PositionsTotal() function doesn't get the number of the opened positions

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Vladimir Karputov  

Please run this code: ListPositions

ListPositions
ListPositions
  • votes: 12
  • 2017.03.28
  • Vladimir Karputov
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Список всех позиций. Пример работы с CPositionInfo.
managertop40  

But I need a function to use in my code.

Getting the open positions, I have to decide if it can open a new one.


How to do that?


Why does

PositionsTotal()

not work?

Vladimir Karputov  
managertop40 :

But I need a function to use in my code.

Getting the open positions, I have to decide if it can open a new one.


How to do that?


Why does

not work?


Show your code. Please.
managertop40  

This is just the final part:

int num_position=PositionsTotal();

   if(buy_sign==1 && PositionSelect(Symbol())==0 && num_position==0)
     {
      OrderCheck(request,resultCheck);
      OrderSend(request,result);      
     }

//
  }
but num_position is always equal to zero. Even if OrderSend is processed many times
Vladimir Karputov  

Here is the simplest code. He works. Hedge account.

MetaTrader 5 x64 build 1596 started (MetaQuotes Software Corp.)

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                               PositionsTotal.mq5 |
//|                        Copyright 2017, MetaQuotes Software Corp. |
//|                                              http://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright 2017, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link      "http://www.mql5.com"
#property version   "1.00"
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//---

//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert deinitialization function                                 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
  {
//---

  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function                                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()
  {
   static long count=0;
//---
   Comment(count,", PositionsTotal()=",IntegerToString(PositionsTotal()));
   count++;
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+


Look for errors in your code.


Maximally reduce your code - throw out as much as possible - until you find an error.

Files:
PositionsTotal.mq5  2 kb
Daniel Castro  
managertop40:

Hi all,

I'm using the function PositionsTotal() to get the number of open positions, due to I'm using a hedge system.

but at each iteration it returns always 0, even if I opened two positions.



What's wrong?


Thanks

Did you solve this issue?  I still have the same problem with version 5.0 build 2690.

Douglas Prager  
If you are calling  PositionsTotal() right after opening a position, try Inserting a Sleep() statement just before calling PositionsTotal() and see if that fixes the problem.
The duration of the Sleep() call is trial and error, maybe start at 50 ms ie Sleep(50) and if that fixes things reduce the duration until the problem comes back.
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