OP_SELLSTOP SL and TP being modified by MT4 when target price is reached?

[billw6733]

Testing an EA in Strategy Tester. I am setting up pending BUYSTOP or SELLSTOP orders. When the order price for the BUYSTOP is reached the order is executed as expected (see code snippet)

         price=(H+(1*EApips));

         lotsize=0.1;

         Initbsl=(price-(InitSL*EApips));

         btp=(price+(InitTP*EApips));

         expiry=TimeCurrent()+(OrderExpireTime*3600);

         //

         //Enter Initial Trade

         InitTicket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUYSTOP,lotsize,price,3,Initbsl,btp,NULL,MagicNumber,expiry,clrGreen);

Teh code below is almost identical to the BUYSTOP code... When the order price for a SELLSTOP order is reached the order is executed BUT it is also being immediately modified to remove the SL and TP levels specified when the pending order was placed.

         price=(L-(1*EApips));

         lotsize=0.1;

         Initssl=(price+(InitSL*EApips));

         stp=(price-(InitTP*EApips));

         expiry=TimeCurrent()+(OrderExpireTime*3600);

         //

         //Enter Initial Trade

         InitTicket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELLSTOP,lotsize,price,3,Initssl,stp,NULL,MagicNumber,expiry,clrRed);

I do not have any OrderModify() in my code... Here are the results...

Any ideas on what is going on here?

[William Roeder]

1. You buy at the Ask and sell at the Bid.
   • Your buy order's TP/SL are triggered when the Bid reaches it. Not the Ask.
   • Your sell order's TP/SL will be triggered when the Ask reaches it. To trigger at a specific Bid price, add the average spread.
               MODE_SPREAD (Paul) - MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - MQL4 programming forum - Page 3
   • The charts show Bid prices only. Turn on the Ask line to see how big the spread is (Tools -> Options {control-O} -> charts -> Show ask line.)

2. see also
             Chart Price Max/Min - MQL4 and MetaTrader 4 - MQL4 programming forum

3. It doesn't modify itself, you have (broken) code running on some chart.
4. When you post code please use the SRC button! Please edit your post.
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