xmas holiday - no trade filter - custom code

[PipTheRipper]

Hi guys, does any of you with a bit of mql5 coding experience have an idea how to make a custom mql5 code block to disable trading if month = 12 and day = 20/21/22/23 etc

Would like to add filter that makes the EA not open new positions if its december 20th to january 6th every year..

The code should be for mt5.

Cheers!

[jstap]

@piptheripper You could do it like this, you would have to set the date/time in inputs and put flag in tree.

[TipsyWisdom]

you could also save the hours of time and troubleshooting and just say to your phone, "hey Google / Siri, remind me to turn off my EA's for 2 weeks starting on this date."

[l'andorrà]

@jstap Shouldn't right operands be of a 'text' type instead of numeric? You are using string variables for them.

[jstap]

@l-andorrà Yes it should be text, I believe.

[l'andorrà]

@jstap That's what I guessed, thanks.

[jstap]

@l-andorrà Your welcome

[jstap]

@l-andorrà @PipTheRipper Not sure what I was thinking with the above picture, to get the current date into a variable it needs added to modify variables like this:

[PipTheRipper]

Thank you guys! Appreciate it. Will see if I can make it work. I would like to leave the year out, so on backtest over many years, no trades are taken within that time period. If I figure it out I will upload it here so others might benefit. Thanks again!

[l'andorrà]

@jstap This makes more sense to me, but I didn't dare to say anything befoe because I never use flags. Thank you for sharing.

[jstap]

@l-andorrà I use modify variables unless I don't need to see the result in a comment.

[Alex 13]

Can someone help me with the (xmas holiday - no trade filter)?
How can i make it on Fxdreema?
Can someone post the Projekt that works?
It would be great.

[jstap]

As these days are always set, you can use green filter blocks, to switch a flag on and off.

[jstap]

You can do it like this: https://fxdreema.com/shared/5m5IRV06c dates were used for testing, set whatever dates are relevent to you. Check the bool condition, above your buy and sell tree.

[Alex 13]

For Meta Trader 5 this doesen't work.

Whoud this work like this?

[jstap]

It does mate, mt5 is the same, but needs the full word

TimeToString(datetime value,// number int mode=TIME_DATE|TIME_MINUTES//output format);

put a shard link, ill check what's there, and tell you why something doesn't work

[Alex 13]

https://fxdreema.com/shared/9aNe2tJlb

[jstap]

What are you trying to set under the TF block? flags once set work on all TF's. Spread and time filter need to go above everything.

[Alex 13]

My goal was to get rid of the error message that I get when backtesting when I have different TFs under different conditions. If spread and time filter are above all else, how do I get the open price mode when testing?
I'm not familiar with it at all.

Could you arrange all the blocks the way you think is correct?
When testing in the backtester, I would like to have the option to not only select tick mode but also 1 minute OHLC and open price mode.
And all these error messages that keep coming up when testing in the journal that they're all gone?

[jstap]

I would only set TF when I am happy everything else is working, and I think you want a check flag, if true activate blocks you want, if false activate different blocks.