Cannot make EA to execute code from inside if statement

[Deleted] 2011.09.28 20:04

Hello,

I have a method called placePendingOrder() which should place:

an OP_BUYSTOP order if the last pending order was an OP_SELLSTOP
an OP_SELLSTOP order if the last pending order was an OP_BUYSTOP order.

void placePendingOrder() {
if( OrderSelect(lastPlacedOrderTicket, SELECT_BY_TICKET) == true) {
double newLotsForPending = 2 * OrderLots();

if(OrderType() == OP_SELLSTOP && OrderSymbol() == Symbol()) {
if (Bid <= priceForPendingSell) {
Alert("Bid <= priceForPendingSell ===> placed BuyStopOrder");
placeBuyStopOrder(newLotsForPending);
}
} else if(OrderType() == OP_BUYSTOP && OrderSymbol() == Symbol()) {
if (Ask >= priceForPendingBuy) {
Alert("Ask >= priceForPendingBuy ===> placed SellStopOrder");
placeSellStopOrder(newLotsForPending);
}
}
Print("Error = ",GetLastError());
}
}

The problem that I have with the above method is that I can't make the EA to execute the code from inside the colored if statements [ if (Bid <= priceForPendingSell) ] or [ if (Ask >= priceForPendingBuy) ]. When the Bid become equals to the priceForPendingSell or the Ask become equal to priceForPendingBuy the code from inside those ifs is not executed and the error code is still 0.

I place another method in which you can see the way I computed the priceForPendingSell and the priceForPendingBuy.

static double priceForPendingSell = 0.0;

static double priceForPendingBuy = 0.0;

static double startLevel = 0.0;

static double middleLevel = 0.0;

double distanceForHedge = 0.25;

double priceToStart; // it will be set to the price of ASK or BID

void computeLevels(double priceToStart) {
startLevel = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart, noOfDigits);
double spread = Ask - Bid;

if (shouldStartWithBuy) {
takeProfit = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart + takeProfitInPips, noOfDigits);
stopLoss = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart - 2 * distanceForHedge, noOfDigits);
middleLevel = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart - distanceForHedge, noOfDigits);

stopLossFosPendingSell = NormalizeDouble(takeProfit + spread, noOfDigits);
takeProfitFosPendingSell = NormalizeDouble(stopLoss + spread, noOfDigits);

stopLossForPendingBuy = NormalizeDouble(stopLoss, noOfDigits);
takeProfitForPendingBuy = NormalizeDouble(takeProfit, noOfDigits);

priceForPendingSell = NormalizeDouble(middleLevel, noOfDigits);
priceForPendingBuy = NormalizeDouble(startLevel, noOfDigits);
} else {
takeProfit = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart - takeProfitInPips, noOfDigits);
stopLoss = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart + 2 * distanceForHedge, noOfDigits);
middleLevel = NormalizeDouble(priceToStart + distanceForHedge, noOfDigits);

stopLossFosPendingSell = NormalizeDouble(stopLoss, noOfDigits);
takeProfitFosPendingSell = NormalizeDouble(takeProfit, noOfDigits);

stopLossForPendingBuy = NormalizeDouble(takeProfit - spread, noOfDigits);
takeProfitForPendingBuy = NormalizeDouble(stopLoss - spread, noOfDigits);

priceForPendingSell = NormalizeDouble(startLevel, noOfDigits);
priceForPendingBuy = NormalizeDouble(middleLevel, noOfDigits);
}
}