select trading time and avoid swap time to trade

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Good morning, 

I use a simple code to trade before 8 AM or after 18:00 PM. What I would like to do is to avoid trading during the swap time. I mean not to trade after 23:30 PM and not before 1:30 AM. 

I guess for you it is a simple code but I really need to be sure of it. Could you please help?

thanks


bool sleep = false;

  if

   (

Hour() <= 7 || 

  Hour() >= 18 

   )

      sleep = true;


 

  1. Why did you post your MT4 question in the MT5 General section instead of the MQL4 section, (bottom of the Root page)?
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  3. Your code
    		 
    bool sleep = false;
  if( Hour() <= 7 ||  Hour() >= 18 ) sleep = true;
    Simplified. 
    bool sleep =  Hour() <= 7 ||  Hour() >= 18;

  4. Romain Genillon: I mean not to trade after 23:30 PM and not before 1:30 AM.

    You have to stop using hours
              Find bar of the same time one day ago - MQL4 programming forum #1 & #6 (2017)

    #define HR2330 84600 // 23*3600+30*60
#define HR0130  5400 //  1*3600+30*60
   int now = time();
bool sleep =  now < HR0130 || now >= HR2330;
    Note: "not before" means less than.
 
many thanks helps a lot!
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