need help about take profit

[Armin Abolfathi]

in my expert i want the distance between (open price-EMA)*2 for take profit?how can i do this in mql4?

[Carl Schreiber]

Same for  buy and sell: (open-ema)*2?

For a buy: open-price + (ask-bid = spread) + fabs(open-price-ema*2) and
for a sell : open-price - (ask-bid = spread) - fabs(open-price-ema*2)?

[Armin Abolfathi]

Carl Schreiber #:

Same for  buy and sell: (open-ema)*2?

For a buy: open-price + (ask-bid = spread) + fabs(open-price-ema*2) and
for a sell : open-price - (ask-bid = spread) - fabs(open-price-ema*2)?

*2 does not work

this does not multiply by 2

[Carl Schreiber]

Armin Abolfathi #:

*2 does not work

this does not multiply by 2

?? Why not? Go through your EA with the debugger: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/654