Time trigger

[whammer]

Hi,

Is there a time trigger that I could set to force the efs to be computed at a specific time?

W

[Doji3333]

sure, you just have to use the date/time functions..

//  System Variables..
var LastClose = null;
var nRTTime;
var nRTTimeMin = null;
var vRTTimeMin;
var vRTHour;
var vRTMin;
var vRTSec;
var vHour;
var vMin;
var vSec;
var vDay;
var vMonth;
var vDOW;
var nTime;
var vtDate = "";


function main() {

      var vTime = new Date();
  vRTHour = vTime.getHours();
  vRTMin = vTime.getMinutes();
  vRTSec = vTime.getSeconds();
//  vDOW = vTime.getDay();
//---------------------------------------------------
//  Get Time Variables 
  vTime = getValue("Time", 0);
  vHour = vTime.getHours();
  vMin = vTime.getMinutes();
  vSec = vTime.getSeconds();
  vDay = vTime.getDate();
  vMonth = vTime.getMonth() +1; 
  vDOW = vTime.getDay();
  var vYear = vTime.getYear();
  var nTimeMin = (vHour*60)+vMin;
  nTime = (vHour*100)+vMin;
  vRTTimeMin = (vRTHour*60)+vRTMin;
  nRTTimeMin = (vRTHour*100)+vRTMin;
  nRTTime = (vRTHour*3600)+(vRTMin*60)+vRTSec;


  if ( (nRTTimeMin  == 1030) ||
       (nRTTimeMin  == 1130) ||
       (nRTTimeMin  == 1230) ||
       (nRTTimeMin  == 1430) ) {

      ..run or update your efs logic here.
   }

  return;
} 

[whammer]

My efs (my main() function) is run at the end of each bar, i.e. at regular time intervals. I wonder how it is possible to force the main() to be executed at a time other than the regular time interval.

I understand that I could use getBarState()==BARSTATE_CURRENTBAR and check for a specific time to execute certain code, however this has a huge overhead when the market is very active like in the indices.

Therefore, I was wondering if there's a way to trigger the efs at a specific trigger time.

[Doji3333]

nope - not really. if you set everything based on "conditionals" then your code really does not do much unless it's time to run some calculations.. Like this..

//  System Variables..
var LastClose = null;
var nRTTime;
var nRTTimeMin = null;
var vRTTimeMin;
var vRTHour;
var vRTMin;
var vRTSec;
var vHour;
var vMin;
var vSec;
var vDay;
var vMonth;
var vDOW;
var nTime;
var vtDate = "";


function main() {

      var vTime = new Date();
  vRTHour = vTime.getHours();
  vRTMin = vTime.getMinutes();
  vRTSec = vTime.getSeconds();
//  vDOW = vTime.getDay();
//---------------------------------------------------
//  Get Time Variables 
  vTime = getValue("Time", 0);
  vHour = vTime.getHours();
  vMin = vTime.getMinutes();
  vSec = vTime.getSeconds();
  vDay = vTime.getDate();
  vMonth = vTime.getMonth() +1; 
  vDOW = vTime.getDay();
  nTime = (vHour*100)+vMin;
  nRTTimeMin = (vRTHour*100)+vRTMin;


  var Time2RunSomething =  ( (nRTTimeMin  == 1030) ||
       (nRTTimeMin  == 1130) ||
       (nRTTimeMin  == 1230) ||
       (nRTTimeMin  == 1430) );


   if (Time2RunSomething) {
      .. all of your analysis code here
   }

  return;
}