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EA programming - STUCK - Pls Help

  • #1
  • First Post: Nov 24, 2009 9:05am Nov 24, 2009 9:05am
I am writing an EA for a particular method. My EA opens pending orders.. either BUY STOP, BUY LIMIT, SELL STOP or SELL Limit.

This part is OK. What i want is that to open another pending order if a BUY STOP pending order has changed to a BUY order.

So basically, in my code (in start method), I need to check if a pending order has changed to an order..not sure how to do that..

Appreciate any help or hints..
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  • #2
  • Nov 24, 2009 10:09am Nov 24, 2009 10:09am
hey aggs..... just count orders by type.... such as below.....

correct the magicnumber part if need be......h

Inserted Code
 
int start()
  {
//----
   if(CountType(OP_BUYSTOP) == 0) 
   {
 
   // do something 
 
   }
//----
 
   if(CountType(OP_BUYLIMIT) == 0) 
   {
 
   // do something 
 
   }
 
 
 
   return(0);
  }
 
int CountType(int type)   
{
 int count=0;
 for(int i = 0;  i < OrdersTotal(); i++)
 {
  OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES);
 
  if( OrderSymbol()!=Symbol() /*|| OrderMagicNumber() != MagicNumber*/ || OrderType() != type )
   continue;
 
   count++;
 }
 return(count);
}
to trade and code, keep both simple... no call to impress....h
  • #3
  • Last Post: Nov 24, 2009 10:28am Nov 24, 2009 10:28am
And in addition to that i would make myself a library that contains all these useful functions (like the CountType() example from the posting above) that you will need over and over again in all the EAs that you will write in the future. You will save yourself a lot of time and duplicated code.
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