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  • First Post: Aug 25, 2008 12:58pm Aug 25, 2008 12:58pm
  •  turbano
  • | Joined Oct 2007 | Status: Member | 27 Posts
Hi guys how can i make an order expire in X time?
Let's say my expert has a number of seconds

extern int Seconds = 60;

then i want the pending order of this EA to expire 60 seconds after they were opened, how can i do this in mt4?

Kindest regards
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  • Aug 25, 2008 1:37pm Aug 25, 2008 1:37pm
  •  Ronald Raygun
  • Joined Jul 2007 | Status: 28 y/o Investor/Trader/Programmer | 5,016 Posts
int OrderSend( string symbol, int cmd, double volume, double price, int slippage, double stoploss, double takeprofit, string comment=NULL, int magic=0, datetime expiration=0, color arrow_color=CLR_NONE)
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  • Aug 25, 2008 7:05pm Aug 25, 2008 7:05pm
  •  turbano
  • | Joined Oct 2007 | Status: Member | 27 Posts
Thanks, but i'm looking for a way to the order expire in seconds not in datetime format.
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  • Aug 25, 2008 8:13pm Aug 25, 2008 8:13pm
  •  Ronald Raygun
  • Joined Jul 2007 | Status: 28 y/o Investor/Trader/Programmer | 5,016 Posts
Ok...

extern SecondsToExpire = 60;

datetime expiration = 0;

start()

expiration = TimeCurrent() + SecondsToExpire;
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  • Last Post: Aug 25, 2008 9:03pm Aug 25, 2008 9:03pm
  •  turbano
  • | Joined Oct 2007 | Status: Member | 27 Posts
Thanks will try
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