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Help with Code in mq4 for fixed Time section?

  • #1
  • First Post: May 16, 2013 3:49am May 16, 2013 3:49am
Hi Guys

How can I code in MT4 fixed Time section.
For example I want from my indi that it will look for some patterns only from 7:00 to 10:00 GMT and 13:00 to 15:00 GMT.
Is for this in mq4 some function or I must write code for this?

Can I use for example TimeCurrent function? But I think that this will not work because I need fixed time...
How I can define that Time section.

Many thanks for help!!
  • #2
  • May 16, 2013 5:08am May 16, 2013 5:08am
Quoting crusader1
Hi Guys How can I code in MT4 fixed Time section. For example I want from my indi that it will look for some patterns only from 7:00 to 10:00 GMT and 13:00 to 15:00 GMT. Is for this in mq4 some function or I must write code for this? Can I use for example TimeCurrent function? But I think that this will not work because I need fixed time... How I can define that Time section. Many thanks for help!!
Check the Time[] for the bar your are working on, if it is within your time range you can populate your buffers, if not within the time range leave the buffers empty for that bar. If you are working with a timeframe other than the current chart use iTime() instead.
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  • #3
  • May 16, 2013 6:29am May 16, 2013 6:29am
Wau this looks for me too much complicated I am not a good coder... Better to say very bad coder. Only basic stuff I know....
Is there no way that I will only code from example such as this:
check yesterdays time from 7 to 10 server time?
no function in MT4 for something like that?

Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} Check the Time[] for the bar your are working on, if it is within your time range you can populate your buffers, if not within the time range leave the buffers empty for that bar. If you are working with a timeframe other than the current chart use iTime() instead.
  • #4
  • May 16, 2013 1:12pm May 16, 2013 1:12pm
The best way is iBarShift(), but if you are not a strong coder, you will have to use something else like Hour() plus Day().
  • #5
  • May 16, 2013 6:53pm May 16, 2013 6:53pm
You will need the time functions to know where to work.
And for the patterns you need iBarShift to get the bar then the High/Low/Open/Close with iHigh/iLow/iOpen/iLow.
The GMT detection is another story.
Stop asking ChatGPT for broken MQL code. VisualMQL it instead.
  • #6
  • May 17, 2013 2:40am May 17, 2013 2:40am
Guys what if I will do something like this...

if(TimeCurrent()> "London Open Server Time" ) && (TimeCurrent() < "London Close Sever Time").....

where London Open Server Time etc.... will be fixed time from server.
is there function where I can call specific server time?

thx
  • #7
  • May 17, 2013 3:35am May 17, 2013 3:35am
Quoting crusader1
Guys what if I will do something like this... if(TimeCurrent()> "London Open Server Time" ) && (TimeCurrent() < "London Close Sever Time")..... where London Open Server Time etc.... will be fixed time from server. is there function where I can call specific server time? thx
crusader1-
Use something like this:
Inserted Code
 
 if((Hour()>=StartHour && Hour()<=EndHour)){
  • #8
  • May 17, 2013 4:14am May 17, 2013 4:14am
THX

StartHour and EndHour will be my variables right?

something like this

extern int StartHour = 0900; // will be 9:00 am server Time?
  • #9
  • May 17, 2013 6:17am May 17, 2013 6:17am
Quoting crusader1
THX StartHour and EndHour will be my variables right? something like this extern int StartHour = 0900; // will be 9:00 am server Time?
No, like this . . .

Inserted Code
extern int StartHour = 9;

if you want to use hours and minutes you have to do something a little different. you need too understand what a datetime represents if you want to work with dates and times in mql4/5.
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  • #10
  • May 20, 2013 7:22am May 20, 2013 7:22am
Wau so simple?
Only put if((Hour()>=9 && Hour()<=11))and mq4 will know my time range.... nice.

guys I have also Q about how to pick second highest volume from previous x candles....
I know how to pick highest because I will use iHighest function but what about second highest??


thx
  • #11
  • May 20, 2013 10:36am May 20, 2013 10:36am
Quoting crusader1
Wau so simple? Only put if((Hour()>=9 && Hour()<=11))and mq4 will know my time range.... nice. guys I have also Q about how to pick second highest volume from previous x candles.... I know how to pick highest because I will use iHighest function but what about second highest?? thx
For the second highest find the highest from the start of the range to the 1st highest bar and compare with the highest from the 1st highest bar to the end of the range.
20 pips a day isn't too much to ask . . .
  • #12
  • May 20, 2013 10:48am May 20, 2013 10:48am
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} For the second highest find the highest from the start of the range to the 1st highest bar and compare with the highest from the 1st highest bar to the end of the range.
Even I can't understand that. I need my glasses :nerd:

To find the second highest, you start with 2 vars... h1, and h2. You set them both to zero. When you find a value higher than h2, you set h2 to that value, and then you check if the value in h2 is also greater than the value in h1 and if it is you swap the values between h1 and h2. Now you have the highest, and second highest values.

Or, you just dump all values into an array and do some type of bulk sorting. Which is terribly wasteful.
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  • #13
  • May 20, 2013 1:08pm May 20, 2013 1:08pm
Quoting nubcake
{quote} Even I can't understand that. I need my glasses :nerd:
Sorry, was a flying visit in between digging post holes and mixing concrete, erecting a new garden fence . . .

Imagine the original range for the iHighest was X . . . . Y the highest bar was found at Z

Now the next Highest is between X and Z and Z and Y, so now execute 2 iHighest calls one from X to Z + 1 and one from Z - 1 to Y compare the High values of the 2 bars found and the highest is . . . the highest
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  • #14
  • Jul 9, 2013 7:41am Jul 9, 2013 7:41am
sir
anybody help me how to write a code for weekly and monthly open. In advance thanks.
  • #15
  • Last Post: Jul 9, 2013 8:07am Jul 9, 2013 8:07am
Quoting jiya
sir anybody help me how to write a code for weekly and monthly open. In advance thanks.
Sorry, but you have to be more specific.
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