I have a question: how to get the index of the bar where I placed order in the past(ticket # is known.).

zeeyeetee 2018.10.01 23:12

thanks

Fernando Carreiro 2018.10.01 23:20 #1

zeeyeetee: I have a question: how to get the index of the bar where I placed order in the past(ticket # is known.).

By using the "Open Time" of the order and then searching for that time within the bars. You can use the iBarShift() function for that:

for MQL4: iBarShift() - https://docs.mql4.com/series/ibarshift
for MQL5: iBarShift() - https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ibarshift

zeeyeetee 2018.10.02 04:32 #2

Fernando Carreiro:

By using the "Open Time" of the order and then searching for that time within the bars. You can use the iBarShift() function for that:

for MQL4: iBarShift() - https://docs.mql4.com/series/ibarshift
for MQL5: iBarShift() - https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/series/ibarshift

o, yeah, order ticket # --> orderselect --> OrderOpenTime() --> iBarShift() --> bar index

thx Fernando,

iBarShift - Timeseries and Indicators Access - MQL4 Reference

docs.mql4.com

Index of the bar which covers the specified time. If there is no bar for the specified time (history "gap"), the function will return -1 or the nearest bar index (depending on

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