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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 13, 2010 6:08am Jan 13, 2010 6:08am
I have an EA and I have set it to LONG Only.
But i saw inside the log, there is a line
"open #4631620 buy (instead of sell) 0.2 EURUSD at 1.4546 ok"

What is the problem of this? and how to solve it?
Thank you
  • #2
  • Jan 13, 2010 6:55am Jan 13, 2010 6:55am
Can you confirm that error elsewhere? (account history)
  • #3
  • Jan 13, 2010 6:59am Jan 13, 2010 6:59am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Can you confirm that error elsewhere? (account history)
u mean?

i attach the screenshot of the log
Thank you
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  • #4
  • Jan 13, 2010 7:43am Jan 13, 2010 7:43am
I said the account history.

Sometimes the log and account history don't agree.
  • #5
  • Jan 13, 2010 7:49am Jan 13, 2010 7:49am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
I said the account history.

Sometimes the log and account history don't agree.
it's true
i can only find one order
please look at the screenshot

Thank a lot~
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  • #6
  • Jan 13, 2010 7:50am Jan 13, 2010 7:50am
Wait a minute....


You said you set the EA to long only?

Long => Buy
Short => Sell
  • #7
  • Jan 13, 2010 8:59am Jan 13, 2010 8:59am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
Wait a minute....


You said you set the EA to long only?

Long => Buy
Short => Sell
yes
for the EURUSDbuy ~ i set long (buy) only
  • #8
  • Jan 13, 2010 10:27am Jan 13, 2010 10:27am
Then what's wrong?
  • #9
  • Jan 13, 2010 5:57pm Jan 13, 2010 5:57pm
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Quoting wltam
I have an EA and I have set it to LONG Only.
But i saw inside the log, there is a line
"open #4631620 buy (instead of sell) 0.2 EURUSD at 1.4546 ok"

What is the problem of this? and how to solve it?
Thank you
Can you post the EA for us to have a look at it?
Being right is one, taking it from the table is two.
  • #10
  • Jan 13, 2010 6:16pm Jan 13, 2010 6:16pm
Quoting wltam
I have an EA and I have set it to LONG Only.
But i saw inside the log, there is a line
"open #4631620 buy (instead of sell) 0.2 EURUSD at 1.4546 ok"

What is the problem of this? and how to solve it?
Thank you

You set the EA to "Long Only" thus, you will only get long trades. Why is this a problem?
  • #11
  • Jan 17, 2010 10:37am Jan 17, 2010 10:37am
Quoting wltam
u mean?

i attach the screenshot of the log
Thank you
The "Experts" Tab shows the output of the Print() command, it is not an official log of things that happened, its a log of outputs that the Programmer wanted the EA to print out during operation. It reflects the internal things that go on inside this special EA only, the EA is just thinking loudly, thus the strange wording ("buy (instead of sell)"). Look into the source code, you will find the lines where these phrases are sent to the Print() function. It's useful for the creator of the EA to debug it and to track what the EA is actually doing or trying to do. It could also contain entries like "EURUSD, M5: Twiddling my thumbs and waiting for a sell". It has no meaning, it would only be an arbitrary Print() command.

The official log is the "Journal" Tab, here you will find only entries created by Metatrader itself.
  • #12
  • Jan 17, 2010 10:43am Jan 17, 2010 10:43am
Quoting Ronald Raygun
You set the EA to "Long Only" thus, you will only get long trades. Why is this a problem?
i mean ...i set only long trade

but it appears sell(instead of buy)

Quoting 7bit
The "Experts" Tab shows the output of the Print() command, it is not an official log of things that happened, its a log of outputs that the Programmer wanted the EA to print out during operation. It reflects the internal things that go on inside this special EA only, the EA is just thinking loudly, thus the strange wording ("buy (instead of sell)"). Look into the source code, you will find the lines where these phrases are sent to the Print() function. It's useful for the creator of the EA to debug it and to track what the EA is actually doing...
there is no Print() command of this wording..
i searched in google with this problem. i found some also have the same problem, but i can't find the solution.
  • #13
  • Jan 17, 2010 10:51am Jan 17, 2010 10:51am
Quoting wltam
there is no Print() command of this wording..
look again. you will find it. Search the .mq4 file for the word "instead".
  • #14
  • Jan 17, 2010 10:54am Jan 17, 2010 10:54am
Quoting 7bit
look again. you will find it.
looked again
still not find
  • #15
  • Jan 17, 2010 10:55am Jan 17, 2010 10:55am
Quoting wltam
looked again
still not find
look for the word "instead" in the source code
  • #16
  • Jan 17, 2010 10:58am Jan 17, 2010 10:58am
Quoting 7bit
look for the word "instead" in the source code
searched already
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  • #17
  • Last Post: Jan 17, 2010 11:14am Jan 17, 2010 11:14am
Quoting wltam
searched already
Then i have no idea. "buy instead of sell" makes no sense and i have never seen this in any log file. Why would it want to buy if you tell it to sell instead? Maybe there is some non-hedging limitation in place and it is trying to combine two opposing trades of two experts into one. I have no idea. If you sum up the resulting net position, is it correct?
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