Thread: Help with order/counter coding for EA

Hi Skeebo
There's an obvious mistake with enclosing If statement with brackets. For example compare this to your own code:

if(totallt;1)

bool buy = false;
bool sell = false;


hope this helps

Greetings!

I figure I am following the usual story here. New to MQL4, a few programming history (BASIC and HTML), blah,blah,blah, now I am trying my hands at writing my own EA.

It's nothing special. I am working in an EMA breakout EA. I believed that I would keep it simple, as it's one of my first. So that the EA works based on a pub shutting over the line and opening below the 20 EMA. The bar it opens an order a 3 pips over the bar. As it's a EA the order is closed upon hitting on the TP or SL point, it has no other programming for final an order.

Here is the problem. The version I have unlocks an order . Nice once you have a profitable trade, sucks if you don't. In version 2 I found that any transactions does not open and tried adding in a counter code from another EA.

Here is the version 1 suggestion (sorry I don't understand how to set it in a neat little box):

int start()

//--

int cnt, complete, ticket;


double emaT = iMA(NULL,0,20,0,MODE_EMA, PRICE_CLOSE,0);
double MacdCurrent=iMACD(NULL,0,12,26,9,PRICE_CLOSE,MODE_ MAIN,0);

complete=OrdersTotal();
if(totallt;1)


bool buy = false;
bool market = false;

if((Ask==High[1] gt; 3*Stage) (Open[1] lt; emaT) (Close[1] gt; emaT) (MacdCurrent gt; 0)) buy = true;
if((Low[1]==Bid gt; 3*Stage) (emaT gt; Close[1]) (Open[1] gt; emaT) (MacdCurrent lt; 0)) market = true;



if(buy)


ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots, Ask,0,Ask-StopLoss*Stage,Ask TakeProfit*Point, Momo Trade,magicnumber,0, Green);
if(ticketgt;0)

if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES ))


return(0);



if(market)


ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots, Bid,0,Bid StopLoss*Point, Bid-TakeProfit*Point, Momo Trade,magicnumber,0, Red);
if(ticketgt;0)

if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES ))

return(0);



return(0);

//--

Version 2 is exactly the same, but using this code added to get a counter:

orders=OrdersTotal();
for(cnt=0;cntlt;OrdersTotal();cnt )

{
if(OrderSelect(cnt,SELECT_BY_POS))
OrderSelect(cnt, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
if(OrderSymbol()==Symbol())
{
if(OrderType()==OP_BUY)



Additionally, although I have everybody's focus is my code right for putting an order based on the preceding high/low with the (Ask==High[1] gt; 3*Stage) code?

With Due!