MT4 Order Plugin: Trade by lines with risk based lot sizing

please check for error message in MT4 journal tab. have you ticked "enable dll import" in MT4 options?

what a nice tool, thanks Sangmane

On my system (fxpro) i've set 4 windows with different timeframes. On one i've set Easyorder for "buy", on the second i've set an other one for "sell", and finally on the third one i've set it for "close order".

What is strange is that the same risk percentage set on both "buy" & "sell" give very different lot size. Seems that some is wrong when calculating the lot size (maybe a buffer not refreshed or reseted or else, sorry but i'm not a coder).

When i was only using one easyorder box, i believe that lot sizing was ok. But its easier to work with several easyorder boxes, as we cant get "close order" choice after having hesitating on other choive like buy/sell (cant select back "close order").

Hope you can fix this lot sizing issue when several easyorder boxzs are used.

And again, many thanks for such usefull tool.

"When i was only using one easyorder box, i believe that lot sizing was ok."

You have identified the issue yourself. Sangmane made this tool to work with one instance of it running. By the way, you should NOT use other trade management tools at the same time because they will interfere.
This excellent tool is made for simplicity and it achieves it better than anything else in MT4.

[quote=kostas1;5179945]" you should NOT use other trade management tools at the same time because they will interfere. " /quote]

here ONLY easyorder is used, but on several charts: same pair, M1, H1 & H4.

Thanks for this very useful tool. Saves a lot of time!

I have a question/request please: would it be possible to make this tool trade with the Strategy tester in 'visual mode'?
In the weekend I tend to go through a trading week to see where I could have improved decisions I made.
Would be great if I could make trades as I would do during a normal trading day and analyse the results in the 'Results', 'Graph' and 'Report' tab.
I've seen tools that can do that but the ones I've seen only give you the option of x amount of lots, not lot-size based on risk+SL.

Hi Guys......

I have been using an older version of EasyOrder and all working great, than i decided to upgrade it to the most recent version maily because risk% is editable! I did copy all the files to the correct folder as before and the dll to the library folder.... but when i try to execute a new order nothing happens !!!!!!!!!!!!

does anyone know if there is any issues with this most recent version?

Cheers

This scrip is real good, but I find it very annoying to see so many windows and alerts every time I place an order.

Is there any way to remove the alerts, and the windows permission to the call of the dlls?

I would appreciate it. Thank you.

m48, Go to Tools menu, expert advisors tab

make sure you have ticked only the 4 boxes to the left:
Enable Expert Advisors,
Allow Live Trading,
Allow DLL imports
& Allow external experts imports

and the other 4 boxes unticked for the easy order tool to work without all the windows permission calls

@ m48, as explained by Shabs19, Tools, Options, Expert Advisor

Success! thank you very much for your quick response.
works great.

but still I get a small alert window. like this.

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6373/sinttuloia.jpg

It would be perfect for me, without this alert window.

can be done?

thank you very much for the help

Greetings all.

This is a very useful script. Many Thanks Sangemane.
I have a slight problem.

Pending orders and modifications work perfectly.

But market orders are placed without a TP or SL. The lines appear on the chart but not in the executed order.

Any idea why?

This may be of assistance - Sangemane’s excellent script may need tweaking here and there to suite individual preferences.
You will have to add some code and some modifications to three files to achieve your objective.
It would be a good idea to save a copy of originals and work with copies.
Open relevant script files for editing in in Metatrader Editor.
Compare below selected code line-by line and add or modify code as required.
After every add or modified section run Compile - , that way you will contain and localize errors without loosing the thread and ensure that the editing becomes effective.
If you are new to this it is fairly straight forward, just open the relevant scripts in the Metatrader Editor, - compare code line-by-line, add or alter code, then run – Compile – , and preferably test on demo.
You may have to straighten the code in this post into , line-by-line order, in note pad or the mind's eye to make sense of it. As a rule of thumb, lines mostly end with a ;.
Code for comparison is bracketed by CODE START and CODE END, and should not be added as code.
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Code to compare and add where required – EASYORDER_SUBMIT - for lines to appear after market order execution.
(there should be two blocks of code to add here and minor edits to two other files)

CODE START-EasyOrder_Submit.mq4

void InitLines()
{
string obj;
int i, ticket;

for(i=0; i<OrdersTotal(); i++) {
OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS);
if(OrderSymbol()==Symbol()) {
ticket = OrderTicket();

obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_SL_#"+ticket;
if(ObjectFind(obj)>=0) ObjectMove(obj,0,Time[0],OrderStopLoss());
else DrawLine("SL",ticket,OrderStopLoss());

obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_TP_#"+ticket;
if(ObjectFind(obj)>=0) ObjectMove(obj,0,Time[0],OrderTakeProfit());
else DrawLine("TP",ticket,OrderTakeProfit());

if(OrderType()>OP_SELL) {
obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_PRICE_#"+ticket;
if(ObjectFind(obj)>=0) ObjectMove(obj,0,Time[0],OrderOpenPrice());
else DrawLine("PRICE",ticket,OrderOpenPrice());
}

if(OrderType()<OP_SELL){
obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_PRICE_#"+ticket;
if(ObjectFind(obj)>=0) ObjectMove(obj,0,Time[0],OrderOpenPrice());
else DrawLine("PRICE",ticket,OrderOpenPrice());
}

if(OrderType()>OP_BUY) {
obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_PRICE_#"+ticket;
if(ObjectFind(obj)>=0) ObjectMove(obj,0,Time[0],OrderOpenPrice());
else DrawLine("PRICE",ticket,OrderOpenPrice());
}
}
}
}
CODE END - EasyOrder_Submit.mq4

Code to compare and add where required (to thicken lines.) -EASYORDER_SUBMIT

To thicken the lines look at below added code, namely - ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_WIDTH,2);
The value of _WIDTH,2 in this code is 2, if you want thicker lines set _WIDTH,3 or 4 or 5. If thinner set _WIDTH,1
Also – see it you have this code- ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,clr);
Also note - //ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_STYLE,STYLE_DASHDOT);

I have also change colors to ,my preference (…clr=Red;….clr=Yellow;….clr=Aqua

CODE START- EasyOrder_Submit.mq4

void DrawLine(string type, int ticket, double level)
{
string obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_"+type+"_#"+ticket;
color clr = Red;
if(type=="PRICE") clr = Yellow;
else if(type=="TP") clr = Aqua;
ObjectCreate(obj,OBJ_HLINE,0,Time[0],level,0,0);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,clr);
//ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_STYLE,STYLE_DASHDOT);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_WIDTH,2);

}

CODE END - EasyOrder_Submit.mq4

Code to compare and add where required -EASYORDER_DRAW

To thicken the lines look at below added code, namely - ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_WIDTH,2);
Also – see it you have this - ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,clr[i]);
If you have - ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_STYLE,STYLE_DASHDOT); comment-out as
Follows, // ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_STYLE,STYLE_DASHDOT);

CODE START- EasyOrder_Draw.mq4

}
for(i=0; i<3; i++) {
obj = "EASYORDER_NEW_"+desc[i];
if(ObjectFind(obj)>=0) ObjectDelete(obj);
ObjectCreate(obj, OBJ_HLINE,0,Time[0],lines[i]);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_WIDTH,2);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,clr[i]);
}
return;

CODE END - EasyOrder_Draw.mq4

Code to compare and add where required - EASYORDER.MQ4

Note: To thicken the lines look at below added code, namely - ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_WIDTH,2);
Also – see it you have this - ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,clr);

CODE START - Easyorder.mq4

void DrawLine(string type, int ticket, double level)
{
string obj = "EASYORDER_MOD_"+type+"_#"+ticket;
color clr = Red;
if(type=="PRICE") clr = Yellow;
else if(type=="TP") clr = Aqua;
ObjectCreate(obj,OBJ_HLINE,0,Time[0],level,0,0);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_WIDTH,2);
ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_COLOR,clr);
//ObjectSet(obj,OBJPROP_STYLE,STYLE_DASHDOT);
}

CODE END - EasyOrder.mq4

Code to modified in - EASYORDER_DRAW - to set your own STOP LOSS and TAKE PROFIT values.

