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[Programming Help] - How to play an alert sound on every bar when there is 1 min left on a 5 min chart?
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| [2023-06-23 03:30:54] |
| fuzzy - Posts: 7 |
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I am trying to write an Alert Condition on the Main Chart/Price Graph so that it plays alert sound on every bar when there is 1 min left to the close of 5 min bar. I tried the following, but it doesn't work: ABS((NOW()-BARTIME)-TIME(0,4,0))<TIME(0,0,1) My understand of these functions maybe wrong. Anyone can help me to fix this? Thanks in advance. |
| [2023-06-23 13:29:17] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4285 |
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Try this: =NOW()-BARDATETIME>=4/1440 Note 1: The NOW function updates with the computer's DateTime, not the chart's DateTime. This means this won't work in Replay, only in real time in the current bar. Note 2: 4/1440 equals 4 minutes in SerialDateTime because there are 1440 minutes in 24 hours. See this for a more complete countdown alert study: https://www.sawtoothtrade.com/free-stuff-11.html |
| [2023-06-23 14:07:56] |
| fuzzy - Posts: 7 |
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It works! Thank you so much. |
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