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  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 22, 2009 9:44pm Mar 22, 2009 9:44pm
Is there a function that measures how long a trade has been opened?
  • #2
  • Mar 22, 2009 9:46pm Mar 22, 2009 9:46pm
nope, just do some time based math. the trade has the time it was opened, just subtract the current time from it.
  • #3
  • Mar 22, 2009 10:16pm Mar 22, 2009 10:16pm
So, if I was wanting to close a trade after 20 hours, I can do something like this?

if(TimeCurrent()-OrderOpenTime()>72000) then close trade
  • #4
  • Mar 22, 2009 10:30pm Mar 22, 2009 10:30pm
yes
  • #5
  • Mar 23, 2009 4:55am Mar 23, 2009 4:55am
That isn't working....

Inserted Code
{
   int numberOfOrders = OrdersTotal();
   if (numberOfOrders > 0)
     { for (int cnt=OrdersTotal()-1; cnt >= 0; cnt--)
        {
           if(OrderSelect(cnt,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES)==false)
            {if (OrderSymbol() == Symbol() && OrderMagicNumber() == MagicNumber)
               {
               if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)
                {  if  (((Open[0] > L_StopLoss) && (Close[0] <= L_StopLoss))||(TimeCurrent()-OrderOpenTime()>72000))
                  
                   { if (OrderComment() == "Coach Line4Buy") line4trades=0;
                     if (OrderComment() == "Coach Line3Buy") line3trades=0;
                     if (OrderComment() == "Coach Line2Buy") line2trades=0;
                     if (OrderComment() == "Coach Line1Buy") line1trades=0;
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),OrderClosePrice(),3,Blue);
                     Print(GetLastError());
                   }
                   return;
                }    
             }
  • #6
  • Mar 23, 2009 5:08am Mar 23, 2009 5:08am
Then try some very basic troubleshooting. Somewhere after your orderselect function, in a place you know will be executed insert a comment command to see the actual value of timecurrent-orderopentime.
  • #7
  • Mar 23, 2009 6:03am Mar 23, 2009 6:03am
if you are testing it in strategy tester, timecurrent only returns the current server time it will not work on backtesting with strategy tester.
  • #8
  • Last Post: Mar 23, 2009 8:16am Mar 23, 2009 8:16am
I had a line of code wrong above it (a false instead of a true in the orderselect because I forgot to adjust after a logic change)... after that, it seems to work correctly and close trades out that have hung for 20 hours even in the strategy tester... at the same time, since that wasn't working correctly before, it needs to be tested... there aren't many stop losses, but they need to be corrected... I am hoping all the bugs are out so that it does what it is supposed to do... after that, I can do further optimization and forward tests from that, etc. I have added a couple of small fixes and should almost be done with V2
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