A 2 step order process

Hi all,

I require some help to program a script for MB Trading MT4 platform. But unfortunately my programming sucks big time.

The codes below was extracted from one of the MBT forums for MT4. Basically the code is a 2 step process:

(1) Instant market Execution
(2) Then modifying the SL and TP because MBT MT4 platform will not accept TP and SL.

Many thanks in advance !!

//---Making a Buy Trade
if(active_trades < 1 && ok_2_buyc == 1 && ((move_ave0 >= Open[0] && move_ave0 <= Close[0]) || (move_ave0 >= Open[1] && move_ave0 <= Close[1])) && cci_buy == 1 && Open[1] < Close[1] && force_1 > force_3)
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,1.0,NormalizeDoub le(Ask,5),3,0,0,"for giggles",858101,0,Green);
Sleep(200);
OrderSelect(ticket, SELECT_BY_TICKET);
OrderModify(ticket,OrderOpenPrice(),NormalizeDoubl e(OrderOpenPrice()- stop_loss*Point,5),NormalizeDouble(OrderOpenPrice( )+ take_profit*Point,5),0,CLR_NONE);


if(ticket>0)
{
if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES ))Print(" BUY order : ",OrderOpenPrice());
}
else Print("Error opening BUY order : ",GetLastError());
Print("cci buy is : ",cci_buy," cci sell is : ",cci_sell," cci short sell is: ",short_sell," cci short buy is: ",short_buy);
active_trades = 1;
return(0);
}

Just put the ordersend inside the order modify function

hey Keiran.... only seeing a small part of the code we can't verify everything is initialized correctly....

assuming everything is, what you have posted should work as is.....

if your trigger conditions are met, the order should be sent .... once sent successfully, the next step should modify the profittarget and stoploss.....

it looks ok to me...... if it's not working you might check the trigger conditions......h

Thank you so much for your kind help !!!

I will go try !

Hi RR, how do i do that with the variable declarations ? Might sound easy to others but i am a real programming idiot !!!

OrderSend returns the ticket

OrderModify uses the order ticket.

So....

Orange is OrderModify section
Blue is OrderSend section

OrderModify(OrderSend(Symbol(), OP_SELL, Lots, Bid, Slippage, 0, 0, "Sell(#" + MagicNumber + ")", MagicNumber, 0, DeepPink), OrderOpenPrice(), StopLossLevel, TakeProfitLevel, 0, CLR_NONE);


You can put this entire line inside a while loop and have the EA repeatedly hammer the server with trade requests.

Hi Ronald Raygun,

Thanks for the guide. But i finally went and use OrderSendReliable2Step. But i am encountering new problems. Here is my code below:

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| ECN 14 trades open.mq4 |
//| Copyright 2010, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| http://www.metaquotes.net |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2010, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "http://www.metaquotes.net"
extern double Lot = 0.1;
#include <LibOrderReliable.mqh>

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| script program start function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
//---
OrderSendReliable2Step("AUDUSD",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("AUDUSD",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("NZDJPY",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("NZDJPY",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("GBPCHF",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("GBPCHF",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("EURUSD",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("EURUSD",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("EURCHF",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("EURCHF",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("CHFJPY",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("CHFJPY",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("USDJPY",OP_SELL, Lot, MarketInfo("USDJPY",MODE_BID), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);

OrderSendReliable2Step("USDCHF",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("USDCHF",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("EURGBP",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("EURGBP",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("NZDUSD",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("NZDUSD",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("GBPUSD",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("GBPUSD",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("EURJPY",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("EURJPY",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("AUDJPY",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("AUDJPY",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);
OrderSendReliable2Step("GBPJPY",OP_BUY, Lot, MarketInfo("GBPJPY",MODE_ASK), 3, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, CLR_NONE);

// int OrderSendReliable2Step(string symbol, int cmd, double volume, double price, int slippage, double stoploss, double takeprofit, string comment, int magic, datetime expiration = 0, color arrow_color = CLR_NONE)



return(0);
//----

}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

The errors are:

Attempted buy 0.1 lot @ 0.89900000 sl: 0.000000 tp: 0.000000

error: No operation possible because IsTradeAllowed()==false, even after retries