erratic ORDERSEND

[sd59]

Hi all experts,

This code does work but very erratically. Quite often when the conditions below are met i.e Ask >= buyprice, this block is entered but the ORDERSEND command does not process the order! I have checked it enters by looking at the new values of 'newcandle' which only change when it enters these conditional statements.

Why does the Ordersend command only work sometimes? (n.b 'lots' value is small compared to account equity)

thanks

if(newcandle!= Time[0]) //check for new candle
{
buyprice= high + 1*Point;

sellprice = low - 1*Point;
hightp=Ask + tp * Point;
lowtp=Bid - tp * Point;
highstop=High[1];
lowstop=Low[1];

if(Ask >= buyprice)
{
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,lots,Ask,3,lowstop,hightp); //open BUY order
newcandle=Time[0];
}

if(Bid <= sellprice)
{
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,lots,Bid,3,highstop,lowtp); //open SELL order
newcandle=Time[0];
}
}

[ssn_]

For buy orders tp is always above Ask and for sell tp is below bid. :-)

Try lookin up mq4 documentation/ beginer articles for more...