Place an order if no order exists

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Hello Folks.

I'm pretty sure that this is explained somewhere, but I guess I'm not using the right search terms.

My question:
How do I tell an EA to only place an order if no other one is currently placed?
To get a bit more specific: I want to place a BUYSTOP, only of no other BUYSTOP or BUY-Order exists.

Can anybody please help me out here?

Thanks in advance.
WorstCases

[Enotrek]

basic:

go through Totalorders()

check for ordermagicnumber()

if order with magic numbers exist : do nothing

if order dosn't exist : place order.

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Here is a sample code you can use

int MAGICMA = 0; // set this to your magic

for (int x_ORDER = 0; x_ORDER < OrdersTotal(); x_ORDER++) // loop all orders

{

if (OrderSelect(x_ORDER, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES) )

{

if (OrderSymbol() == Symbol () && OrderMagicNumber () == ( MAGICMA ) ) // this will check so will only work on orders of the same symbol and magic number

{

if (OrderType() <= OP_SELL)return (1); // if this is true you have a open oder for this pair with this magic number

}

}

}

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Thanks you - will give it a try!