My first EA, Order Send not working
adidasanlal: order send is not firing but i am getting next line alert at every tick
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OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,LotSize,Ask,0,0,0,"Buy Order",MagicNumber,0,Green);Check your return codes and find out why. What are Function return values ? How do I use them ? - MQL4 forum and Common Errors in MQL4 Programs and How to Avoid Them - MQL4 Articles
- if (Stochasticvalue < 20 )You are checking a level, an alert per tick is expected. Check for a change in signal.static double Stochasticvalue=50;Function returns a double not a long. iStochastic - Technical Indicators - MQL4 Reference
double prevStoch = Stochasticvalue;
Stochasticvalue = iStochastic(NULL, 1, 100, 50, 1, MODE_SMA, 0, MODE_MAIN, 0);
if (Stochasticvalue < 20 && prevStoch >= 20)
adidasanlal:
Dear Friends,
I'm writing my first EA. Order send is not firing but i am getting next line alert at every tick. Could you please clarify why this is happening?
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Thank you so much for your valuable time. It is really helpful.
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OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,LotSize,Ask,0,0,0,"Buy Order",MagicNumber,0,Green);Check your return codes and find out why. What are Function return values ? How do I use them ? - MQL4 forum and Common Errors in MQL4 Programs and How to Avoid Them - MQL4 Articles
- if (Stochasticvalue < 20 )You are checking a level, an alert per tick is expected. Check for a change in signal.static double Stochasticvalue=50;Function returns a double not a long. iStochastic - Technical Indicators - MQL4 Reference
double prevStoch = Stochasticvalue;
Stochasticvalue = iStochastic(NULL, 1, 100, 50, 1, MODE_SMA, 0, MODE_MAIN, 0);
if (Stochasticvalue < 20 && prevStoch >= 20)
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Dear Friends,
I'm writing my first EA. Order send is not firing but i am getting next line alert at every tick. Could you please clarify why this is happening?
//| Lal-First EA.mq4 |
//| Copyright 2016, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//| https://book.mql4.com/ |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2016, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link "https://book.mql4.com/"
#property version "1.00"
#property strict
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
Alert("EA Initiated");
return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
{
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()
{
long Stochasticvalue;
int LotSize;
long MagicNumber;
LotSize = 1;
Stochasticvalue = iStochastic(NULL, 1, 100, 50, 1, MODE_SMA, 0, MODE_MAIN, 0);
if (Stochasticvalue < 20 )
{
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,LotSize,Ask,0,0,0,"Buy Order",MagicNumber,0,Green);
Alert ("Buy Placed;" " Stochastic = ",Stochasticvalue);
}
if (Stochasticvalue > 80)
{
OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,LotSize,Bid,0,0,0,"Sell Order",MagicNumber,0,Red);
Alert ("Sell Placed;" " Stochastic = ",Stochasticvalue);
}
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+