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  • #1
  • First Post: Dec 28, 2007 5:46am Dec 28, 2007 5:46am
Hi guys, can anyone help me fix this EA that i'm making?

The idea is to buy on S2 with stop-loss on S3.
Same with short, SELL on R2 stop-loss on R3.

Take profit for both orders are the Pivot line.

The problem is that my buy orders get an error "Invalid stop".

I don't know how to fix it , since i already tried to normalizedouble, and a bunch of things, hope someone can help me with this fix.

Kind regards,
Thomas
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File Type: mq4 Pivot SR-mod.mq4   6 KB | 325 downloads
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  • #2
  • Dec 28, 2007 12:35pm Dec 28, 2007 12:35pm
if there is a error with stop add the following code to your buy (sell would be the same with different variables):

Inserted Code
Print("price = " + buy_price + ", buy_stoploss = " + buy_stoploss + ", buy_take_profit = " + buy_take_profit);

when i have this problem is is normally i caculated the stop wrong (i.e. maybe added instead of subtracted, etc)

Quoting turbano
Hi guys, can anyone help me fix this EA that i'm making?

The idea is to buy on S2 with stop-loss on S3.
Same with short, SELL on R2 stop-loss on R3.

Take profit for both orders are the Pivot line.

The problem is that my buy orders get an error "Invalid stop".

I don't know how to fix it , since i already tried to normalizedouble, and a bunch of things, hope someone can help me with this fix.

Kind regards,
Thomas
  • #3
  • Dec 29, 2007 11:08am Dec 29, 2007 11:08am
The problem is that i already tried this

string S2Buffer = iCustom(NULL,0,"Pivot Sr-mod",false,5,0);

string tmp_price;
tmp_price = StringSubstr(S2Buffer,0,6);
double tmp = NormalizeDouble(StrToDouble(tmp_price), Digits);

But it does not work, it keeps printing numbers like:
1,47050000000

i've tried everything to remove this 0's from the end of the double, but with no luck =(

do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks
  • #4
  • Last Post: Dec 29, 2007 2:48pm Dec 29, 2007 2:48pm
Quoting turbano
The problem is that i already tried this

string S2Buffer = iCustom(NULL,0,"Pivot Sr-mod",false,5,0);

string tmp_price;
tmp_price = StringSubstr(S2Buffer,0,6);
double tmp = NormalizeDouble(StrToDouble(tmp_price), Digits);

But it does not work, it keeps printing numbers like:
1,47050000000

i've tried everything to remove this 0's from the end of the double, but with no luck =(

do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks
Hi turbano,

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double S2Buffer = iCustom(NULL,0,"Pivot Sr-mod",false,5,0);
This is the line I see in your second file. But in the above post you have defined S2Buffer as string and doing some StringSubst and other complicated stuff. Why? Why not leave everything as double and use NormalizeDouble once?

Print will always print 8 digits for a double variable, whether you use NormalizeDouble or not (but if you use NormalizeDouble, correct digits will be passed to broker). But I am confused about 11 digits in that number.

I am confused about one more thing as well. Can you place a Stop Order at the current price itself?!? Many brokers may not accept such orders.

chandra
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