was it an earthquake? no just my EA going bonkers. please help.

if possible could someone help me with my EA.

i created an Ea with my first working custom indicator( that i didnt create).

thanks for all the peeps helping me out here as well

but there is still a slight problem.

you see when the line turns red it starts opening trades sells like crazy. when the line turns blue it starts buying like crazy.

what i just like is a 1 simple buy when line goes up. when the line turns red close the buy order and start a sell order. and so on.

i think i am almost there but maybe not.

anyway if a coder has the time please check the Ea and the indicator at hand.

just make sure you have all your stops in for next week, use a double loop incase the first stop fails.

You probably need to add criteria to check the previous bar's value.

"If the current bar's indi value is blue and the previous bar indi's value is red, then trade long"

Basically you're looking for the first red/blue bar on the chart.

i dont see the attachments. here they are.

thanks for the answer

If you are looking to limit the number of trades at once, this is typically what I do ...

I also think you can preface the order by saying ...

Of course I don't know what the issue is with the bars, but I don't think it should matter. It's generally a good idea to put something like this into place regardless.

ecTrade,

I am trying to add a buy when slope goes up and close the order after it goes to red so it will open a sell order. then when line is all way down and change color again to go up it needs to change into buy again.

the problem is i dont know well how to close the order. i dont want to work with stoploss or take profit.

anyway i changed some code now

int start()
{

//moving averages

double SlopeUp = iCustom(NULL,0,"Slope Direction Line",SlopePeriod,SlopeMethod,SlopePrice,0,1);
double SlopeUp2 = iCustom(NULL,0,"Slope Direction Line",SlopePeriod,SlopeMethod,SlopePrice,0,3);
double SlopeDown = iCustom(NULL,0,"Slope Direction Line",SlopePeriod,SlopeMethod,SlopePrice,1,1);
double SlopeDown2 = iCustom(NULL,0,"Slope Direction Line",SlopePeriod,SlopeMethod,SlopePrice,1,3);


//Buy order
if(SlopeUp != EMPTY_VALUE && SlopeDown == EMPTY_VALUE && SlopeUp2 == EMPTY_VALUE ) // BUY
{


OrderSelect(SellTicket,SELECT_BY_TICKET);



//Close OrderClose
if(OrderCloseTime() == 0 && SellTicket > 0)
{
double CloseLots = OrderLots();
double ClosePrice = Ask;

bool Closed = OrderClose(SellTicket,CloseLots,ClosePrice,UseSlippage,Red);
}

double OpenPrice = Ask;

and i get now a buy and a sell. however it does not close well on some accounts on the line.

also the buy always starts 15 minutes to late. i want to have it buy direct when line changes.

thanks

Looks like you have the right idea by doing an OrderSelect() and specifying the conditions under which you want it to close. Beyond that, I don't know enough about the conditions you are using in order to comment. Sorry.

i just figured out the buy and sell orders. i get them now 1 by 1.

however it still does not always sell at the right downtrend or uptrend.

i am missing some small piece of info. i am sure i am almost there. just cant put my finger on it.

for the order and sale i forgot to add &&BuyTicket at the end. same for sell

if( SlopeUp == SlopeDown && SlopeDown2 != EMPTY_VALUE && BuyTicket == 0 ) // BUY

if(SlopeUp == SlopeDown && SlopeUp2 != EMPTY_VALUE && SellTicket == 0) // Sell

so that is now fixed.

now i only need to have it buy when slope goes up and when slope goes down i need it to close buyorder and start a sellorder.

when slope is al the way down and slope strarts to get up i need to have the sell order closed and start a new buy order.


++++++++- - <---close buy order and open sell order
++++++- -
buy--> - -
+++++++++++++- <---- close sell order and open up buy order

+ = empty spaces. so means nothing. just added otherwise the graph messed up
and so on.

thanks