How to count lots?

Hi guys.....
This EA hedge trade with no SL, TPs are the same for all trades,
and the hedges are geting bigger depending on the current number
of trades(lots) opened.

EA opens 2 trades (hedge) at current price......
Both trades are without SL, and TP is 100 pips....
When one trade hits TP, EA execute new hedge(buy&sell) at curent price,
but this time the lots must change in a way that the new trade
(depending of the current opened positions) must have a same lot count
to cover the opened losing trades.......

...the total number of lots currently opened must
be the same for the both sides!!!

Lets say EA executes first hedge(sell 0.1 lot & buy 0.1lot)
Buy hits the TP, EA execute new set(sell 0.1 lot & buy 0.2lot)
Buy again hits the TP, EA execute new set(sell 0.1 lot & buy 0.3lot).....

The EA posted here works ok but my logic about counting the trades,
and executing them to satisfy the rule of lots is not working ok

Thanks for the help

Anyone!???

Come on guys, this is a fully coded ea, all i need is a help with the
logic for lots, that is all.

This is how I count orders........

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| count buys |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OrdersTotalMagicbuy(int Magicbuy)
{
int j=0;
int r;
for (r=0;r<OrdersTotal();r++)
{
if(OrderSelect(r,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES))
{
if (OrderMagicNumber()==Magicbuy) j++;
}
}
return(j);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| count sells |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OrdersTotalMagicsell(int Magicsell)
{
int d=0;
int n;
for (n=0;n<OrdersTotal();n++)
{
if(OrderSelect(n,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES))
{
if (OrderMagicNumber()==Magicsell) d++;
}
}
return(d);
}
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And now all I want to know is how to count total number of lots curently opened!
And then if some of the trade hits TP, I want to execute another hedge wich will
have same amount of lots for both sides!

If I have currently opened 1 sell (buy hits the TP), now I want to add
another hedge....like; 1sell 0.1 lot & 1buy 0.2 lots......



Thanks

well, since you asked "so nicely"...

why do you have a magic number for buy and another magic number for sell trades? Isn't it better to just use 1 magicnumber for your EA? after all, you can find out if that order is a buy or sell by using OrderType()... and why didn't you also compare the OrderSymbol()? Don't you want to attach this EA to multiple pairs eventually?

regards,
Zen

.....But the thing is I want to count total lots for both sides that
are curently opened, and execute a new hedge when some of the trades hit TP.

I dont know why you think that I wasn asked for help nicely....but ok, PLEASE HELP!

If you can count the number of sells and the number of buys... why can't you add those 2 together to get the total???

anyway, this is what I would use instead.

Thank for you time Zen, but I need to count total number of lots that are curently opened
for both sides, not a number of trades!

something like: If I have curently opened 4 sells with 0.1 lots, now I want to open hedge- 1 sell 0.1 lot & 1 buy (0.4 lots-cos the 4 sells at 0.1 are opened)

I was hoping you could work it out. it's the same concept. look again.

Zen, Im coding just for 3 months now, and Im far away from good
coding skills....Im "good" with recoding the old codes, but when it comes to something I need to do all by myself, I stink!

UPS....SORRY, YOU ARE RIGHT!

Thanks man.......

come on! give yourself some credit. at least you're getting your hands dirty instead of asking it to be served on a plate. that's good spirit

do you need more help on this? if not, I'm signing off now. drop me a pm if you require further assistance. we need more coders here. magnumfreak is helping out another member so I'm hoping to do the same for you.

ZenLeow, I tried, but this is over my head......Im failing to code
good logic for the hedges.......

This is my last try.......I added you update for counting lots, and it is working ok.
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void Hedge()
{
double BHLots = NormalizeDouble(GetSellTradeLotCount(),1);
double SHLots = NormalizeDouble(GetBuyTradeLotCount(),1);

if (OrdersTotalMagicbuy(MagicNumber) < OrdersTotalMagicsell(MagicNumber))
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,BHLots+lots,Ask,2,0,Ask+ProfitTarget*Point,DoubleToStr(Ask,MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_DIGITS)),MagicNumber,0,Blue);
Sleep(1000);
if (GetBuyTradeLotCount() == GetSellTradeLotCount())
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,lots,Bid,2,0,Bid-ProfitTarget*Point,DoubleToStr(Bid,MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_DIGITS)),MagicNumber,0,Red);
Sleep(1000);
//+--------+
//+--------+
if (OrdersTotalMagicbuy(MagicNumber) > OrdersTotalMagicsell(MagicNumber))
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,SHLots+lots,Bid,2,0,Bid-ProfitTarget*Point,DoubleToStr(Bid,MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_DIGITS)),MagicNumber,0,Red);
Sleep(1000);
if (GetBuyTradeLotCount() == GetSellTradeLotCount())
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,lots,Ask,2,0,Ask+ProfitTarget*Point,DoubleToStr(Ask,MarketInfo(Symbol(),MODE_DIGITS)),MagicNumber,0,Blue);
Sleep(1000);
}
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you've yet to describe what's the problem you're facing. is it not opening the right number of lots? what's the exact behavior you want and what's it doing at the moment?

regards,
Zen

Hi Zen...thanks for offering help!

I think that counting lots or number of trades will not work.
The solution is to check(when some of the trade hits TP) total
loss for both sides(sell & buy), and then execute new hedge.....
Bassicaly I want to execute a new hedge every time TP are hit,
but the lot calculation MUST BE aranged in a way that no matter
where price moves when the TP are hit PROFIT MUST BE THE SAME
LIKE THE LOSING SIDE LOSS AT THE TIME TP ARE HIT!!!

I don't understand your statements

perhaps a trade walkthrough can clear things up