Order stop loss notification
Stefano Piovesan:
Is it possible to be notified of the stop loss execution of a placed order in the EA, without looking at the trade history?
If I have to look at history, I must send a PostMessageA(
- You know the TP/SL/OrderType/OrderOpenTime. If the order is no longer in the pool, get HH/LL for the time it was open and figure which was hit.
- You never need your PostMessage. The order will be in current history, remember the result - don't keep looking months later.
I place an order with take profit and stop loss within an EA.
Is it possible to be notified of the stop loss execution of a placed order in the EA, without looking at the trade history?
If I have to look at history, I must send a PostMessageA(main, WM_COMMAND, MT4_WMCMD_ALL_HISTORY, 0); that requires an "allow dll import", that I would like to avoid.
Example: Stop Loss Take Profit
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If a trade is closed by Stop loss, the volume is doubled; if it's closed by Take profit the minimum volume is used. OnTradeTransaction is used to determine whether a trade was performed after the activation of Stop loss or Take profit.
The excellent enumeration ENUM_DEAL_REASON was added in build 1625:
| ENUM_DEAL_REASON | Reason description |
|---|---|
| ... | ... |
| DEAL_REASON_SL | The operation was executed as a result of Stop Loss activation |
| DEAL_REASON_TP | The operation was executed as a result of Take Profit activation |
| ... | ... |
It can be checked in OnTradeTransaction.
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I place an order with take profit and stop loss within an EA.
Is it possible to be notified of the stop loss execution of a placed order in the EA, without looking at the trade history?
If I have to look at history, I must send a PostMessageA(main, WM_COMMAND, MT4_WMCMD_ALL_HISTORY, 0); that requires an "allow dll import", that I would like to avoid.