Hany Mhmd Th Abrahym Aljml:
hi devs,
How can I capture the account balance on day 1 of the month?
I tried the following code but it failed:
double MonthlyBalance=0; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ void OnTick() { static int month=-1; MqlDateTime dt_struct; datetime dt_array[]; int count=CopyTime(_Symbol,PERIOD_CURRENT,0,1,dt_array); if(count>0) { bool res=TimeToStruct(dt_array[0],dt_struct); if(!res) Print("Error with TimeToStruct(). Error code ",GetLastError()); if(month==-1) { month=dt_struct.mon; MonthlyBalance=AccountInfoDouble(ACCOUNT_BALANCE); Print("Current Balance at ",TimeCurrent()," is ",DoubleToString(MonthlyBalance,2)); } else { if(month!=dt_struct.mon) //New Month. { month=dt_struct.mon; MonthlyBalance=AccountInfoDouble(ACCOUNT_BALANCE); Print("Current Balance at ",TimeCurrent()," is ",DoubleToString(MonthlyBalance,2)); } } } } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+
The first trading day of the month may not be the 1st.
The first tick of the month may not be 0 hour, 0 minutes,0 seconds.
The above code can also be used in MQL5.
- Hany Mhmd Th Abrahym Aljml: I tried the following code but it failed:
If(Day() == 1 && Hour() == 0 && Minute() == 0 && Seconds() == 0) { Start_Balance = AccountBalance() }
It fails when you don't have a tick at the exact second.
// int Month(){ // MqlDateTime tm; TimeCurrent(tm); return(tm.mon); // } double monthlyBalance=0; void OnTick(){ static int currMonth = -1; int prevMonth=currMonth; currMonth=Month(); if(prevMonth != currMonth) monthlyBalance = AccountBalance();
- Note that the above code and Keith's fail if the terminal is restarted. For that you must remember the value in persistent storage (files, or global variables w/flush)
William Roeder #:
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- Note that the above code and Keith's fail if the terminal is restarted. For that you must remember the value in persistent storage (files, or global variables w/flush)
Yes, that's the reason I actually had the print state that the balance is at the current time
Print("Current Balance at ",TimeCurrent()," is ",DoubleToString(MonthlyBalance,2));
William Roeder #:
Thanks William, I will consider your note.
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It fails when you don't have a tick at the exact second.
- Note that the above code and Keith's fail if the terminal is restarted. For that you must remember the value in persistent storage (files, or global variables w/flush)
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hi devs,
How can I capture the account balance on day 1 of the month?
I tried the following code but it failed: