Program a delay or wait

• 09/16/2017 at 1:30 PM #46353
  DonMasser

  Would anyone know how to program a ‘WAIT’ into code in for  automated trading. In other words, in auto trading I have code that says buy or sell when one MA crosses over another.

  However when that happens I want to wait until my DEMA has changed direction as well.
  Any idea how to write code to ‘wait’ for a number of indicators to happen over a 5 minuteperiod while in the 1 minute timeframe before buying or selling. Appreciate in advance any help

  

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  09/16/2017 at 3:45 PM #46355
  Despair

  Just save the first condition in a variable and check for the second condition to be met during the next 5 bars. Is it met, you buy, if not you start the process again waiting for the first condition.

  

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  09/17/2017 at 10:21 AM #46391
  DonMasser

  Thanks for that… Im new but getting the swing of it……

  

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  05/08/2019 at 3:14 PM #97970
  jamesf

  Hi

  Did you ever get to see an example of how to implement this?

  regards

  James

  

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  05/08/2019 at 4:24 PM #97981
  robertogozzi

  When your condition is met, just look back n bars to detect any crossing.

  

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