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  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 10, 2006 7:53am Nov 10, 2006 7:53am
Hi Guys,

How can I define "one trade if conditions meet" in the EA...PLease help.

Thanks
  • #2
  • Nov 10, 2006 8:00am Nov 10, 2006 8:00am
Could you restate your question with much more detail and the software you are talking about? thanks
  • #3
  • Nov 10, 2006 8:16am Nov 10, 2006 8:16am
Quoting smjones
Could you restate your question with much more detail and the software you are talking about? thanks
HI smjones,

thanks for your reply, i am writing an EA and I want it to open only one trade say BUY and if that trade hits TP then wait for the SELL conditions to meet and then place the sell order...i can not think of a right statment, i have tested the EA and if the buy trade hits tp in next say 2 min and if the conditions are met for buy then it will straight away open another buy trade...what i want is WAIT for the SELL conditions to meet no matter how long it takes..

Thanks for helping me in advance
  • #4
  • Nov 10, 2006 8:19am Nov 10, 2006 8:19am
Quoting babarmughal
HI smjones,

thanks for your reply, i am writing an EA and I want it to open only one trade say BUY and if that trade hits TP then wait for the SELL conditions to meet and then place the sell order...i can not think of a right statment, i have tested the EA and if the buy trade hits tp in next say 2 min and if the conditions are met for buy then it will straight away open another buy trade...what i want is WAIT for the SELL conditions to meet no matter how long it takes..

Thanks for helping me in advance

Ok, I see you you are saying now. I am going to move this thread to the Metatrader forum, where I am sure you will get an answer quickly...

Thanks Scott
  • #5
  • Nov 10, 2006 8:30am Nov 10, 2006 8:30am
Quoting smjones
Ok, I see you you are saying now. I am going to move this thread to the Metatrader forum, where I am sure you will get an answer quickly...

Thanks Scott
sure, thanks smjones
  • #6
  • Nov 10, 2006 8:58am Nov 10, 2006 8:58am
You just have to program some logic to remember what the previous trade was then test for it.

Here's an example. You could set a variable, say, tradedir as an integer. When you enter a buy trade, set it to 1. When your buy trade closes, you check tradedir. If it's equal to 1, prevent the expert from opening a sell trade. When your sell condition is met, place the trade and set tradedir to 0. Repeat as with the buy signal.

Does that help?

Quoting babarmughal
HI smjones,

thanks for your reply, i am writing an EA and I want it to open only one trade say BUY and if that trade hits TP then wait for the SELL conditions to meet and then place the sell order...i can not think of a right statment, i have tested the EA and if the buy trade hits tp in next say 2 min and if the conditions are met for buy then it will straight away open another buy trade...what i want is WAIT for the SELL conditions to meet no matter how long it takes..

Thanks for helping me in advance
  • #7
  • Nov 10, 2006 9:01am Nov 10, 2006 9:01am
Quoting stockwet
You just have to program some logic to remember what the previous trade was then test for it.

Here's an example. You could set a variable, say, tradedir as an integer. When you enter a buy trade, set it to 1. When your buy trade closes, you check tradedir. If it's equal to 1, prevent the expert from opening a sell trade. When your sell condition is met, place the trade and set tradedir to 0. Repeat as with the buy signal.

Does that help?
to be honest looks a bit difficult, i am not that good in mt4 programming, is there a simple way of writing this into the EA

Thanks
  • #8
  • Nov 10, 2006 9:04am Nov 10, 2006 9:04am
Quoting babarmughal
to be honest looks a bit difficult, i am not that good in mt4 programming, is there a simple way of writing this into the EA

