atr) { }

Using OnTick():
if(UseEconomicCalendar & IsNewsWindowActive()) return;

if(UseEconomicCalendar & ClosePositionsOnHighNews)
{
datetime newsTime; string currency; int importance; string text;
if(EconomicNewsGetNext( newsTime, currency, importance, text))
{
CloseAdverse positionsAfter news(newsTime, atr);
}
}

My goals are as follows:

1. Get real-time news timing, importance and currency.

2. Block the EA ±N minutes before/after the news event.

3. Close existing positions if the news is very important.

Question:

How to properly connect the economic calendar to the MT5 EA so that it works in real time without compilation errors? Is there a simple code example that can be integrated into the EA?

Thanks for your help!

[Oleksandr Medviediev]

82106578:
Hello

I am trying to integrate an economic calendar into my MT5 EA so that the robot temporarily blocks trading before important news events. I am using the stub function EconomicNewsGetNext(), but I keep getting compilation errors like:

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[Alectrading11]

82106578:
Hello

I am trying to integrate an economic calendar into my MT5 EA so that the robot temporarily blocks trading before important news events. I am using the stub function EconomicNewsGetNext(), but I keep getting compilation errors like:

Hello colleague,

Did you solve the issue? I am having same issue here. Please share if any solution was reached.

[Alexandr Saprykin]

Alectrading11 #:

Hello colleague,

Did you solve the issue? I am having same issue here. Please share if any solution was reached.

Here is some code as an example.

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Check news events and block trading                              |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void CheckNewsAndBlockTrading()
{
   datetime current_time = TimeCurrent();
   news_trading_allowed = true;
   next_important_news = 0;
   next_news_name = "";
   
   // Find the nearest high-impact news
   datetime nearest_news = 0;
   string nearest_name = "";
   int nearest_importance = 0;
   
   for(int i = 0; i < calendar_events_count; i++)
   {
      if(calendar_events[i].processed) continue;
      
      if(FilterByCurrency && base_currency != "" && quote_currency != "")
      {
         if(calendar_events[i].currency != base_currency && 
            calendar_events[i].currency != quote_currency)
         {
            continue;
         }
      }
      
      // Check importance level
      if(calendar_events[i].importance < MinImportance) continue;
      
      datetime news_time = calendar_events[i].time;
      int seconds_before = AlertMinutesBefore * 60;
      
      // Search for the closest upcoming news event
      if(news_time > current_time && (nearest_news == 0 || news_time < nearest_news))
      {
         nearest_news = news_time;
         nearest_name = calendar_events[i].name;
         nearest_importance = calendar_events[i].importance;
      }
      
      // Check if we are currently in the "danger zone" (restricted period)
      if(current_time >= (news_time - seconds_before) && 
         current_time <= (news_time + 3600)) // +1 hour after news release
      {
         news_trading_allowed = false;
         
         // Close positions if the option is enabled
         if(ClosePositionsBeforeNews && current_time >= (news_time - 60) && 
            current_time < news_time && CountPositions() > 0)
         {
            CloseAll();
            Print("Positions closed before news: ", calendar_events[i].name);
         }
         
         // Update status message
         if(current_time < news_time)
         {
            int minutes_left = (int)((news_time - current_time) / 60);
            news_status = "NEWS IN " + IntegerToString(minutes_left) + " MIN";
         }
         else
         {
            int minutes_passed = (int)((current_time - news_time) / 60);
            news_status = "NEWS WAS " + IntegerToString(minutes_passed) + " MIN AGO";
         }
         
         news_status_color = (calendar_events[i].importance >= 3) ? clrRed : 
                           (calendar_events[i].importance == 2) ? clrOrange : clrYellow;
         
         break;
      }
   }
   
   if(news_trading_allowed)
   {
      news_status = "TRADING ALLOWED";
      news_status_color = clrLime;
      
      if(nearest_news > 0)
      {
         next_important_news = nearest_news;
         next_news_name = nearest_name;
         
         int hours_left = (int)((next_important_news - current_time) / 3600);
         int minutes_left = (int)((next_important_news - current_time) / 60) % 60;
         
         news_status += "\nNext news in: " + 
                       IntegerToString(hours_left) + "h " + 
                       IntegerToString(minutes_left) + "m";
      }
   }
}