Does anyone have an EA that turns off the "Auto Trading" button at, for example, 23:45 and turns it back on, for example, 75 minutes later?
It would be ideal if it were possible to configure closing of both open and pending orders when the button is disabled.
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Does anyone have an EA that turns off the "Auto Trading" button at, for example, 23:45 and turns it back on, for example, 75 minutes later? It would be ideal if it were possible to configure closing of both open and pending orders when the button is disabled.
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I think the problem you will find in trying to do it that way is that once AutoTrading is disabled, such an EA responsible for turning it back on will itself be disabled. I think a more robust solution would be to incorporate the timings & closing of orders within the EA itself. If you don't have access to the source code, maybe have a word with the developer to see what your options are.
Regards.
I had the same doubts. However, there is an EA for business news that can do this. Unfortunately, it is not possible to set the time instead of the news type.
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Well, I'm surprised. Must be that AutoTrading button only prohibits interaction with the server but EA can still run locally. I might strip out the useful bits and make the EA later on just out of curiosity. I'll post back later.
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You can try this. I haven't checked anything regarding closing trades, you should test it on a demo a/c to satisfy yourself it works as expected.
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You can try this. I haven't checked anything regarding closing trades, you should test it on a demo a/c to satisfy yourself it works as expected. Regards. {file}
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My joy was premature. That is an EA that I also found on the internet. It is not as described and does not work.
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{quote} My joy was premature. That is an EA that I also found on the internet. It is not as described and does not work.
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Well that's odd because I adapted it from the file you uploaded called CloseOnNewsEAv2.1.mq4. It will also require the file OrderReliable.mqh to be saved in your MQL Include folder which deals with closing of trades. I assumed you had this because it came in the zip file you posted.
You don't say why it doesn't work or if you see any error messages etc. I'll need a bit more to go on.
Regards.
Edit. I just tried it and it seems to work, see below event log & my Auto Trading button was disabled...
{quote} Well that's odd because I adapted it from the file you uploaded called CloseOnNewsEAv2.1.mq4. It will also require the file OrderReliable.mqh to be saved in your MQL Include folder which deals with closing of trades. I assumed you had this because it came in the zip file you posted. You don't say why it doesn't work or if you see any error messages etc. I'll need a bit more to go on. Regards. Edit. I just tried it and it seems to work, see below event log & my Auto Trading button was disabled... 2025.01.21 10:40:06.384 Automated trading...
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Sorry. It was my mistake. After reinstalling the platform it works fine.
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Does anyone have an EA that turns off the "Auto Trading" button at, for example, 23:45 and turns it back on, for example, 75 minutes later? It would be ideal if it were possible to configure closing of both open and pending orders when the button is disabled.
You can try this. I haven't checked anything regarding closing trades, you should test it on a demo a/c to satisfy yourself it works as expected. Regards. {file}
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The problem is that some positions will remain open. One coder found an instruction that can switch the profile. I am no longer in contact with him. Using this MQL instruction it is possible to create an EA that switches the profile at a set time. On this profile the EA will have "Close all open and pending orders" and a second timer to switch back to the original profile. The "AutoTrading" button would always be green. That would be the definitive solution.
I am attaching an indicator that contains such an MQL instruction, but it does not work reliably.
{quote} The problem is that some positions will remain open. One coder found an instruction that can switch the profile. I am no longer in contact with him. Using this MQL instruction it is possible to create an EA that switches the profile at a set time. On this profile the EA will have "Close all open and pending orders" and a second timer to switch back to the original profile. The "AutoTrading" button would always be green. That would be the definitive solution. I am attaching an indicator that contains such an MQL instruction, but it does not...
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A more reliable solution would be if you are able to specify which trades must be left open (magic number, order type, in profit/loss, etc) and the criteria could be added to the CloseOnTime EA. I had a look at the profile switch and I can see why it would be unreliable. When you are dealing with such a situation I would say having a robust solution is essential.
You also said originally,
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It would be ideal if it were possible to configure closing of both open and pending orders when the button is disabled.
Well, have a think through what you actually need and specify it exactly.
Regards.
