Attaching an EA to a manually opened trade...

Dear All,

I am using a set of indicators to signal a trade for me. For exiting it's a bit simple, just 1-2 indicators that signal an exit. So for my setup, I would like to enter the trade manually, and exit automatically.

So what I am looking for is an EA, which can attach itself to an already opened trade and exit on certain criteria. I am a programmer myself (never coded mq4 programs though), so if I can find some EA (that gets attached to a trade & closes it using any criteria), I hope i can modify it to my needs/criteria.

Thanks in Advance!

I can't help you now but I think I can point you somewhere.

instead of opening your trades manually, create 2 scripts. one for buy and one for sell. give them a hotkey so you can trigger your trades quickly. Important thing to add into your scripts are MagicNumbers. as long as you can assign magic numbers to your trades, you can create an EA that is able to identify them through their magic numbers. This will prevent your EA from affecting other trades that aren't related to the system in question.

hope this helps.

regards,
Zen