invalid stops

[manucaaa]

hi guys . I made an ea that in backtest does good , but when I trade it on a live account it say invalid stop. why? (backtest made on realtick)

thanks

[Ryan L Johnson]

manucaaa:

hi guys . I made an ea that in backtest does good , but when I trade it on a live account it say invalid stop. why? (backtest made on realtick)

thanks

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Unable to place order because of invalid stops

Automated-Trading, 2013.10.23 17:13

1. Use ZeroMemory before preparing MqlTradeRequest structure.

2. Calculate TP/SL levels relative to Bid/Ask levels.

void OnStart()
  {
//---
   MqlTradeRequest request;
   MqlTradeResult result;
   ZeroMemory(request);
   request.symbol      =Symbol();
   request.volume      =0.1;
   request.deviation   =1;
   request.type_filling=ORDER_FILLING_FOK;
   request.action=TRADE_ACTION_DEAL;
   double askPrice   = SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_ASK);
   double bidPrice   = SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_BID);
   long stopLevels=SymbolInfoInteger(Symbol(),SYMBOL_TRADE_STOPS_LEVEL);
   request.type = ORDER_TYPE_BUY;
   request.sl   = NormalizeDouble(bidPrice - stopLevels * Point(),_Digits);
   request.tp   = NormalizeDouble(askPrice + stopLevels * Point(),_Digits);
   request.price= askPrice;
   if (!OrderSend(request,result)) {Print("Error=", GetLastError());}
  }

it could also be a freeze level (FreezeLevel - CSymbolInfo - Trade Classes - Standard Library - MQL5 Reference - Reference on algorithmic/automated trading language for MetaTrader 5.