CODE START - EasyOrder_Draw.mq4

}

RefreshRates();
switch(trade) {
case 0: lines[0] = Ask-150.0*pip; lines[1] = Ask; lines[2] = Ask+500.0*pip; break; // Buy Market
case 1: lines[0] = Bid+150.0*pip; lines[1] = Bid lines[2] = Bid-500.0*pip; break; // Sell market
//case 2: lines[0] = Ask-500.0*pip; lines[1] = Ask-300.0*pip; lines[2] = Ask+500.0*pip; break; // Buy Limit
//case 3: lines[0] = Bid+500.0*pip; lines[1] = Bid+300.0*pip; lines[2] = Bid-500.0*pip; break; // Sell Limit
case 4: lines[0] = Ask-200.0*pip; lines[1] = Ask+200.0*pip; lines[2] = Ask+500.0*pip; break; // Buy Stop
case 5: lines[0] = Bid+200.0*pip; lines[1] = Bid-200.0*pip; lines[2] = Bid-500.0*pip; break; // Sell Stop
default: return;
}

CODE END - EasyOrder_Draw.mq4

Columns lines[0] = ….are Stop Loss values, columns lines[1]= …. are Price value and columns lines[2] = ..,,are Take Profit Values.
Note 1: Change the numerical values in the relevant columns to set you own Stop Loss and Take Profit values.
The two top line[1] = Ask; and line[1]=Bid; …. have no numerical values because they are Ask and Bid Price at Market Buy and Market Sell. So STOP LOSS for Market Buy and Market Sell can be set closer as they are effective immediately.
Note 2: I have commented out (//) lines case 2: and case 3: because I do not use Buy and Sell Limits. While they are commented-out there will be no Buy or Sell Limit function available to the EasyOrder Terminal. I have merely included this for illustration purposes, and is my personal preference. You will probably want to use BUY and Sell Limits so do not comment-out lines ‘Case2: or Case3:'

TIP: Locate the EasyOrder script in the Navigator Window and right-click on EasyOrder, now left-click – Set hotkey – and set key values for fast loading of EasyOrder Terminal . Click chart for focus and hit Hot Keys.

Code modified in EASYORDER_SUBMIT.MQ4 to Stop Arrows appearing on chart

Located the following code and
a) comment- out (//) and add line (of code) below comment-out line as per example or easier, bypass necessity to comment-out and
b) just remove - ,clr - from both lines. See both // This edit removes – clr

CODE START – EasyOrder_Submit.mq4

if(trade>OP_SELL) {
Alert(aorder[trade]," ",DoubleToStr(lot,2)," ",Symbol()," at ",DoubleToStr(price,Digits)," sl: ",DoubleToStr(sl,Digits)," tp: ",DoubleToStr(tp,Digits)," ...");
//ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),trade,lot,price,Slippage,sl,tp,TradeComment,MagicNumber,0,clr);
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),trade,lot,price,Slippage,sl,tp,TradeComment,MagicNumber,0); //This edit removes - ,clr
if(ticket<1) Alert("Sending order failed!: "+ErrorDescription(GetLastError()));
else {

…………
………..

}
Alert(aorder[trade]," ",DoubleToStr(lot,2)," ",Symbol()," at ",DoubleToStr(price,Digits)," sl: 0 tp: 0 ...");
//ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),trade,lot,price,Slippage,0,0,TradeComment,MagicNumber,0,clr);
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),trade,lot,price,Slippage,0,0,TradeComment,MagicNumber,0); //This edit removes - ,clr
if(ticket<1) {
Alert("Sending order failed!: "+ErrorDescription(GetLastError()));
break;

CODE END – EasyOrder_Submit.mq4

After this, may be a good idea to clean out unwanted Object List accumulation – right-click chart – Object List, delete unwanted Objects, etc, etc, then re-save chart template.

Message Alerts: To disable relevant message alerts trawl through the code in the scripts and
a) comment-out (//) relevant lines that begin with - Alert(....) e.g. //Alert(...).... or
b) disable relevant sections of code that begin with - Alert(...)... using /*......*/ e.g. /*Alert(.....),abcdefgh... */
Disabled sections of code will be turn light Gray.

