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Referencing a specific bar on either 5, 15, or 30min charts

  • #1
  • First Post: Oct 15, 2019 1:11pm Oct 15, 2019 1:11pm
I'm looking to reference a specify bar and have looked into iTime and iBarshift but with no luck so far.

For example,

in a 5 min chart....

get-price-only-if = The last bar is (ie. 01:55:00, 02:55:00, 03:55:00, etc.....) before the hour closes

or

in a 30 min chart....

get-price-only-if = The last bar is (ie. 01:30, 02:30, 03:30, etc ....) before the hour closes


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The basic logic of part of code i'm trying to write is:

Only proceed if
(the current 30 min (for example 01:30:00) bar closes either (up/down))
then
check the last 15min bar (at 01:15:00-01:30:00) for (up/down)
then
check the last 5min bar (at 01:25:00-01:30:00) for (up/down)





Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!
  • #2
  • Oct 16, 2019 1:01am Oct 16, 2019 1:01am
if( iClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_M30,0) > iOpen(_Symbol,PERIOD_M30,0) ) // the last 30 min bar is UP
{
if( iClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_M15,0) > iOpen(_Symbol,PERIOD_M15,0) ) // the last 15 min bar is UP
{
if( iClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_M5,0) > iOpen(_Symbol,PERIOD_M5,0) ) // the last 5 min bar is UP
{
// do something

}
}
}
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  • #3
  • Oct 16, 2019 1:45am Oct 16, 2019 1:45am
Quoting RedLineFred
if( iClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_M30,0) > iOpen(_Symbol,PERIOD_M30,0) ) // the last 30 min bar is UP { if( iClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_M15,0) > iOpen(_Symbol,PERIOD_M15,0) ) // the last 15 min bar is UP { if( iClose(_Symbol,PERIOD_M5,0) > iOpen(_Symbol,PERIOD_M5,0) ) // the last 5 min bar is UP { // do something } } }

It's not that easy. Your code would inspect the current bar which is not what OP wants. Further he wants to only act on specific bars, not on each bar. In pseudo code the reguired logic looks like follows:

Inserted Code
if (BarOpenEvent(PERIOD_M30) && TimeMinute(TimeCurrent())==30) {
   if (iClose(NULL, PERIOD_M30, 1) > iOpen(NULL, PERIOD_M30, 1)) {         // the just closed 30 min bar is UP
      if (iClose(NULL, PERIOD_M15, 1) > iOpen(NULL, PERIOD_M15, 1)) {      // the just closed 15 min bar is UP
         if (iClose(NULL, PERIOD_M5, 1) > iOpen(NULL, PERIOD_M5, 1)) {     // the just closed 5 min bar is UP
            // do something
         }
      }
   }
}
I say "pseudo" because the function BarOpenEvent() needs to implemented separately. Everything else is fine.
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  • #4
  • Last Post: Oct 16, 2019 2:19am Oct 16, 2019 2:19am
Quoting emmzett
{quote} It's not that easy. Your code would inspect the current bar which is not what OP wants. Further he wants to only act on specific bars, not on each bar. In pseudo code the reguired logic looks like follows: if (BarOpenEvent(PERIOD_M30) && TimeMinute(TimeCurrent())==30) { if (iClose(NULL, PERIOD_M30, 1) > iOpen(NULL, PERIOD_M30, 1)) { // the just closed 30 min bar is UP if (iClose(NULL, PERIOD_M15, 1) > iOpen(NULL, PERIOD_M15, 1)) { // the just closed 15 min bar is UP if (iClose(NULL, PERIOD_M5, 1) > iOpen(NULL, PERIOD_M5, 1)) { // the just...

Much appreciated emmzett!! And thanks @redlinefred for the reply
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