Wait 30 seconds within a candle

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  • 12/21/2021 at 6:18 PM #183703 quote
    gfx
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    hi gents,

    I am struggling with trying to pause my strategy for 30 seconds after signal is triggered.

    my system runs on a 2H minute TF with update on close.

    My first idea was to use a loop for next. But quite difficult to evaluate the loop size to 30 seconds. Also, quite depending on the CPU running loop.

    Does it exist a way to pause 30 seconds after the last candle closed and the ProOrder was triggered  ?

    Thks,

    gfx

    12/21/2021 at 7:01 PM #183707 quote
    robertogozzi
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    You can only achieve your goal with the help of Multi Time Frame support which enables you to use a 30-second TF as default, so that you just need to wait 1 candle after a signal is returned.

    12/28/2021 at 10:42 AM #183963 quote
    Nicolas
    Keymaster
    Master

    You could also use a time difference by using TIMESTAMP in any timeframe below the 30 seconds TF.

    01/03/2022 at 2:43 PM #184404 quote
    gfx
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    hi all,

    Happy new year to all !

    Thank you for all your answers. They are interesting option.

    On concern on my side, not in my initial post is that all occurs in a while loop …

    In a nutshell …

    x = 1

    While x < 10

    try

    pause …. a few seconds …

    x = x +1

    wend

     

    as part of a while loop I can’t rely on any candle end trigger, of any time frame. All occurs whithin a single candle trigger

    01/03/2022 at 5:32 PM #184424 quote
    robertogozzi
    Moderator
    Master

    This code waits for a condition to be met on a 1-minute TF, but it wants to wait 10 seconds before entering at market. A 1-second default TF must be used to run it:

    Timeframe(1 minute,UpdateOnClose)
Flag = 0
if close crosses over average[10] and not OnMarket then
  Flag = 1
endif
if close crosses under average[10] and OnMarket then
   sell at Market
endif
set stop   ploss   20
set target pprofit 60
//---------------------------------------------------
Timeframe(default) //1 second)
IF Flag = 0 THEN
   Tally = 0
ELSE
   Tally = Tally + 1
   IF Tally = 10 AND Not OnMarket THEN
      BUY 1 contract at market
   ENDIF
ENDIF
graph Flag
    x.jpg x.jpg
    01/05/2022 at 1:57 PM #184632 quote
    gfx
    Participant
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    Thks. Still it won’t work in my situation as I am still in a while loop including other conditions than time.

    A good idea though. I’ll give it some thoughts and try to adapt my code.

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Wait 30 seconds within a candle


ProOrder: Automated Strategies & Backtesting

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Started: 12/21/2021
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