Select the most recently closed order from History ?

[Toufik]

Hi guys,

After being filtered by Symbol, MagicN, Negative or positive Profit, is it possible to select the most recently closed order, I mean the last one closed among the others.

Thanks for your help.

[Mounir Cheikh]

Hi,

For Mql4 you can use :

ticket = OrderSelect(OrdersHistoryTotal()-1, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY);

[William Roeder]

Mounir Cheikh: For Mql4 you can use :

ticket = OrderSelect(OrdersHistoryTotal()-1, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_HISTORY);

No you can't.

1. Do not assume history is ordered by date, it's not.
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2. Using OrdersTotal directly and/or no Magic number filtering on your OrderSelect loop means your code is incompatible with every EA (including itself on other charts and manual trading.)
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[nicholish en]

bool SelectMostRecentClosed(int magic_number=0)
{
   int ticket = -1;
   datetime close_time = 0;
   for(int i=OrdersHistoryTotal()-1;i>=0;i--)
   {
      if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_HISTORY)
      && OrderSymbol()==_Symbol 
      && (magic_number==0 || OrderMagicNumber() == magic_number) 
      && OrderCloseTime() > close_time)
      {
         ticket = OrderTicket();
         close_time = OrderCloseTime();
      }
   }
   return OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET);
}

[Toufik]

nicholishen:

Think with me, this is just "Closed order" not "the most recently closed"

Let's further explain it :

- Order 1 closed 60 mn ago

- Order 2 closed 10 mn ago

- Order 3 closed 8 mn ago

- Order 4 closed 1 mn ago // This is the one must be selected.

[nicholish en]

Toufik:

Think with me, this is just "Closed order" not "the most recently closed"

Let's further explain it :

- Order 1 closed 60 mn ago

- Order 2 closed 10 mn ago

- Order 3 closed 8 mn ago

- Order 4 closed 1 mn ago // This is the one must be selected.

Perhaps you are having issues with the English translation... 

This...

- Order 4 closed 1 mn ago // This is the one must be selected.

...is the most recently closed order.

It also is the order with the highest time-stamp value by close-time.

[Toufik]

nicholishen:

Perhaps you are having issues with the English translation... 

This...

...is the most recently closed order.

It also is the order with the highest time-stamp value by close-time.

No, it's not a language issue

I can't see how Order4 can be selected in your code... 

    && OrderCloseTime() > close_time)

This selection includes all closed orders ins't it ?

[honest_knave]

Toufik:

No, it's not a language issue

I can't see how Order4 can be selected in your code... 

This selection includes all closed orders ins't it ?

nicholishen's code loops through all 4 orders. It compares the OrderCloseTime() with a variable called close_time.

If it is more recent than "close_time" it updates the value of close_time and saves the ticket number.

Add some print statements so you can watch it in action.

[Toufik]

Fantastic!

Thank you nicholishen.

Thank you honest_knave

[Lucky Minayo]

nicholi shen:

bool SelectMostRecentClosed(int magic_number=0)
{
   int ticket = -1;
   datetime close_time = 0;
   for(int i=OrdersHistoryTotal()-1;i>=0;i--)
   {
      if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_HISTORY)
      && OrderSymbol()==_Symbol 
      && (magic_number==0 || OrderMagicNumber() == magic_number) 
      && OrderCloseTime() > close_time)
      {
         ticket = OrderTicket();
         close_time = OrderCloseTime();
       break; // 
      }
   }
   return OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET);
}

add this break, this means if it meets the last closed trade it exits the loop

[Bilbonuno]

Lucky Minayo:

This is a mistake. With the added "break" we don't check all the History list and possibly miss the correct Most Recent Order Closed!

Better keep the correct answer given by nicholi shen.