to check start of candle

Hi guys,

anyone please confirm me if following code line is good to check start of a candle.

iVolume(Symbol(), PERIOD_D1, 0)<1

thanks
desiguy

I doubt volume would ever be less than 1, on any timeframe. I use Time[0] != SavedTime (You can handle saving last time thru) if indi is on chart in question, if the question is being asked for a higher time frame chart then I guess the answer is always yes, the bar has already started. If it is being asked for a lower time frame then you probably need to use a BarShift to get to it. I've seen people use Vol[0] = 1 to grab 1st tick, but that has a flaw in that the chart may have missed being fired on the first tick (that's why the Indi Counted stuff). Hard to answer your question without knowing more details.

I tried Volume and sometimes it gave me 3 at the beginning of bar.
Try this:
int TotalBars;
if(TotalBars<Bars)//beginning of new bar
...
TotalBars=Bars;

Volume will never be 1. Since price may tick twice very fast on the beginning of the bar, you must tell the EA to remember that it made a new beginning. Such like this:

static bool BeginningOfBar=false;
if(Volume[0]==1) BeginningOfBar=true;
//this way..if volume went to "2", then the EA will remember..
//and now.. The function..
if(BeginningOfBar){OrderSend(...); BeginningOfBar=false;}//set it to false so that it will not make more than 1 trade.. If that's the case..

Hope I helped,

Oksana17.

This is my empty EA or indicator template.
Code goes either into onOpen() or onTick()

I do

int init()
{
static datetime mytime;
}

int start()
{
if(Time[0]!=mytime)
{
// this is the first tick of the new bar
mytime=Time[0];
....
}
}

the first tick after activation of the EA it will evaluate as if it is the open of the bar... But for my use that does not matter.