HowTo get ticket number and status for open trades.
I need to know is if there are any existing open buy or sell transactions when my EA starts.
Studying MQL4 language specs, the best i could do to get the details as required was as in the following function.
int findopenbuysell(string buyorsell){
for (int j = 0; j < OrdersTotal(); j++) {
OrderSelect(j, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
Comment("j=",j,"Ordertype=",OrderType()) ;
if (buyorsell=="buy" ){if (OrderType()==0){return(OrderType());break;} else {return(-1);break;} }
if (buyorsell=="sell"){if (OrderType()==1){return(OrderType());break;} else {return(-1);break;} }
return(-1);
}
}
where buyorsell can be either "buy" or "sell"
All the function does is if you call
findopenbuysell(buy)
It returns "0" if there is at least one open buy and -1 if none.
Similarly
findopenbuysell(sell)
returns "1" if there is at least one open sell and -1 if none.
It unfortunately does not work because OrderType() is seemingly always 0 in my function.
Anyone have soime advice how I can correct this?
Also if anyone know how I can get the ticketnumber for an existing open buy or sell I would appreciate it.
Somehow I cannot figure that out.
you was trying if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)?
Actually, the code is good, just one mistake:
int findopenbuysell(string buyorsell){ for (int j = 0; j < OrdersTotal(); j++) { OrderSelect(j, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES); Comment("j=",j,"Ordertype=",OrderType()) ; if (buyorsell=="buy" ){if (OrderType()==0){return(OrderType());break;} else {return(-1);break;} } if (buyorsell=="sell"){if (OrderType()==1){return(OrderType());break;} else {return(-1);break;} } } return(-1); }
Try that :
This works only if you have only 1 buy and/or 1 sell. If your EA works with more orders,currencies or whatever add search criterias as mn, symbol,profit, opentime, etc.... Dam.
ordtot=OrdersTotal(); for ( i=0; i<ordtot; i++) { OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS); if ( OrderType()==OP_BUY ) ltn=OrderTicket(); if ( OrderType()==OP_SELL ); stn=OrderTicket(); }
Yes I did try ==OP_BUY, as the manual prescribes, but it did not work. I then added a comment line which printed out the values of OrderType (see my code).
It then printed "0" rather than OP_BUY and "1" rather than "OP_SELL", so I reverted to what it actually outputs which was "0" and "1".
Sorry cannot help you more than that because i hardly understand your code..... Do simple AND organize you code with line jumps and spaces.
Yes I did try ==OP_BUY, as the manual prescribes, but it did not work. I then added a comment line which printed out the values of OrderType (see my code).
It then printed "0" rather than OP_BUY and "1" rather than "OP_SELL", so I reverted to what it actually outputs which was "0" and "1".
Hi, ich mach es immer so, vielleicht hilft es Dir oder du kannst es in Deine funktion übernehmen:
int hasbuy=0;
int hassell=0;
for(int i = 0; i < OrdersTotal(); i++)
{
OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
if(OrderSymbol() == Symbol()&&OrderMagicNumber() == MagicN)
{
if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)
{
hasbuy++;
}
if (OrderType()==OP_SELL)
{
hassell++;
}
}
}//for (i=0..
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I need to know is if there are any existing open buy or sell transactions when my EA starts.
Studying MQL4 language specs, the best i could do to get the details as required was as in the following function.
int findopenbuysell(string buyorsell){
for (int j = 0; j < OrdersTotal(); j++) {
OrderSelect(j, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);
Comment("j=",j,"Ordertype=",OrderType()) ;
if (buyorsell=="buy" ){if (OrderType()==0){return(OrderType());break;} else {return(-1);break;} }
if (buyorsell=="sell"){if (OrderType()==1){return(OrderType());break;} else {return(-1);break;} }
return(-1);
}
}
where buyorsell can be either "buy" or "sell"
All the function does is if you call
findopenbuysell(buy)
It returns "0" if there is at least one open buy and -1 if none.
Similarly
findopenbuysell(sell)
returns "1" if there is at least one open sell and -1 if none.
It unfortunately does not work because OrderType() is seemingly always 0 in my function.
Anyone have soime advice how I can correct this?
Also if anyone know how I can get the ticketnumber for an existing open buy or sell I would appreciate it.
Somehow I cannot figure that out.