MQL5 时间条件，每小时交易一次

Question

does someone know a condition to trade only once per hour in mql5, i'm a begginer and having trouble to find something that i can undestand. Thank you

Answer 1

This is very doable using the OnTimer function. First, create the timer upon initialization:

 //--- create a timer with a 1 second period EventSetTimer(1);

Then, call the timer via the OnTimer method:

 //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| Timer function | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnTimer() { // Psst... you should set a flag (bool) in here }

As a friendly piece of advice, there is a ton of resources on stuff like this lying around the Mql forums and docs, definitely try to research stuff like this before posting a question.

Answer 2

The best way is to simply have a time variable which you reset once per hour.

 datetime TimeBar; void OnTick() { if(TimeBar==iTime(_Symbol,PERIOD_H1,0)) return; //Code to open a trade goes here TimeBar=iTime(_Symbol,PERIOD_H1,0); return; }

Answer 3

As @PaulB said you can use iTime, but you can use OnTimerEvent too.