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  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 10, 2013 10:52pm Mar 10, 2013 10:52pm
Can someone please give me a rational reason why the several candle expiry timers I have tried on my charts cannot or do not actually count down in even seconds, minutes, etc. You know... 35 to 34 to 33 etc...

Surely they are just timers that should run down evenly to candle end as each candle is supposed to run for a fixed time as chosen on a chart.

Why do the ones I have tried show jumpy count down times with a jump from 45secs to say 39secs in one go. To me it's a baffling and ridiculous situation when I need an accurate and even countdown for one reason or another.

I expect the answer I will get is based on the erratic movement of candles as they reflect the jumpy and uneven moving price action.

But I think a candle countdown timer should be on a separate but related to candle opening and closing only even timer system. My computer timer counts down in even and regular hours/minutes and seconds.

Thanks for your enlightenment.

Cheers, Larney
  • #2
  • Mar 10, 2013 11:00pm Mar 10, 2013 11:00pm
Because the indicators probably only change when there's tick activity which doesn't necessarily imply that price changes every second. The countdown time you see on the chart is just a snapshot of time remaining on last price update.

When the price updates again, the snapshot changes.

Personally I don't find this annoying. I just circumvent this by getting any third party Desktop time widget.
I'm not trying to convince anyone. I'm not in the "convincing" business.
  • #3
  • Mar 10, 2013 11:45pm Mar 10, 2013 11:45pm
MT4 does not have event handling so it cannot do things like counting down a timer. Apparently MT5 has this capabilty, but I have not tested it. Every MT4 timer should come with a disclaimer. Don't understand coders who write code that way.

The best thing is to use a third party, timer.
  • #4
  • Mar 10, 2013 11:52pm Mar 10, 2013 11:52pm
Quoting CodeMeister
MT4 does not have event handling so it cannot do things like counting down a timer. Apparently MT5 has this capabilty, but I have not tested it. Every MT4 timer should come with a disclaimer. Don't understand coders who write code that way.

The best thing is to use a third party, timer.
Sorry but I have to disagree. I have coded MT4 timers for my clients with a 1s count down without waiting for a tick for update.
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #5
  • Mar 11, 2013 3:48am Mar 11, 2013 3:48am
Quoting FerruFx
Sorry but I have to disagree. I have coded MT4 timers for my clients with a 1s count down without waiting for a tick for update.
Oh, I think I understand.
You make the indicator tick-independent using a loop which calculates the time every 1000 milliseconds.
Or you make it tick-independent using the windows api which creates a fake tick every 1000 milliseconds.
Maybe there are other tricks, but I donīt know them.
  • #6
  • Mar 11, 2013 4:03am Mar 11, 2013 4:03am
Quoting fxtr51
Oh, I think I understand.
You make the indicator tick-independent using a loop which calculates the time every 1000 milliseconds.
Or you make it tick-independent using the windows api which creates a fake tick every 1000 milliseconds.
Maybe there are other tricks, but I donīt know them.
The easiest way to make something tick-independent is ... a loop in a script.
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #7
  • Mar 11, 2013 5:36am Mar 11, 2013 5:36am
Ferrufx do you have an indicator available for trial, please
  • #8
  • Mar 11, 2013 5:38am Mar 11, 2013 5:38am
Or a script for MT4 would be nice

Larney
  • #9
  • Mar 11, 2013 5:58am Mar 11, 2013 5:58am
Quoting ginal625
Ferrufx do you have an indicator available for trial, please
Sorry but all the codings done for my clients are not for share.
MT4/MT5 EAs/Indicators/Alerts coder
  • #10
  • Edited 8:45am Mar 11, 2013 6:38am | Edited 8:45am
Quoting ginal625
Or a script for MT4 would be nice

Larney
A simple seconds-till-next-bar counter.
Will print value into the upper-left corner.
Inserted Code
// "seconds till next bar" script by astro //

#import "kernel32.dll"
    void GetSystemTime(int& a[]);
#import

int s, p;
int SYSTEMTIME[4];
int timestamp;
void start()
{
    p = Period() * 60;
    while(!IsStopped())
    {
        GetSystemTime(SYSTEMTIME);
        timestamp = SYSTEMTIME[3] & 0xFFFF  + 60 * ((SYSTEMTIME[2] & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16) + 3600 * (SYSTEMTIME[2] & 0xFFFF) + 86400 * ((SYSTEMTIME[1] & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16);
        s = p - timestamp % p;
        if (s == p) s = 0;
        Comment("secs till next bar: ", s);
        Sleep(200);
    }
}
void deinit()
{
    Comment("");
}
  • #11
  • Oct 9, 2014 3:50pm Oct 9, 2014 3:50pm
any of you have a bar counter for the current TF according to the whole story of that chart? thanks in advance.
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  • #12
  • Oct 30, 2014 7:46pm Oct 30, 2014 7:46pm
Continuous no-lag Coundown Timer

Continuous candle countdown timer not dependent on ticks. New Candle alert available.
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  • #13
  • Nov 23, 2014 5:24am Nov 23, 2014 5:24am
im looking countdown timer with spread showing ,anyone ?
  • #14
  • Nov 23, 2014 6:17am Nov 23, 2014 6:17am
Quoting pressok
im looking countdown timer with spread showing ,anyone ?
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  • #15
  • Dec 10, 2014 12:25pm Dec 10, 2014 12:25pm
@ginal625 Check the attached one
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File Type: ex4 iClock.ex4   8 KB | 1,685 downloads
  • #16
  • Last Post: Aug 5, 2015 7:10am Aug 5, 2015 7:10am
Quoting FerruFx
{quote} Sorry but I have to disagree. I have coded MT4 timers for my clients with a 1s count down without waiting for a tick for update.
Greetings, Pls I need a closing candle time indicator that will show closing candle time in SECONDS even when the chat is in Minutes or Hours time frame. Your help is greatly needed and will be appreciated.
Regards.
Mc
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