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  • #1
  • First Post: Feb 1, 2013 5:52pm Feb 1, 2013 5:52pm
I have just started coding in mt4 and having few difficulties. At the moment I'm trying to find ways to have multiple orders open.

Basically what I want the code to do is, as long as the the open order condition holds I want the orders to be opened at every subsequent candles until the conditions no longer holds.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and many thanks in advance
  • #2
  • Feb 1, 2013 7:51pm Feb 1, 2013 7:51pm
Is this your first project? Why don't you start with something easy and work on harder ones as your skills improve. Thats what I do when learning a new language.
  • #3
  • Feb 2, 2013 4:07am Feb 2, 2013 4:07am
OK, EAs are tick-driven, and (if I understand) you'd need to know the point in time when a new candle is opened; then you'd check for condition and, if met, place a trade.
So, you'd do:
1. Compare current candle open time with an initial candle open time, and if not equal, a new candle has been opened.
2. You'd save that new candle open time for subsequent comparison.
3. Then you'd check for condition and possibly place trade.
4. Proceed with (1).
  • #4
  • Edited 11:29am Feb 2, 2013 11:11am | Edited 11:29am
Quoting CodeMeister
Is this your first project? Why don't you start with something easy and work on harder ones as your skills improve. Thats what I do when learning a new language.
I've been staring at charts for last couple of years and now tired of it, so I have recently decided to learn to code. Having done little bit of C++ I'm fairly familiar with coding and at the moment I'm fairly comfortable with simple codes and now looking to move on a little bit.
  • #5
  • Feb 2, 2013 11:13am Feb 2, 2013 11:13am
Quoting m.m.m.
OK, EAs are tick-driven, and (if I understand) you'd need to know the point in time when a new candle is opened; then you'd check for condition and, if met, place a trade.
So, you'd do:
1. Compare current candle open time with an initial candle open time, and if not equal, a new candle has been opened.
2. You'd save that new candle open time for subsequent comparison.
3. Then you'd check for condition and possibly place trade.
4. Proceed with (1).

Thank you, just want to ask what's the command for checking the candle open time?
  • #6
  • Feb 2, 2013 11:28am Feb 2, 2013 11:28am
Quoting CoolJL
Thank you, just want to ask what's the command for checking the candle open time?
Time[0] or iTime(Symbol(),0,0)
  • #7
  • Last Post: Feb 2, 2013 11:32am Feb 2, 2013 11:32am
Quoting dostapyuk
Time[0] or iTime(Symbol(),0,0)
Thank you.
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