How to make the damn thing trade only once per hour?

• 08/03/2020 at 8:14 AM #140696
  PhilA

  Good morning,

  I want the strategy to run in 1 second time frame because I want it to trigger orders as soon as x crosses y.

  However, if x is going back and forth across y every few minutes, I don’t want it to keep trading in and out.

  So for that reason I want the strategy to only trade once per hour.

  How?

  Thanks, Phil

  

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  08/03/2020 at 8:28 AM #140700
  Nicolas

  With a condition based on elapsed BARINDEX since the last order for instance:

  if x crosses over y and barindex-lastbar >= 3600 then buy at market lastbar = barindex endif

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  if x crosses over y and barindex-lastbar >= 3600 then buy at market lastbar = barindex endif

  In this example you allow to enter the market only if 3600 bars (3600 seconds = 1 hour) have passed since the last order.

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  08/03/2020 at 8:35 AM #140702
  PhilA

  Thank you Nicolas you marvellous Frenchman.

  

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