why expert closes trade at price 0.00000 ? - Successful Forex Traders - MQL4 and MetaTrader 4

qjol 2012.11.05 17:12 #1

no one can answer that without seeing the related code

Simon Gniadkowski 2012.11.05 17:21 #2

c3po:

My expert closes some orders NOT from TP and SL like it should, but for no apparent reason at price 0.00000, and in the journal it shows "close order#(order details here)....at price 0.00000"

All the normal closes from TP and SL show up under the Experts tab instead of the journal tab.

what would make the expert perceive a 0.00000 price and close order and log it in the journal tab?

Was the order closed or deleted ? was it a Market order or Pending order ?

Brian Kester 2012.11.05 17:36 #3

It was "closed" (at price 0.0000 is the unusual part)

it was a market order about half way between the SL and the TP. closes two or three orders at teh same time. it happens for about half the trades that the expert opens for no apparent reason. thanks, i thought this might be a known issue to folks already.

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Simon Gniadkowski 2012.11.05 18:33 #4

c3po:

It was "closed" (at price 0.0000 is the unusual part)

it was a market order about half way between the SL and the TP. closes two or three orders at teh same time. it happens for about half the trades that the expert opens for no apparent reason. thanks, i thought this might be a known issue to folks already.

Can you provide a screen shot showing the order that was closed at 0.0000

Brian Kester 2012.11.05 20:44 #5

Heres 2 screenshots (pasted into one jpeg) one of the history and one of the Journal.

these odd closes show up in the Journal tab, unlike normal closes which show up in the Experts tab.

Im wonderign is this internet-connection related, ?

oh and im using range-bars. could it be that the range bar chart didnt update fast enough?

thanks i appreciate you taking the time to look.

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Brian Kester 2012.11.05 20:46 #6

hmm teh file didnt upload. ill have to do this after work later. :)

wth76 2017.04.04 10:15 #7

hey man.. i know it's a topic few yrs ago. But recently i met exactly the same problem for my ea testing in practicing account. and i googled, seems no one else having this problem besides u.

So may i know if you have solved it? and it is caused by code, or the connection, or the other problem?

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Alain Verleyen 2017.04.04 13:48 #8

wth76:

hey man.. i know it's a topic few yrs ago. But recently i met exactly the same problem for my ea testing in practicing account. and i googled, seems no one else having this problem besides u.

So may i know if you have solved it? and it is caused by code, or the connection, or the other problem?

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why expert closes trade at price 0.00000 ?

Simon Gniadkowski, 2012.11.05 18:33

Can you provide a screen shot showing the order that was closed at 0.0000

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Lorentzos Roussos 2017.08.01 18:13 #9

One of our users received a zero close recently .
The broker is Pepperstone .

If there is no info on this , i presume its an error in the code unless stated otherwise .

Thanks

This is the relevant part of the code that handles Closes

      //If Order Is Short
        if(OrderType()==OP_SELL)
        {
        //get active price
          active_price=MarketInfo(OrderSymbol(),MODE_ASK);
          rsl=OrderStopLoss();
          rtp=OrderTakeProfit();  
          rsy=OrderSymbol();        
          //Check TP1 State 
          if(TL_TP1_Io[tl]==0)
          {
          closer=false;
          closer_attempts=0;
          //check for breach below tp1
            if(active_price<=TL_TP1[tl])
            {
            //attempt to close
              while(closer_attempts<10&&closer==false)
              {
              closer_attempts++;
              closer=OrderClose(TL_Ticket[tl],TL_LS1[tl],active_price,100,clrRed);
              Sleep(200);
              }
            //attempt to close ends here 
            //succesful close
              if(closer==true)
              {
              TL_TP1_Io[tl]=1;
              TL_Ticket[tl]=FindRogue(OP_SELL,rsl,rtp,rsy);
              }
            //succesful close ends here 
            }
          }
          //Check TP1 State Ends Here 
          //Check TP2 State 
          if(TL_TP2_Io[tl]==0)
          {
          closer=false;
          closer_attempts=0;
          //check for breach below tp2
            if(active_price<=TL_TP2[tl])
            {
            //attempt to close
              while(closer_attempts<10&&closer==false)
              {
              closer_attempts++;
              closer=OrderClose(TL_Ticket[tl],TL_LS2[tl],active_price,100,clrRed);
              Sleep(200);
              }
            //attempt to close ends here 
            //succesful close
              if(closer==true)
              {
              TL_TP2_Io[tl]=1;
              TL_Ticket[tl]=FindRogue(OP_SELL,rsl,rtp,rsy);
              }
            //succesful close ends here 
            }
          }
          //Check TP2 State Ends Here   
          //If Trailing is active
          if(PATT_Trailing==pv_yes)
          {
          //check trail 1 (BE)
            if(TL_TP1_Trail_Io[tl]==0)
            {
            
              if(active_price<=TL_TP1[tl])
              {
              //try to set SL to B.E.
              moder=false;
              moder_attempts=0;
              while(moder==false&&moder_attempts<10)
                {
                moder_attempts++;
                moder=OrderModify(TL_Ticket[tl],0,OrderOpenPrice(),OrderTakeProfit(),0,clrRed);
                Sleep(200);
                }
              //if it succeeds
                if(moder==true)
                {
                TL_TP1_Trail_Io[tl]=1;
                }
              //if it succeeds ends here 
              //try to set SL to B.E. Ends Here 
              }
            }
          //check trail 1 (BE) Ends here 
          //check trail 2 
            if(TL_TP2_Trail_Io[tl]==0)
            {
            
              if(active_price<=TL_TP2[tl])
              {
              //try to set SL to B.E.
              moder=false;
              moder_attempts=0;
              while(moder==false&&moder_attempts<10)
                {
                moder_attempts++;
                moder=OrderModify(TL_Ticket[tl],0,TL_TP1[tl],OrderTakeProfit(),0,clrRed);
                Sleep(200);
                }
              //if it succeeds
                if(moder==true)
                {
                TL_TP2_Trail_Io[tl]=1;
                }
              //if it succeeds ends here 
              //try to set SL to B.E. Ends Here 
              }
            }          
          //check trail 2 ends here 
          }
          //If Trailing is active ends her e                         
        }
      //If Order Is Short Ends Here

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Alain Verleyen 2017.08.01 20:05 #10

Lorentzos Roussos:

One of our users received a zero close recently .
The broker is Pepperstone .

If there is no info on this , i presume its an error in the code unless stated otherwise .

Thanks

This is the relevant part of the code that handles Closes

What is the close price in trades history ?