MT4 Problem - Opening a Deal, then Closing it again straight away

I copied all of the log files to one server, then did a search for a sample deal #.

These were the only references to that deal number, which is a good example of this problem.

Now I'm mapping times and accounts when the problem occurred against times Probability EA was running.

Do the "closing arrows" that most (all) EAs plot into the chart (its actually happening automatically) when closing a trade with OrderClose() appear anywhere on any EA's chart at these times? Do they appear on FAP's own chart or are they missing and appear somewhere else?

And maybe you should also contact MetaQuotes and ask them how an EA or Script could ever call OrderClose() without this immediately appearing in the experts log next to the name of the script or EA who called it.

Still not conclusively proven, but I suspect the problem is Probability EA

Here are the reasons:

1) I've turned Probability EA off and on a few times on various accounts, the the times that Probability EA was running appear to correspond with the times I had all these deals closed incorrectly.

2) I noticed that FAP Turbo writes Open and Close records to the Experts Log normally (thank you for the suggestion 7bit).

3) I noticed that the 50 of so FAP Turbo deals that closed after a couple of seconds had an Open record, but no Close record in the Expert log.

4) I observer that Probability EA appears not to write to the Expert log.

5) This implies that FAP Turbo opened the deals ok, writing a record to the Expert log. Probability EA then closed the deal, but didn't write anything to the Expert log. Based on the signal, FAP Turbo then opened another deal, repeating the loop many times.

The evidence is mounting, but it is still too early to draw conclusions. I've contacted the Probability EA vendor for more information. I will also decompile the EA to see if there are any obvious logic errors.

In this chart you posted (see below) (Metatrader can restore closed charts even if you closed them) hover your mouse over one of these arrows, wait for the little hint window and write down the ticket number and see if it corresponds to a trade that belonged to one of the other EAs.

This might help you in proving it to the author of this EA if he doesn't believe you.

http://www.forexfactory.com/attachme...3&d=1284213859

Received this response from the vendor of Probability EA:

peterc005,

This issue was fixed with v7.1.1 (as opposed to v7.1). I initially decreased the Magic Number by 1 each time a cycle was closed (which notified the EA to close the cycle). This works well if the EA is the only one running, but when people wanted to use this EA in addition to other EAs, I modified the code so that the Magic Number stays constant, and the EA uses other ways of closing the cycle.

I'll send you a copy of v7.1.1 and let me know if you are still having the problem.

Michael


I appreciate the response and honesty of the vendor, but this problem cost me more than $5,000 on losses.