Stoploss set to 50Pips, however at testing and trading it is just 20Pips (???)

[snail03]

Hello all, 

So i wanted to make a simple EA, that I can insert into my charts when I want to sell/buy.

The StopLoss, in my EA is set at 50Pips, however when I test/trade it is always ~20Pips ...could someone be so kind and check it out? /give me a hint what am I doing wrong?

Please check these EAs with your mt4 (code?) and maybe give me some feedback.

Really appreciate it!

Snail

[Alain Verleyen]

snail03:

Hello all, 

So i wanted to make a simple EA, that I can insert into my charts when I want to sell/buy.

The StopLoss, in my EA is set at 50Pips, however when I test/trade it is always ~20Pips ...could someone be so kind and check it out? /give me a hint what am I doing wrong?

Please check these EAs with your mt4 (code?) and maybe give me some feedback.

Really appreciate it!

Snail

You have a trailing stop at 20 points which is triggered immediately.

[snail03]

Alain Verleyen:
You have a trailing stop at 20 points which is triggered immediately.

Hi,

@ Alain: many thanks, but the trailing stop is(should) be in the "positive"(profit) direction...not the "negative"(loss), or?

@ Anna: the spread is set to be a max.:3pips.

[Alain Verleyen]

snail03:

Hi,

@ Alain: many thanks, but the trailing stop is(should) be in the "positive"(profit) direction...not the "negative"(loss), or?

@ Anna: the spread is set to be a max.:3pips.

I said you it's your trailing stop. There is no "but", it's not working, fix it.

[snail03]

Alain Verleyen:
I said you it's your trailing stop. There is no "but", it's not working, fix it.

yeey, thanks for telling me it is not working mate! I asked if someone could look at it and give me a hint of what am i doing wrong, not if that isn't working or not.

thanks anyways

[Bartlomiej Gorski]

snail, you got your answer.

Alain gave you correct hint, you dont believe? Just comment line 290 in 020 BUY EA, and you will see that orders will get your 50 SL.

The problem in your code is in TrailingStopTrail  this is the part you need to update (add some trigger).

[Alain Verleyen]

snail03:

yeey, thanks for telling me it is not working mate! I asked if someone could look at it and give me a hint of what am i doing wrong, not if that isn't working or not.

thanks anyways

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