Trading at Specific Hour in MT5

[johnnybegoode]

How to make EA trade at Specific Hour in MT5?

i.e. 12pm to 10pm PST

Thank you!

 

[Enivid]

That depends on how the EA's code is structured but normally, you just add one more condition to EA's position open and position close trade requests using TimeCurrent().

 

[johnnybegoode]

Yes, I want to add one more condition.
How would you write

if ( TimeCurrent() is between 12pm and 10pm PST )
{
//execute
}

 

[Enivid]

MqlDateTime  dt_struct;
TimeCurrent(dt_struct);
if ((dt_struct.hour >= 12) && (dt_struct.hour < 22))
{
// do stuff...
}

However, you would have to adjust the time values according to your trading server's timezone yourself.

 

[johnnybegoode]

It works from 12pm to 10pm
but how to make it work overnight?
i.e from today 7pm to 5am tomorrow.

&& ((dt_struct.hour >= 19) && (dt_struct.hour < 5))
does not work.
No trades made.

 

[Enivid]

&& ((dt_struct.hour >= 19) && (dt_struct.hour < 5))

Such condition can never be true because, obviously, the same number cannot be greater or equal to 19 and lesser than 5. You have to swap the AND condition (&&) for OR condition here (||). You want the hour to be either greater or equal to 19 or less than 5.