{quote} A more reliable solution would be if you are able to specify which trades must be left open (magic number, order type, in profit/loss, etc) and the criteria could be added to the CloseOnTime EA. I had a look at the profile switch and I can see why it would be unreliable. When you are dealing with such a situation I would say having a robust solution is essential. You also said originally, {quote} Well, have a think through what you actually need and specify it exactly. Regards.
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I would really like to know why profile switching is unreliable. It would be a very perfect solution.
I need to close all open and pending orders perfectly. Including orders that may be opened by another EA that is active at the time of closing.
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{quote} I would really like to know why profile switching is unreliable. It would be a very perfect solution. I need to close all open and pending orders perfectly. Including orders that may be opened by another EA that is active at the time of closing.
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The profile switching is achieved by sending mock keystroke combinations and can be fragile depending on whether there is any other keyboard use or connectivity issues, OS status, etc. The one I sent you relies on sending a targeted windows message to MT4 to simulate a mouse click on the Auto Trading button. I feel it's slightly less prone to intermittent adverse conditions.
The CloseOnTimes I sent you in the first place will close all trades no matter how they were placed if you set MagicNumberToClose = -1. This means close all trades regardless of whether they have a magic number or not. Alternatively you could set a specific MagicNumberToClose which would only close those with matching magic numbers.
Also, as it uses the OrderReliable.mqh functions, I would be very surprised if it accidentally left any trades running. Have you actually tried it out? Were there any problems?
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{quote} The profile switching is achieved by sending mock keystroke combinations and can be fragile depending on whether there is any other keyboard use or connectivity issues, OS status, etc. The one I sent you relies on sending a targeted windows message to MT4 to simulate a mouse click on the Auto Trading button. I feel it's slightly less prone to intermittent adverse conditions. The CloseOnTimes I sent you in the first place will close all trades no matter how they were placed if you set MagicNumberToClose = -1. This means close all trades regardless...
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In the Include folder I have the file OrderReliable.mqh.
I placed the EA on 4x MT4. Only on one of them about 10 trades remained open. I closed them manually when the button was red. For today I added one more EA to close all positions. By minus 3 minutes.
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{quote} In the Include folder I have the file OrderReliable.mqh. I placed the EA on 4x MT4. Only on one of them about 10 trades remained open. I closed them manually when the button was red. For today I added one more EA to close all positions. By minus 3 minutes.
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Do you mean 4 different sessions of MT4 connecting to 4 different MT4 servers. If so, that should work fine. You say that one of them left 10 trades open but when you manually closed them the button was red. If the EA disabled the button (which happens just after closing the trades ) it should have written some information to the Experts tab at the bottom of the terminal window. This might show if any errors are occurring. Also make sure your start stop times are set up correctly.
I've tried it myself with a mixture of open and pending trades, with and without magic numbers and they all closed fine with MagicNumberToClose = -1 (minus 1). Are you sure the one that failed is set up the same as the others you have running?
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{quote} Do you mean 4 different sessions of MT4 connecting to 4 different MT4 servers. If so, that should work fine. You say that one of them left 10 trades open but when you manually closed them the button was red. If the EA disabled the button (which happens just after closing the trades ) it should have written some information to the Experts tab at the bottom of the terminal window. This might show if any errors are occurring. Also make sure your start stop times are set up correctly. I've tried it myself with a mixture of open and pending trades,...
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Each MT4 has a different account number. One of them is with a different broker. I check everything and look at the Experts tab. At 23:37, everything is closed by Universal Manager. CloseOnTimesv1.1 is set to 23:40.
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{quote} Each MT4 has a different account number. One of them is with a different broker. I check everything and look at the Experts tab. At 23:37, everything is closed by Universal Manager. CloseOnTimesv1.1 is set to 23:40.
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If Universal Manager is closing everything at 23:37, what was left over that needed closing by the CloseOnTimes (at 23:40) but wasn't? I'm confused by your explanations, sorry about that but I'm not fully understanding what's happening.
{quote} If Universal Manager is closing everything at 23:37, what was left over that needed closing by the CloseOnTimes (at 23:40) but wasn't? I'm confused by your explanations, sorry about that but I'm not fully understanding what's happening.
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The idea is this: The universal manager closes what it can. Other working EAs are still green and can open some positions. CloseOnTimesv1.1 will have less work to do with closing and therefore I hope nothing will be left open.
Switching profiles would solve this perfectly. But it would have to be reliable.
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