using turn on/off blocks

[nasserminaei]

Hi I have an issue in my EA turning blocks on/off to reset. whenever a trade is closed I want the ea to wait for X amount of time and then automatically restart after X time passed. I have shared the link to the project here. it seems ok to me but it doesn't work. I would appreciate any help on that. thanks
https://fxdreema.com/shared/2D8alq3md

[jstap]

What isn't doing what you expect?

[l'andorrà]

@nasserminaei You can use UNIX time to calculate that minimum time to happen after the last trade was closed. Are you familiar with using UNIX time?

[nasserminaei]

@jstap when the trade is closed it opens another trade so instead of 1 trade it opens the 2nd trade after closing the first one and after that the ea stops working ( it doesn't reset after X amount of time)

[nasserminaei]

@l-andorrà that's a good idea. I am familiar with the concept of UNIX time but never used it myself. what block do you recommend to use for that?

[jstap]

You have blocks being turned on/off from the same condition, and because you have off as a lower number, this will activate before the on, meaning blocks will turn off, but almost instantly turn back on:

[nasserminaei]

@jstap said in using turn on/off blocks:

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thanks but I didn't get your point exactly. would you please tell me what should I do in order to fix the problem ? is it correct to change it as the screen shot below

[l'andorrà]

@l-andorrà You can store the UNIX time value of the open trade into a variable. Then add the required time period (in UNIX format) to that variable value and finally you can do something like that:

[nasserminaei]

@l-andorrà thanks. I'll try to check this to see if it can solve the problem

[jstap]

In your picture turn off - once per bar - turn on so turning off is pointless because you instantly turn it back on

[nasserminaei]

@jstap what i was trying to do was to 'turn off' ---> wait for one bar----> turn on blocks. that's why I have used those sequences. how would you recommend to use blocks in a way that I turn off 'buy now' , 'sell now' blocks for certain amount of time and then turn them on?

[jstap]

When you say wait 1 bar do you mean x.xx minutes from turning off, or just when the new bar happens? Because this could be a second later?

[nasserminaei]

@jstap I expected when I use the block 'once per bar' it run through the next block 'turn on' blocks when the current timeframe candle closes but it doesn't. I also have used the 'once per minutes block but it didn't work as well

[jstap]

Period() in once per minute will only work at the opening of a candle, once per bar can work once at any point

[nasserminaei]

@jstap Still both of them didn't work as expected. any idea on how to solve the problem?

[jstap]

You need to add a shared link to see what you have done and say what it's not doing

[nasserminaei]

@jstap I have done that already. here it is
https://fxdreema.com/shared/2D8alq3md

[jstap]

You haven't mate, strip this back and work on 1 problem at a time

[nasserminaei]

@l-andorrà I have tried to do what you suggested using UNIX time to stop and restart the EA after certain amount of time. I have done some research on how to do that, here is the result but still it doesn't work. I know I am close but can't figure out what's wrong. here is the shared link and I appreciate your help on that. thanks

https://fxdreema.com/shared/hRRJ9m90c

[nasserminaei]

@jstap ok, so there is only one problem trying to fix and that is when the order is closed I want to stop the EA from working for a specific time and then restart it automatically. I have changed the method and trying to use UNIX time to do what I want and here is the shared link of how I am trying to achieve but it doesn't work something might be wrong that I can't figure out. thanks
https://fxdreema.com/builder