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How to Get Next Hour (H1) DateTime ?

  • #1
  • First Post: Edited 6:22am Dec 9, 2024 5:46am | Edited 6:22am
Hi coders, kindly advise me with your codes. I plan to basket close all open trades if a condition is met, my EA will capture the basket time (BskTm) automatically (I know to code this step). Based on the BskTm, I would like to get the next new H1 bar's time to allow the EA start next new trading session (NewHrTm).

Below are 2 scenarios (BskTm1 and BskTm2) :-

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   datetime BskTm1=D'2024.12.09 08:36'; // 1st Basket Close Captured Time

How to get NewHrTm1 automatically as below ??

Inserted Code
   datetime NewHrTm1=D'2024.12.09 09:00';

2nd scenario :-

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   datetime BskTm2=D'2024.12.09 23:12'; // 2nd Basket Close Captured Time

How to get NewHrTm2 automatically as below ??

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   datetime NewHrTm2=D'2024.12.10 00:00';

Kindly advise with your codes, thanks
  • #2
  • Dec 9, 2024 5:53am Dec 9, 2024 5:53am
Quoting chimoong
Hi coders, kindly advise me with your codes. I plan to basket close all open trades if a condition is met, my EA will capture the basket time (BskTm) automatically (I know to code this step). Based on the BskTm, I would like to get the next new H1 bar's time to allow the EA start next new trading session (NewTm). Below are 2 scenarios (BskTm1 and BskTm2) :- datetime BskTm1=D'2024.12.09 08:36'; // 1st Basket Close Captured Time How to get NewTm1 automatically as below ?? datetime BskTm1=D'2024.12.09 09:00'; 2nd scenario :- datetime BskTm2=D'2024.12.09...
Just get the candle's time of your BskTm1 ... then add to it "_Period*60" which is the seconds in 1 candle of your current chart (1 hour in your example).
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #3
  • Dec 9, 2024 6:01am Dec 9, 2024 6:01am
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} Just get the candle's time of your BskTm1 ... then add to it "_Period*60" which is the seconds in 1 candle of your current chart (1 hour in your example).
Thanks FerruFx, pretty simple.
  • #4
  • Last Post: Dec 9, 2024 6:50am Dec 9, 2024 6:50am
Quoting chimoong
{quote} Thanks FerruFx, pretty simple.
Indeed
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