help! invalid price.

[Adam Woods]

Can anyone help me. My EA works perfectly as I would expect on strategy tester but in real time I get a lot "129 invalid price" errors especially from what I can see just on the sell trade rules. The rules seem fine the pip digits all seem fine can any one else explain why this might be happening in real time and not on the tester

[Alain Verleyen]

Adam Woods:
Can anyone help me. My EA works perfectly as I would expect on strategy tester but in real time I get a lot "129 invalid price" errors especially from what I can see just on the sell trade rules. The rules seem fine the pip digits all seem fine can any one else explain why this might be happening in real time and not on the tester

Because your code has to deal with "real" life and not with a protected tester environment. Fix your code and post the relevant part if you need help.

And please use the Search engine.

[Adam Woods]

Thanks for looking please see the enter trade function below.

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

//|     TRADE PLACING FUNCTION                                                             |

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

void EnterTrade(int type){


   int err=0;

   double price=Bid,

          sl=0, 

          tp=0,

          lotsize = 0;

          

           lotsize=Lotsize;//this sets the lotsize to the preset

   if(UseAutolotsizing)

     {

      lotsize=NormalizeDouble((AccountEquity()/1000)*AmountPer1k,2);

      

      Comment("The calculated lot size is: ",DoubleToStr(lotsize,2));

     }

          {

          

          if(TotalOpenBuyOrders()==3) lotsize = (TotalOpenBuyOrders()+SmartinggaleAmount)*Lotsize;

           else lotsize = (TotalOpenSellOrders()+SmartinggaleAmount)* Lotsize;

            

           }

   if(type == OP_BUY)

   {

   if (TotalOpenSellOrders()==3)  lotsize = (TotalOpenSellOrders()+SmartinggaleAmount)*Lotsize;

           

             else lotsize = (TotalOpenBuyOrders()+SmartinggaleAmount)*Lotsize;

             }

             {

     price =Ask;

   }

   

   //----

   int ticket =  OrderSend(Symbol(),type,lotsize,price,30,0,0,"normaltrade",magic,0,Magenta); 

   if(ticket>0)

   {

      if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET))

      {

         if(OrderType()==OP_SELL)

         {

         

           sl = OrderOpenPrice()+(StopLoss*pips);

            if(StopLoss==0)sl=0;

           tp = BreakevenOfSells()-(TakeProfit*pips);

         }

         else if(OrderType()==OP_BUY)

         {

         

          sl = OrderOpenPrice()-(StopLoss*pips);

            if(StopLoss==0)sl=0;

            tp = BreakevenOfBuys()+(TakeProfit*pips);

         }

         //---Modify This Order

         if(!OrderModify(ticket,price,sl,tp,0,Magenta)) 

         {

            err = GetLastError();

            Print("Encountered an error during modificationA!"+(string)err+" "+ErrorDescription(err)  );

         }

         //---Modify The Other Orders that are Open.

         if(TotalOpenOrders() > 1)         

         {

            for(int i=0;i<OrdersTotal()-1;i++)

            {

               if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES))

                  if(OrderMagicNumber()==magic)

                     if(OrderType()==type)

                        if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),OrderOpenPrice(),OrderStopLoss(),tp,0,clrMagenta))                              

                        {

                           err = GetLastError();

                           Print("Encountered an error during modificationB!"+(string)err+" "+ErrorDescription(err)  );

                        }

            }

         }

         

         

      }

      else

      {//in case it fails to select the order for some reason 

         Print(__FUNCTION__,"Failed to Select Order ",ticket);

         err = GetLastError();

         Print("Encountered an error while seleting order "+(string)ticket+" error number "+(string)err+" "+ErrorDescription(err)  );

      }

   }

   else

   {//in case it fails to place the order and send us back a ticket number.

      err = GetLastError();

      Print("Encountered an error during order placement!"+(string)err+" "+ErrorDescription(err)  );

      if(err==ERR_TRADE_NOT_ALLOWED)MessageBox("You can not place a trade because \"Allow Live Trading\" is not checked in your options. Please check the \"Allow Live Trading\" Box!","Check Your Settings!");

   }

}