Time Function Needed

[mark.917]

I'd like to be able to get the current minute of the hour in order to use it as a condition. (I do not care what hour it is, just the minute.) I've searched but it seems like everything is limited to how many seconds until or past a predefined (static) time.

Has anybody made some great time related functions for TOS?

 

[halcyonguy]

I'd like to be able to get the current minute of the hour in order to use it as a condition. (I do not care what hour it is, just the minute.) I've searched but it seems like everything is limited to how many seconds until or past a predefined (static) time.

Has anybody made some great time related functions for TOS?

set chart to 1 minute.
use the seconds from time function , from 0. divide by 60 to get minutes, then divide by 60 to get hours.
remove the hours digits , to the left of decimal point. then multiply by 60 to get minutes.

you didn't say why you want minutes. do you want to display them in a label?
or do you just need to know what bar the condition happened on?

 

[mark.917]

set chart to 1 minute.
use the seconds from time function , from 0. divide by 60 to get minutes, then divide by 60 to get hours.
remove the hours digits , to the left of decimal point. then multiply by 60 to get minutes.

you didn't say why you want minutes. do you want to display them in a label?
or do you just need to know what bar the condition happened on?

I'm working off a 2m chart but would like to know when the current 5m bar closes. (00, 05, 10, 15, 20, etc) Problem is that it takes three 2 minute bars to cover one 5 minute bar, essentially a minute late.

More context:

def bullish_5m_atr_cross = atr_close_5m[2] <= atr_ts_5m[2] and atr_close_5m[1] > atr_ts_5m[1];

In english:

• New bar opens
• One bar ago the close is above ATR Trailing stop
• Two bars ago the close was below ATR Trailing stop
• We have a cross.

On a 2m chart, this condition can be true for up to 3 bars while the 2m chart references the 5m values. I just want to capture the first instance that it becomes true, draw a vertical line and move on. Currently it will draw 3 vertical lines on the 2m chart.

My thinking [could be crazy] is if I can test for the 05, 10, 15, etc. minute, I can draw the line and ignore drawing it if the minute is 02, 04, 06, etc.

 

[halcyonguy]

I'm working off a 2m chart but would like to know when the current 5m bar closes. (00, 05, 10, 15, 20, etc) Problem is that it takes three 2 minute bars to cover one 5 minute bar, essentially a minute late.

More context:

def bullish_5m_atr_cross = atr_close_5m[2] <= atr_ts_5m[2] and atr_close_5m[1] > atr_ts_5m[1];

In english:

• New bar opens
• One bar ago the close is above ATR Trailing stop
• Two bars ago the close was below ATR Trailing stop
• We have a cross.

On a 2m chart, this condition can be true for up to 3 bars while the 2m chart references the 5m values. I just want to capture the first instance that it becomes true, draw a vertical line and move on. Currently it will draw 3 vertical lines on the 2m chart.

My thinking [could be crazy] is if I can test for the 05, 10, 15, etc. minute, I can draw the line and ignore drawing it if the minute is 02, 04, 06, etc.

can't . time increments have to be a multiple of chart time.

 

[mark.917]

can't . time increments have to be a multiple of chart time.

Seems I was over complicating the problem. I was able to go from this:

to this:

by just adding a check for the previous bar not being a cross as well:

bearish_5m_atr_cross and !bearish_5m_atr_cross[1]