need some help with code

Hi smjones/longtobe free/zen leow/ ronald raygun/eaprogrammer/ and all who can help.

I've some coding problem while trying somesimple idea.
Hope can get helping hand.

I know I promised to help you with your project but I was just too busy with my day job and other EA projects (those that I get paid for) which holds priority. Now that I have a little spare time, I can help you out a bit.

Instead of just feeding the codes to you, how about I guide you to it? If you get fed up in the end and wanna hire me to do it for you instead then we can talk more through pm.

I believe the main challenge you're facing is trying to figure out how to group a pair of trades together. I understand that this EA of yours is going to open 2 trades for every single new bar regardless if the previous trades were closed or not. That means you can't use variables within your EA to store ticket values cos there's no telling how many sets of tickets you will end up having. Idea is to do the grouping not within the EA but within the trades itself. What I'm proposing is just one way of doing it. probably others can come up with different tactics.

Hint #1
For your case, there is one thing common within each pair of trades. Time. Even if the opening time isn't exactly the same (probably 1 second difference) the bar that it opens at is the same. AND Time is unique between each bars. All you need to do is to record Time[0] down into those 2 orders and use this value to compare them later.

Hint #2
Where should you store this Time[0] value in your trade? if you're thinking MagicNumber, that's a no... cos MagicNumber is restricted by the int datatype and time value may go beyond that. There is one variable in every trade which is always neglected or unutilised fully. It allows a string of characters to be stored within... got it?

Hint #3
To check if a trade has hit TP then close off the pending trade. you should first look for the pending trade within the currently opened trade list. Then retrieve the string of characters that was recorded earlier, now look for an active trade that also have this same. If there is such an active trade, that means it hasn't reach TP yet. skip to the next one. once you've checked through the currently active list. you'll need to check the history list. when you find the trade that has closed out, you'll still need to determine if its closed by Stoploss or TakeProfit...

I've not tested this method yet but its logically sound.
let me know if you need more help. I'm only doing this because it seems like you wanna learn coding. just need some help with logic that's all.

regards,
Zen

you forgot Oksana17

Aw, shucks, I'm flattered

I will try your idea.

Wanna try to give a simple code for the problem.

or idea with different approach from Zen Leow.

Perhaps you can try too. It is interesting to see different approach from different programmer towards solving same problem.

Hope each of us can learn something new...