Howto retreive the details of the last open order

[MacGiamma]

Hi Everybody,

I am trying to retrieve the details of the last open order (i.e. not pending) , but the code below does not seem to work.

Any hints?

Thanks

MG

for (int Counter=0; Counter <= OrdersTotal()-1; Counter++)
   {
      OrderSelect(Counter, SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES);
      if(OrderSymbol()==0||OrderSymbol()==1) break; 
   } 
   
   string LastLiveOrd=OrderComment();
   datetime LastDateLive=OrderOpenTime();

[Keith Watford]

 if(OrderSymbol()==0||OrderSymbol()==1) break; 

??????

OrderSymbol() is a string.

[MacGiamma]

DOHHHHHH

Thanks Keith, it must be the quarantine;)

[MacGiamma]

I have tried this and unfortunately it still does not work 100%

It returns me the GBPCAD order highlighted when I am expecting the last USDCHF

Any reasons?

for (int Counter=OrdersTotal()-1; Counter >= 0; Counter--)
   {
      OrderSelect(Counter, SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES);
      if(OrderType()==0||OrderType()==1) break; 
   } 
   
   string LastLiveOrd=OrderComment();
   datetime LastDateLive=OrderOpenTime();
   
   

[andrew4789]

MacGiamma:

I have tried this and unfortunately it still does not work 100%

It returns me the GBPCAD order highlighted when I am expecting the last USDCHF

Any reasons?

When you return the list of orders, there's no guarantee of chronological order, so you need to confirm it yourself?

Something like this...

 datetime lastorder=0;
 for(int i=0;i<OrdersTotal();i++)
   if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES))
     if(OrderOpenTime()>lastorder)
      lastorder=OrderOpenTime();

[MacGiamma]

It works like a charm!!!

Tx Andrew

[William Roeder]

MacGiamma: It works like a charm!!!

Magic number only allows an EA to identify its trades from all others. Using OrdersTotal/OrdersHistoryTotal (MT4) or PositionsTotal (MT5), directly and/or no Magic number filtering on your OrderSelect / Position select loop means your code is incompatible with every EA (including itself on other charts and manual trading.)
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