HELP -simple code for sl , something is not working and I cant figure it it out
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im trying to code a simple trailing EA, here it is below.
if the trade is a buy it moves the stop loss up and a sell it moves it down.
but something is not working and I cant figure it it out.
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
extern double trail=0.00050;
int i;
double pips;
int ticket;
double pBid;
double ldStopLoss;
double price;
int start()
{ //start of prog
if(OrdersTotal() !=0) // if total orders are not zero
{
int total = OrdersTotal(); // the word total represents total orders
Print ("total orders=", OrdersTotal());
for(i = total - 1; i >= 0; i--)// count each order backwards
{
OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES); //select each order by postiton
if(OrderSymbol() != Symbol()) continue; //if it is not equal to our symbol, skip it
Print ("order=",i);
if((OrderType() == OP_BUY) || (OrderType() == OP_SELL))
//----buy-----
{
if (OrderType() == OP_BUY)
price = MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_BID);
ldStopLoss = price + trail;
double ostop = OrderStopLoss();
Print ("buy price=",price);
Print ("buy order-stoploss=",OrderStopLoss());
Print ("buy idstoploss=",ldStopLoss);
{
if (ldStopLoss > ostop)
Print ("buy modify order");
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),ldStopLoss,OrderTakeProfit(),0,White);
}
}
//---end buy----
//----sell----
{
if (OrderType()==OP_SELL) continue;
price = MarketInfo(Symbol(), MODE_BID);
ldStopLoss = price - trail;
double oostop = OrderStopLoss();
Print ("sell price=",price);
Print ("sell order-stoploss=",OrderStopLoss());
Print ("sell idstoploss=",ldStopLoss);
{
if (ldStopLoss < oostop)
Print ("sell modify order");
OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),ldStopLoss,OrderTakeProfit(),0,White);
}
}
//----end sell----
}
}
}