basic question any assistance is appreciated

[2233256]

i have been looking at tutorials and basic stuff just trying to figure out how to close a order

i created this program which should both open and close a buy position each tick 

input double l=1;

void OnTick(void)

   {
  
      int p = OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,l,Ask,3,0,0,"buy",1,0,Green);
      
      bool close = OrderClose(OrderTicket(),l,Bid,3,Red);
      

   }

each tick a buy order is opened but they are not closed 

i am aware this is a basic question but if you can clarify how i can edit the code so the orders are closed i would appreciate it 

with the least amount of code 

[Paul Anscombe]

2233256:

i have been looking at tutorials and basic stuff just trying to figure out how to close a order

i created this program which should both open and close a buy position each tick 

input double l=1;

void OnTick(void)

   {
  
      int p = OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,l,Ask,3,0,0,"buy",1,0,Green);
      
      bool close = OrderClose(OrderTicket(),l,Bid,3,Red);
      

   }

each tick a buy order is opened but they are not closed 

i am aware this is a basic question but if you can clarify how i can edit the code so the orders are closed i would appreciate it 

with the least amount of code 

to simply answer:  your variable p  from the OrderSend will contain the ticket number IF the order was successful, so use p instead of OrderTicket() in the OrderClose function.

however, this is not a very good way of coding trading functions and you will likely end up with all sorts of issues in real use. There are plenty of code examples around that cover this topic have a look at them.

MT4 questions should be posted in the MT4 section of the forum (down the bottom - not clear I know)

regards

[William Roeder]

1. Why did you post your MT4 question in the Root / MT5 General section instead of the MQL4 section, (bottom of the Root page?)
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3.    int p = OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,l,Ask,3,0,0,"buy",1,0,Green);
      bool close = OrderClose(OrderTicket(),l,Bid,3,Red);

   You can not use any Trade Functions unless you select an order first.