Visual vs. Actual

I have an interesting little issue that I am sure is nothing more than I need to code this the right way.

I have noticed when I am testing my EAs that the lines that get visually dawn on the chart (tp & sl lines) are not on the point that the transactions will take place. For example. The chart will have a tp line drawn. the price line will reach to be the same as the tp line, yet nothing happens. Not until the price line goes beyond the tp line in my favor by x amount of pips where x=(spread).

Aslo the sl line is drawn further than it really is.. in other words, the sl is hit before the visual price line touches the sl line.

What am I doing wrong?

Are you taking the spread into consideration?

i may not have. Im sure i have done something wrong coding this. I will dedug until i find the error. What spread consideration (or lack thereof) were you thinking of?

There's always going to be a difference between the price at which you buy (the price other people are "Ask"-ing) and the price at which you sell (the price other people are "Bid"-ing). By default, your charts only show the Bid prices. So... if your EURUSD chart shows the price at x.xx35, that's the price you can sell at. The price you buy at is most likely 2 or 3 pips higher.

On the chart properties tab, you can actually enable the display of the Ask price. You'll also see the current Bid & Ask in the Market Watch window. If you enable the Ask line during testing it might help you understand what's happening.