How to Use OrderMagicNumber() instead of OrderTicket() for closing the current position?

[Ahmed Abd El Aziz]

Hello, I wonder if i can use OrderMagicNumber() instead of OrderTicket() for closing the current position?

OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),OrderClosePrice(),Slippage,Red);
return(0);

[Fernando Carreiro]

Magic number is not unique. Only the ticket number is unique and identifies the order.

[William Roeder]

Ahmed Abd El Aziz: I wonder if i can use OrderMagicNumber() instead of OrderTicket() for closing the current position?

Of course not.

@William Roeder "Please say something useful or be silent" :)

As requested, live in ignorance. 1 2 3

[Ahmed Abd El Aziz]

Fernando Carreiro #:
Magic number is not unique. Only the ticket number is unique and identifies the order.

But i can determine a magic number for each position easily and it will be unique too

[Ahmed Abd El Aziz]

William Roeder #:

Of course not.

As requested, live in ignorance. 1 2 3

You make me laugh :D

[Ahmed Abd El Aziz]

I found the solution at this function:

int OrderTicketInfo(int Mgic_Number)
{
for(int i = OrdersTotal() - 1; i >= 0 ; i--)
{
if(OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES))
if(OrderSymbol() == Symbol()
&& OrderMagicNumber() == Mgic_Number)
{
return (OrderTicket());
}
}
return(0);
}

[Fernando Carreiro]

Ahmed Abd El Aziz #:But i can determine a magic number for each position easily and it will be unique too

That is not the point. Not every EA is coded by you! Magic numbers are not guaranteed to be unique even if you code your EA as such.