Please Help

mercury_man · 09-03-2007, 05:46 PM

Hello every one .
I have a problem in the expiration time .
I want to make the order be expire after 1 houre , what the right code to do that???

Code:

OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY ,Lots,Ask,1,Ask-loss*Point,Ask+profit*Point,"Mercury_Man",1,??????????????,Green);

thank you for help me.

omelette · 09-03-2007, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mercury_man

Hello every one .
I have a problem in the expiration time .
I want to make the order be expire after 1 houre , what the right code to do that???

Code:

OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY ,Lots,Ask,1,Ask-loss*Point,Ask+profit*Point,"Mercury_Man",1,??????????????,Green);

thank you for help me.

OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY ,Lots,Ask,1,Ask-loss*Point,Ask+profit*Point,"Mercury_Man",1,Time[0] + 3600,Green);

mercury_man · 09-04-2007, 07:32 AM

Thank you very much my dear .
Is chart time frame import ??? on which time frame must expert be opened
thank you again .

omelette · 09-04-2007, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mercury_man

Thank you very much my dear .
Is chart time frame import ??? on which time frame must expert be opened
thank you again .

Good point - it would depend on how much time has elapsed on the current bar...

To make it time-frame independent, use the following:

Code:

OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY ,Lots,Ask,1,Ask-loss*Point,Ask+profit*Point,"Mercury_Man",1,iTime(NULL,Period_M1,0) + 3600,Green);

jlpi · 09-04-2007, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omelette

Good point - it would depend on how much time has elapsed on the current bar...

To make it time-frame independent, use the following:

Code:

OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY ,Lots,Ask,1,Ask-loss*Point,Ask+profit*Point,"Mercury_Man",1,iTime(NULL,Period_M1,0) + 3600,Green);

In my opinion you should rather use TimeCurrent()+3600 because it is the current time on whatever time frame and it is not the time of the beginning of the candle. (but of course on M1 candles it doesn't make such a big difference)

omelette · 09-04-2007, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlpi

In my opinion you should rather use TimeCurrent()+3600 because it is the current time on whatever time frame and it is not the time of the beginning of the candle. (but of course on M1 candles it doesn't make such a big difference)

Good point, I hadn't realised that, having never used TimeCurrent() in anger before. Thanks for pointing that out.

mercury_man · 09-05-2007, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlpi

In my opinion you should rather use TimeCurrent()+3600 because it is the current time on whatever time frame and it is not the time of the beginning of the candle. (but of course on M1 candles it doesn't make such a big difference)

Thank you very much jlpi

Quote:

Originally Posted by omelette

Good point, I hadn't realised that, having never used TimeCurrent() in anger before. Thanks for pointing that out.

thank you very much omelette