Thanks
thanks what I have got

//----------------------- ENTRY
//----------------------- TOTAL ORDER BASE ON MAGICNUMBER AND SYMBOL
total = subTotalTrade();
//----------------------- IF NO TRADE
if(total<1)
{
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| ONE ENTRY PER BAR |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
if(OneEntryPerBar)
{
if(CheckEntryTime==iTime(NULL,TimeFrame,0)) return(0); else CheckEntryTime = iTime(NULL,TimeFrame,0);
}
//----------------------- BUY CONDITION
if(BuyCondition)
{
ticket = subOpenOrder(OP_BUY); // open BUY order
subCheckError(ticket,"BUY");
LastTrade = "BUY";
return(0);
}
//----------------------- SELL CONDITION
if(SellCondition)
{
ticket = subOpenOrder(OP_SELL); // open SELL order
subCheckError(ticket,"SELL");
LastTrade = "SELL";
return(0);
}
return(0);
}
  • #9
  • Nov 10, 2006 9:42am Nov 10, 2006 9:42am
Try this:

if(BuyCondition && LastTrade == "Sell")

Do the same for the sell condition, except LastTrade == "Buy".
  • #10
  • Nov 10, 2006 9:45am Nov 10, 2006 9:45am
Quoting stockwet
Try this:

if(BuyCondition && LastTrade == "Sell")

Do the same for the sell condition, except LastTrade == "Buy".


thanks .........i wll try this
  • #11
  • Nov 10, 2006 10:03am Nov 10, 2006 10:03am
Quoting stockwet
Try this:

if(BuyCondition && LastTrade == "Sell")

Do the same for the sell condition, except LastTrade == "Buy".
OK Tried and no trades placed.....
  • #12
  • Nov 10, 2006 10:11am Nov 10, 2006 10:11am
Quoting babarmughal
OK Tried and no trades placed.....
I don't know your code, but, you need to initialize the variable somewhere. Right now, it's not assigned any value. You need to give it a value to start off with, or, you need to tell the expert to place a buy or sell trade if there is no value:

if(BuyCondition && (LastTrade == "Sell" || LastTrade == "")) - you might have to use LastTrade == NULL or something like that.
  • #13
  • Edited Nov 11, 2006 10:08am Nov 10, 2006 2:37pm | Edited Nov 11, 2006 10:08am
Quoting stockwet
I don't know your code, but, you need to initialize the variable somewhere. Right now, it's not assigned any value. You need to give it a value to start off with, or, you need to tell the expert to place a buy or sell trade if there is no value:

if(BuyCondition && (LastTrade == "Sell" || LastTrade == "")) - you might have to use LastTrade == NULL or something like that.
Hi Stockwet,

i have tried this aswell but no trade opens.....

Thanks
  • #14
  • Nov 11, 2006 10:09am Nov 11, 2006 10:09am
Quoting babarmughal
Hi Stockwet,

i have tried this aswell but no trade opens.....

Thanks
Please help someone
  • #15
  • Nov 11, 2006 11:03am Nov 11, 2006 11:03am
Hey man,

First of all, please don't shout.

Second of all, I gave you all the information you need to do what you asked. Without looking at ALL of your code, that's about it. I think any other coder would agree.

Third, take some time to figure out why this isn't working. Look through the documentation. Test out various things. Use the Print() function to print and see if various variables are printing.

Fourth, if you'd like to pay, I'm sure someone would be willing to do all the work for you. But, this is an open forum. We're all busy and we all have lots of things to juggle. We provide help and will point people in the right direction. But, in the end, you will learn more by figuring this issue out yourself.
  • #16
  • Last Post: Nov 12, 2006 6:10am Nov 12, 2006 6:10am
Quoting stockwet
Hey man,

First of all, please don't shout.

Second of all, I gave you all the information you need to do what you asked. Without looking at ALL of your code, that's about it. I think any other coder would agree.

Third, take some time to figure out why this isn't working. Look through the documentation. Test out various things. Use the Print() function to print and see if various variables are printing.

Fourth, if you'd like to pay, I'm sure someone would be willing to do all the work for you. But, this is an open forum. We're all busy and we all have lots of things to juggle. We provide help and will point people in the right direction. But, in the end, you will learn more by figuring this issue out yourself.
Hi Stockwet,

thanks for you reply and I am not shouting but gone mad...as i am new to the programming and trying to learn but I need help without someones help I can not learn...I am uploading the ea If you or someone can help me ..that will be great..

thanks
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