Stopped out in MT5 glitch

[alphabluehawk]

I took a trade last night, as seen in the photo, and MT5 seemed to bug out, as you can see price where my TP was set was not hit, and then I proceeded to get stopped out way below my stop loss level, and price didn’t get even near that, really need some help as I did lose in what should have been in a profitable trade, don’t know if I should contact my broker or MT5?

[Fernando Carreiro]

There was no "glitch" — It's called "spread"!

There is a Ask price and a Bid price. Charts only shows the bars/candles based on Bid prices.

• A "buy" position opens at the Ask price and closes at the Bid price.
• A "sell" position opens at the Bid price and closes at the Ask price.

Enable the Ask price line on your chart so that you can track the current value visually.

[William Roeder]

You buy at the Ask and sell at the Bid. Pending Buy Stop orders become market orders when hit by the Ask.

1. Your buy order's TP/SL (or Sell Stop's/Sell Limit's entry) are triggered when the Bid / OrderClosePrice reaches it. Using Ask±n, makes your SL shorter and your TP longer, by the spread. Don't you want the specified amount used in either direction?

2. Your sell order's TP/SL (or Buy Stop's/Buy Limit's entry) will be triggered when the Ask / OrderClosePrice reaches it. To trigger close at a specific Bid price, add the average spread.
             MODE_SPREAD (Paul) - MQL4 programming forum - Page 3 #25

3. The charts show Bid prices only. Turn on the Ask line to see how big the spread is (Tools → Options (control+O) → charts → Show ask line.)

   Most brokers with variable spreads widen considerablf=bugy at end of day (5 PM ET) ± 30 minutes.
   My GBPJPY shows average spread = 26 points, average maximum spread = 134.
   My EURCHF shows average spread = 18 points, average maximum spread = 106.
   (your broker will be similar).
             Is it reasonable to have such a huge spreads (20 PIP spreads) in EURCHF? - General - MQL5 programming forum (2022)