AlertOncePerBar.efs

[Rost]

If I do not use this setting, how many times per bar EFS will be executed. Or may be in other words, with what friquency EFS works. What should I do to run EFS 2,3,n times per bar.

Thanks,
Rost

[eSignal_JasonK]

Hello Rost,

The main() function will execute with every trade. If your condition for the alert is meet and you do not incorporate some logic similar to the first example, the alert will trigger on every trade where the condition is true.

In the example below, I've added a counter, vFlagCntr, to keep track of how many times the alert is triggered during the interval for the bar. This example will allow the alert to be triggered up to 3 times when the alert condition is true.

/*********************************
Provided By : eSignal. (c) Copyright 2003
*********************************/
var vFlag = false;
var vFlagCntr = 0;

function main() {
    if (getBarState() == BARSTATE_NEWBAR) {
        vFlag = false;
        vFlagCntr = 0;
    }


    
    var vData1 = 5;
    var vData2 = 1;
    
    if (vData1 > vData2 && vFlag == false && vFlagCntr < 3) {
        Alert.playSound("train.wav");
        setBarBgColor(Color.yellow);
        vFlag = true;
        vFlagCntr += 1;
    }
    
    return;
} 

[Rost]

Hi Jason,

Thank you for the reply.
First of all you want to say that -The main() function will execute with every tick. Am I correct?

Secondly, as I can see in your code, alarm will work three times in total but at the beginning of each bar. It means it will work once a bar.
What I would like to figure out, how to run this code 3 times a bar. Let say at the beginning of the bar, in 10 min and in 20min on 30min bar interval.

Thanks,
Rost