OrderSend and stops

[Pertti]

i'm trying to write my own EA, but ran into confusion

extern double TakeProfit=25.0;

extern double StopLoss=20.0;

extern double Lots=0.1;

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,10,StopLoss,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher SHORT",12345,0,Red);

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,10,StopLoss,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher LONG",12345,0,Green);

To me, it looks allright, but when i run it on StrategyTester 1H EUR/USD Open Prices only. When it try's to open position, it shows error - invalid stops means that stoploss and takeprofit are wrong? When i change those something else(bigger,smaller) or writing number out insteed of Stoploss or TakeProfit inside OrderSend, but still the same invalid stops any help, i'm getting angry against MQL4 already

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Try this:

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,10,Bid+StopLoss*Point, Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher SHORT",12345,0,Red);

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,10, Ask-StopLoss*Point, Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher LONG",12345,0,Green);

Pertti:
i'm trying to write my own EA, but ran into confusion

extern double TakeProfit=25.0;

extern double StopLoss=20.0;

extern double Lots=0.1;

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,10,StopLoss,Bid-TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher SHORT",12345,0,Red);

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,10,StopLoss,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"pip-catcher LONG",12345,0,Green);

To me, it looks allright, but when i run it on StrategyTester 1H EUR/USD Open Prices only. When it try's to open position, it shows error - invalid stops means that stoploss and takeprofit are wrong? When i change those something else(bigger,smaller) or writing number out insteed of Stoploss or TakeProfit inside OrderSend, but still the same invalid stops any help, i'm getting angry against MQL4 already

[Pertti]

Actually it still keeps giving invalid stops on every order

but i chanced these to

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,3,Bid+0.0020,Bid-0.0030,"pip-catcher SHORT",12345,0,Red);

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,3,Ask-0.0020,Ask+0.0030,"pip-catcher LONG",12345,0,Green);

and seems that this way works, theoreticaly that should be same

[dvarrin]

Hi,

I'm trying to use OrderSend to buy or sell, but without using any trailing stop or stoploss? What is the value to use? 0, or NULL ?

I had set them to 9000 for example, but if I buy 0.1 lot, then it always closes my trades at 900 or -900.

What am I doing wrong?

Daniel