How to ignore negative values in code?
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Your posted code has nothing to do with negative values. Post your code that does, and state your problem.
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You used NormalizeDouble, Its use is usually wrong, as it is in your case.
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Floating point has an infinite number of decimals, it's you were not understanding floating point and that some numbers can't be represented exactly. (like 1/10.)
Double-precision floating-point format - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSee also The == operand. - MQL4 programming forum (2013)
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Print out your values to the precision you want with DoubleToString - Conversion Functions - MQL4 Reference.
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SL/TP (stops) need to be normalized to tick size (not Point) — code fails on non-currencies.
On 5Digit Broker Stops are only allowed to be placed on full pip values. How to find out in mql? - MQL4 programming forum #10 (2011)And abide by the limits Requirements and Limitations in Making Trades - Appendixes - MQL4 Tutorial and that requires understanding floating point equality Can price != price ? - MQL4 programming forum (2012)
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Open price for pending orders need to be adjusted. On Currencies, Point == TickSize, so you will get the same answer, but it won't work on non-currencies. So do it right.
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Bid/Ask: (No Need) to use NormalizeDouble in OrderSend - MQL4 programming forum (2012) -
Lot size must also be adjusted to a multiple of LotStep and check against min and max. If that is not a power of 1/10 then NormalizeDouble is wrong. Do it right.
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MathRound() and NormalizeDouble() are rounding in a different way. Make it explicit.
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Prices you get from the terminal are already correct (normalized).
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PIP, Point, or Tick are all different in general.
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How to ignore negative values in code?
Print("TopTrend ",smax[shiftt], " curprice ", curprice," Calculation ",NormalizeDouble((smax[shiftt]-curprice),Digits)/_Point);
0 13:33:17.111 2024.03.14 17:36:40 AT_SR_EA_V68 (1) EURUSD,M15: TopTrend 1.09485438682249 curprice 1.090525 Calculation 432.9999999999999
0 13:33:17.111 2024.03.14 17:36:40 AT_SR_EA_V68 (1) EURUSD,M15: TopTrend 1.09485438682249 curprice 1.090525 Calculation -432.9999999999999