Important: If you are new to editing in the Metatrader Editor remember to COMPILE * the code after each edit for the code to become effective. * (click the Compile Button or File-Compile, then check for compile Errors or Warnings in the Toolbox window -View-Toolbox or Ctrl + T)

A great thank you to Sangemane - this script is neat and concise and made life a lot easier.

Could You Please include Spread in Risk Equations

I would like to send a request to Sangmane by email. If anyone can assist me in contacting him, i will appreciate it: my email address is [email protected].

Kind Regards

AC de Villiers

Can you post it here with the changes you made in the coding?

Would make using it so much easier, as most of us are not coders.

Hello – a reasonable request however, I am under constraints to comply.

a)My working copies have ultra-tight stop loss values on market orders – they may not suit your trading style.
b)I would have to know your individual Stop Loss, Take Profit and Price value preferences for market orders, limit orders and stops orders to post you copies suitable to your style of trading.
c)To accommodate one would require the accommodation of others, for which I do not have time.
d)I am not sure I have a mandate to distribute the compiled code.

These edits are minor and not as intimidating as may seem.

May I suggest starting with a small edit, the removal of both instances of - ,clr - as in Code modified in EASYORDER_SUBMIT.MQ4 to Stop Arrows appearing on chart.

Then a larger edit, Code to modified in - EASYORDER_DRAW - to set your own STOP LOSS and TAKE PROFIT values.

To cross the river you may, in this instance, have to be your own ferryman.

Hi file45

Thanks for you edit ideas and posted steps.....

I noticed you posted one for the removal of the arrow, how difficult would it be to actually make another edit for pasting another arrow when the trade is exited and printing a dotted line connecting the 2 arrows, green for a win and red for a loss...

Cheers

Mate, I am on the other side of the pond.

Consider emailing me what you have, I scalp the M1, so very tight on settings would be fine for my use.

I have noticed that I did not include some minor editing in my post #232 pertaining to tweaks and mods to suit individual preferences.
I don't have much time to answer individual questions or individual requests so to facilitate matters I have attached the modified script EasyOrder-Mod-1.zip. I will assume that I am not infringing any franchise.

Please retain your script original files.
EasyOrder.dll and EasyOrder.txt go in experts/libraries folder and the remainder in the experts/script folder.

The EasyOrder Terminal may have the hot key set to Ctrl+Z.

Refer to post #232 if you want to set your own SL, TP values or if you want to set line thickness.

a)The script will place lines (TP, Price and SL) on the chart at Pre-Submission Market, Limit or Stop orders.
b) If the Cancel button is hit the lines will drop off the chart.
c) If the Submit button is hit for Market, Limit, or Stop orders the scrip will place the lines on the chart.
d) If the chart is closed with a trade open and later reloaded the SL, TP and Price Lines will be on the chart but if the EasyOrder Terminal is loaded the Price line (where the trade was opened) will drop out - I have not been able to figure a solution to this.
e) If the trade is closed the lines will drop off the chart.

Note: If you don't see the TP line go up to a higher time frame. You may have to edit these values yourself as given in post #232.

The script will not place arrows on the chart.

I have not edited alerts as each user will have their selective preferences.

For newbies: Tools-Options-Expert Advisor should have the appropriate boxes
ticked (refer to earlier posts). If 'Ask manual confirmation' and 'Confirm DLL function calls' are ticked, untick those boxes as you will get constant confirmation alerts.

I have posted these tweaks because they are common to my requirements and requests in past posts. I should clarify that I am not an MQL4 coder, I have coding experience and therefore able to put 2 and 2 together for my own requirements. As such I am unable to respond to individual requests as I do not have MQL4 code immediately off the top of my hat and I also do not have time to research solutions. Thank you for you interest.

Hi-Here is a copy from my post #239

I have posted these tweaks because they are common to my requirements and requests in past posts. I should clarify that I am not an MQL4 coder, I have coding experience and therefore able to put 2 and 2 together for my own requirements. As such I am unable to respond to individual requests as I do not have MQL4 code immediately off the top of my hat and I also do not have time to research solutions. Thank you for you interest.

As much as I would like to look at your solution, for reasons given above I am unable to offer an immediate solution. If I have the time to look at your request and produce a working solution I will post a reply, in the interim, perhaps best to approach an accomplished MQL4 coder.