want an ea to put on a trade.

Hello,

I'm just looking for a very simple ea that will open a buy or sell order with a preset sl and tp for mt4.

If possible one that could be opened via a keyboard short cut.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

Many thanks,

Dean

there is an open source product called AUTO HOTKEY that let's you create simple and complex macros.

EAs require criteria to open new orders....

IF A, THEN B

IF price = X, then open BUY

so without criteria (some rule to open the trade) the EA can't read your mind.

EDIT) the only way i know how to do what you are talking about w/ an EA is to import a keystroke reading DLL, and execute trades based on that....

Alternatively, you could just use a script which you can call with a hotkey...

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.

Ronald, that ea does not have an sl or tp in it I think.

Im trading on IBFX MT4 and I used to trade mainly on Oanda for scalping. On Oanda one could have a preset lot amount and also a preset tp and sl amount. While I really like IBFX it's one thing that I miss and I guess I was after something that can just do this for MT4.

Cheers,

Dean

It's not an EA, it's a script.

A script is simply a pre-defined piece of code which runs only for the tick that you call it on.

Ah, I see.

Does anyone have a script that will do this?

Cheers,

Dean

If you look in your scripts folder there's a script called 'trade' that will place an order. If you open in it metaeditor and then use the help file to look at the OrderSend() function you should be able to figure out how to add a SL and TP yourself.

Good luck

Lux