I am trying to set up a timer for when a condition is true. For example if Condition1 = true then start timer. If timer > 30 seconds then sell next bar O. Thanks!

Mgem 

I am trying to set up a timer for when a condition is true. For example if Condition1 = true then start timer. If timer > 30 seconds then sell next bar O. Thanks!

Hi

You'll probably use something like

vars: ChkTime(0);

if (some cond) then ChkTime = CurrentTime + 30


if (CurrentTime > ChkTime) then Sell at next bar



CurrentTime will return a value of 101525 for 10:15:25 AM

I think the caveat here is that TS Engine might only run per bar,
not necessarily per second, so if your using a 15min timeframe it might miss the signal

bchip 

Hi You'll probably use something like vars: ChkTime(0); if (some cond) then ChkTime = CurrentTime + 30 if (CurrentTime > ChkTime) then Sell at next bar CurrentTime will return a value of 101525 for 10:15:25 AM I think the caveat here is that TS Engine might only run per bar, not necessarily per second, so if your using a 15min timeframe it might miss the signal

Awesome I think this is close to what I was looking for. So then if I were to say


if (cond1 = True) then ChkTime = CurrentTime + 30


if (cond1 = False) then ChkTime = 0


Then it would pretty much restart the timer if Cond1 = False right?

Mgem 

Awesome I think this is close to what I was looking for. So then if I were to say if (cond1 = True) then ChkTime = CurrentTime + 30 if (cond1 = False) then ChkTime = 0 Then it would pretty much restart the timer if Cond1 = False right?

I wouldnt make ChkTime = 0

The 2nd part of the code will then read:
if (CurrentTime > 0) then Sell at next bar

Which will be true most of the time, so you'll keep getting sell signals
if (cond1 = True) then ChkTime = CurrentTime + 30

You cant make it more than the CurrentTime either (with if False) as it continuously overwrite it.
So you should only have the red text