Help with Alerts?

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I have some simple methods that produce regular pips, the trouble is I am not an MT4 programmer. I'm trying to create a number of alerts that will sound at the end of the bar only (not every time during the bar that the condition occurs.) I'm happy to share my methods. Can anyone help?<o></o>

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Thanks in advance.

There are two ways to accomplish this that I'm aware of:

1. Check to see if Volume[0] == 1. If so, it's the start of a new bar which means the last bar can be checked for conformance with your alert criteria.

2. Set a timestamp on init of the EA or indicator. In the start function, check to see if timestamp < Time[0]. If so, it's a new bar so check your criteria and then update the timestamp.

I've found that #1 doesn't work so well since it's quite possible that you miss a tick or two and never receive an alert.

If you'd like more information or want someone to spin up a bit of code, either post or pm and I can probably assist.