Whats wrong with this?

int start()
  {
  
  int x,ticket,total;
   int    counted_bars=IndicatorCounted();
   Comment("Buy High");
//----

      total  = OrdersTotal(); 
     
      if(total < 1) 
            {
            if (High[1] > High[2])
                  {
                      ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,1,Ask,3,Ask-25*Point,Ask+25*Point,"NULL",12345,0,Green);
                           if(ticket>0)
                              {
                                 //if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES)) 
                                         Print("BUY order opened : ",OrderOpenPrice());
                              }   
                            else 
                            
                                 Print("Error opening BUY order : ",GetLastError()); 
                                 return(0);
                                
                      
                      
                   }   
             }
   
//----
   return(0);
  } 

Quoting Ronald Raygun

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I see \"indicatorcounted\" I don't think an EA likes that.

Scripts run only for the tick they were called.

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Quoting Ronald Raygun

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A script is something generally used to run a function once, like a buy order, or sell order, or close all, or reverse trade, or move to breakeven, etc.

An EA is attached to the chart and stays there indefinitely.

If you're looking to trade higher highs or lower lows, you need to code an EA. EAs have three main components:

Trade Logic - Determines what trades to take
Trade Execution - Places the aforementioned trade
Trade Management - Changes the stoploss/closes the trade.

Is this the entire code?

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Quoting deedeed

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Thank You for your reply Ron,

Firstly this is not the entire code. I just tried to write a simple code to buy something and execute it on the charts but I keep getting an error.

Yes eventually I would like to make this an EA. But I am stuck at the ground floor now with this bit of code not working :-(

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Quoting Ronald Raygun

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Is it too much to post the entire code?

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