Enter on fixed time interval

[pipal]

Hi,

Say if I want to look at the bar on every 15min interval, e.g. 1001, 1016, 1031, 1101……, to see whether to enter or not. What would be the codes look like without dulplicating the following again and again?

ToTime(Time[0]) == ToTime(10, 01, 0)

Many thanks.
pipal

[koganam]

Hi,

Say if I want to look at the bar on every 15min interval, e.g. 1001, 1016, 1031, 1101……, to see whether to enter or not. What would be the codes look like without dulplicating the following again and again?

ToTime(Time[0]) == ToTime(10, 01, 0)

Many thanks.
pipal

There are a few ways to do it. Most of the elegant methods would probably have to use the C# DateTime structures directly.

I show one method below, with the defaults set to the values that you specified above.

            int triggerValue = 1;
            int granularity = 15;
            
            if (Time[0].Minute % granularity == triggerValue)
            {
                //do something
            }

You wanted it on every minute, starting with 1, hence triggerValue = 1.
Every 15 minutes, hence granularity = 15.

Basically, the statement says to:

Take the minute component of the DateTime value and divide it by 15. If the remainder is 1, then it is one minute past the minute mark that is a multiple of 15.

[pipal]

Thanks so much koganam. I tried it and it works perfectly well.

pipal

[koganam]

Thanks so much koganam. I tried it and it works perfectly well.

pipal

Glad that I could help.

Incidentally, I forgot to tell you that the code is written that way so that you can make the granularity and triggerValue into Properties. That way you can adjust them in use, without having to edit your code.

[pipal]

Glad that I could help.

Incidentally, I forgot to tell you that the code is written that way so that you can make the granularity and triggerValue into Properties. That way you can adjust them in use, without having to edit your code.

Thanks again for the bonus. I will surely have a try.

pipal