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  • First Post: Mar 20, 2011 4:35pm Mar 20, 2011 4:35pm
  •  newbie2
  • | Joined Jun 2010 | Status: Member | 21 Posts
Hello all,

I have some code to prevent trades being placed outside of certain hours, with those hours set as extern variables.

This is what I have come up with, but it seems a little clumsy - is there a more elegant way to achieve the same result?

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extern bool       TimeFilter     =  true;
extern int        MarketOpen     =  04;
extern int        MarketClose    =  20;

int start()
{

 if(TimeFilter)                            
  {
   datetime marketstart = StrToTime(StringConcatenate(MarketOpen,":00"));  
   datetime marketend   = StrToTime(StringConcatenate(MarketClose,":00"));   
   if((TimeCurrent() < marketstart) && (TimeCurrent() >= marketend))         
    {
     Status = 1;                                       
    }
  }
Many thanks in advance for any comments
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  • Edited 5:49pm Mar 20, 2011 5:03pm | Edited 5:49pm
  •  CodeMeister
  • Joined Sep 2009 | Status: Making Code While Making Pips | 1,672 Posts
Hour() >= MarketOpen && Hour() < MarketClose
 
 
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Thank you!
 
 
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