need help coding a stop loss

Id like to know how to put a stoploss below or above (depend on buy or sell)the bar that crosses the moving average. I Tried many things but it never worked ...need a programmer.

Thanks in advance

void CheckForOpen()
{
double ma;
int res;
//---- go trading only for first tiks of new bar
if(Volume[0]>1) return;
//---- get Moving Average
ma=iMA(NULL,0,MovingPeriod,MovingShift,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
//---- sell conditions
if(Open[1]>ma && Close[1]<ma)
{
res=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,LotsOptimized(),Bid,3,0,0,"",MAGICMA,0,Red);
return;
}
//---- buy conditions
if(Open[1]<ma && Close[1]>ma)
{
res=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,LotsOptimized(),Ask,3,0,0,"",MAGICMA,0,Blue);
return;
}

Could you tell me what is not working ?

The language you wrote it in look like C is this C or a sort of an EA ?

I dont know it's an EA that comes with every MT4 platform. Maybe it is written in C. I've been able to add some coding to this EA but dont know how tu put a stoploss below or above the candle that enter the trade. The EA close the trade only when a candle close back below or above the moving average it depend if it is long or short. would like to put a stop in case the candle close 100 pips or more below the moving average.

You can place a stop loss and a take profit when you send in your order. The OrderSend function has the following definition:

int OrderSend(string symbol,
int cmd,
double volume,
double price,
int slippage,
double stoploss,
double takeprofit,
string comment=NULL,
int magic=0,
datetime expiration=0,
color arrow_color=CLR_NONE)



In your code from above it'll look like this:


void CheckForOpen()
{
double ma;
int res;
//---- go trading only for first tiks of new bar
if(Volume[0]>1) return;
//---- get Moving Average
ma=iMA(NULL,0,MovingPeriod,MovingSh ift,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
//---- sell conditions
if(Open[1]>ma && Close[1]<ma)
{
res=OrderSend(Symbol(),
OP_SELL,
LotsOptimized(),
Bid,
3,
Bid + StopLoss Amount,
Bid - TakeProfit Amount,
"",
MAGICMA,0, Red);
return;
}
//---- buy conditions
if(Open[1]<ma && Close[1]>ma)
{
res=OrderSend(Symbol(),
OP_BUY,
LotsOptimized(),
Ask,
3,
Ask - StopLoss Amount,
Ask + TakeProfit Amount,
"",
MAGICMA,0, Blue);
return;
}