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  • #721
  • Nov 7, 2009 4:48am Nov 7, 2009 4:48am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Sounds like a plan to me.

I did use to be a cobol programmer many many many years ago.
  • #722
  • Nov 7, 2009 4:54am Nov 7, 2009 4:54am
One for the coders here.

MinsUntilNews = 90
MinsAfterNews = 60

The code to calculate the robot's sleep time for 150 minutes is:
int SleepTime = ((MinsUntilNews + MinsAfterNews) * 60) * 1000;

Looks ok?

  • #723
  • Nov 7, 2009 4:54am Nov 7, 2009 4:54am
Steve,

Have you seen this: http://www.eainstall.com/ ?
  • #724
  • Nov 7, 2009 4:56am Nov 7, 2009 4:56am
Quoting SteveHopwood
One for the coders here.

MinsUntilNews = 90
MinsAfterNews = 60

The code to calculate the robot's sleep time for 150 minutes is:
int SleepTime = ((MinsUntilNews + MinsAfterNews) * 60) * 1000;

Looks ok?

Dont you just do this ?

int Mins.Before.News = 90;
int Mins.After.News = 60;

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert NewsHandling function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool NewsHandling()
{

bool NewsTime = false;
int minutesSincePrevEvent =
iCustom(NULL, 0, "FFCal", true, true, false, true, true, 1, 0);
int minutesUntilNextEvent =
iCustom(NULL, 0, "FFCal", true, true, false, true, true, 1, 1);
if((minutesUntilNextEvent <= Mins.Before.News) ||
(minutesSincePrevEvent <= Mins.After.News))
{
NewsTime = true;
}
return(NewsTime);
}
  • #725
  • Nov 7, 2009 4:56am Nov 7, 2009 4:56am
Quoting scooby-doo
I did use to be a cobol programmer many many many years ago.
Hehe. Me too - it was the first language I learned that compiled into machine code. At the time, compared with the BBC Basic I had been using the speed of execution was breathtaking.

  • #726
  • Nov 7, 2009 5:02am Nov 7, 2009 5:02am
Quoting scooby-doo
Steve,

Have you seen this: http://www.eainstall.com/ ?
No, I hadn't. Thanks.

  • #727
  • Nov 7, 2009 5:04am Nov 7, 2009 5:04am
Quoting scooby-doo
Dont you just do this ?

int...
<Huffy sniff> Mine would work too.

This is better though; consider it adopted.

  • #728
  • Nov 7, 2009 5:12am Nov 7, 2009 5:12am
Quoting SteveHopwood
<Huffy sniff> Mine would work too.

This is better though; consider it adopted.

  • #729
  • Nov 7, 2009 5:50am Nov 7, 2009 5:50am
As a help, (I hope) I modified an old SCRIPT ( again, THIS IS A SCRIPT) to look at your system time and then tell you what your GMT SHIFT is.

Steve, I think this would answer your question better than the file you sent me to make into a function. In the mean time anyone can just put this script on their chart and get an instant answer about the shift hours.
Attached Image (click to enlarge)
Click to Enlarge Name: gmt shift.gif Size: 13 KB
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 LocalTimeAND_GMT_Shift.mq4   4 KB | 510 downloads
  • #730
  • Nov 7, 2009 5:55am Nov 7, 2009 5:55am
Cheers Scott. I have put a link to your post in post 1, so it will not get lost.

  • #731
  • Nov 7, 2009 6:01am Nov 7, 2009 6:01am
Blimey 25,000 views, I hope Warren Buffet is not one of them, he probably does have the equity to take on the BOJ.
  • #732
  • Nov 7, 2009 6:01am Nov 7, 2009 6:01am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Cheers Scott. I have put a link to your post in post 1, so it will not get lost.

If you want to incorporate it as a function, just put the import info at the top of the script above your #property...
and then you could just change the start () into a void LocalGMT() function and declare a couple of variables to hold what is the the string variable com.

However, I personally feel, if a person cannot figure out what their shift is with this bit of help, they should not use this EA, and maybe need to seriously reconsider their trading level and education. I mean this is not Rocket Science.

I don't mean to offend, just pointing out the obvious.
  • #733
  • Nov 7, 2009 6:38am Nov 7, 2009 6:38am
Quoting SteveHopwood
Anybody know where we download the latest version of FFCal? We all have a version, I am sure, but don't know whether it is the latest.

Added the news and public hols filter - haven't posted it in post 1 yet, but here it is if people want to play with the settings to test them out.

Don't use this version of the robot on a trading account; it has a call to start() to force it to display information that might have unpredictable effects.

I understand that this is the latest one.
Attached File(s)
File Type: mq4 FFCal.mq4   47 KB | 306 downloads
  • #734
  • Nov 7, 2009 7:22am Nov 7, 2009 7:22am
I take it the single pair robot has been shelved (for obvious reasons)

All sould re-read post 1.
  • #735
  • Nov 7, 2009 7:26am Nov 7, 2009 7:26am
Quoting dryclean
I take it the single pair robot has been shelved (for obvious reasons)

All sould re-read post 1.
Yes, it has.

  • #736
  • Nov 7, 2009 7:28am Nov 7, 2009 7:28am
Advice.

Someone PM me and asked how much money they should start trading forex with.

This may upset some people and I know some brokers will let you open and trade an account with 100 of base currency but my very strong advice and opinion is that you shouldnt be using anything less than 1000 of base currency.

I know this is just my opinion and you are perfectly within your right to disregard it.

Just be careful with account sizes and leverage.
  • #737
  • Nov 7, 2009 7:28am Nov 7, 2009 7:28am
I just had a look at the code for the latest version of FFCal, and it has a lot more inputs than the call from my robot sends.

I am no genius when it comes to making iCustom calls. Am I correct in thinking the call to FFCal should have the same number of parameters as the extern inputs?

  • #738
  • Nov 7, 2009 7:30am Nov 7, 2009 7:30am
Quoting SteveHopwood
I just had a look at the code for the latest version of FFCal, and it has a lot more inputs than the call from my robot sends.

I am no genius when it comes to making iCustom calls. Am I correct in thinking the call to FFCal should have the same number of parameters as the extern inputs?

I have been using it with the code calls i posted with no problems!
  • #739
  • Nov 7, 2009 8:16am Nov 7, 2009 8:16am
Quoting SteveHopwood
I just had a look at the code for the latest version of FFCal, and it has a lot more inputs than the call from my robot sends.

I am no genius when it comes to making iCustom calls. Am I correct in thinking the call to FFCal should have the same number of parameters as the extern inputs?

Yes it should have exactly the same number and in the same order. You can
just remove the word extern from each of the inputs that are different and make sure the others are in the same order.

Or you can add the extra parameters to your iCustom
  • #740
  • Nov 7, 2009 8:33am Nov 7, 2009 8:33am
Quoting scooby-doo
I did use to be a cobol programmer many many many years ago.
We are all showing our age. I also learned cobol and fortran and IBM JCL and the old old BASIC

Most of my computer science courses at the University were in fortan. LOL That shows you how long ago I went.
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