Simple time based action

[altrader]

Hello, I'm struggling on a simple concept here.

Say I enter a position at point a and if it's gone nowhere in 30 mins i want to exit ... how do I calculate the time difference?

I understand that I could do

if (EntryTime+30 minutes<=CurrentTime)
exit code goes here

But how do I achieve the time comparison? If I use ToTime(Time[0]) it turns it into an integer, which is no use as adding 3000 to 163000 doesn't get you to 170000 e.g. 166000<=170000 evaluates as true (so this way is no use to me). Can I turn everythiing into seconds and do a comparison that way?

e.g.

if (EntryTimeinSeconds+1800<=CurrentTimeinSeconds)
exit code goes here

Thanks
Al

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

You could mark the bar you enter and do simple math to check

if (CurrentBar - markedBar >= 6)
// Do something

This would work for 5 minute bars and likely the simplest approach. Otherwise, you would have to work with methods and properties on the DateTime class.

Something like this, don't recall exact syntax. Look up this class in MSDN help guide online or Google it.

Time[0].Subtract(Time[barsAgoOfEntry]).Minutes > 30

[altrader]

Thanks, I'll look at that
Al