Why is the trade not open?

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I attached an EA to the EUR/USD 15 mins chart that's supposed to initiate a BUY order when a bullish engulfing candle is formed. (The right hand corner shows a smiley face, and the settings is set to "Allow Live Trading")

However, I realised that no BUY order was opened on 14th Mar 10:15am even though a bullish engulfing candle was formed. When I run the EA on the strategy tester, it indicates that the order should be opened. What am I doing wrongly?


  if (Time0 != Time[0])
  {

      //Bullish Engulfing
      if (Open[1] <= Close[2] && Close[1] >= Open[2] && Open[2] - Close[2] > 10*Point && Close[1] - Open[1] > 10*Point)
      {
       
         int n, i;
         double zag, zig;
         i=0;
         while(n<2)
         {
            if(zig>0) zag=zig;
            zig=iCustom(NULL, 0, "ZigZag", 0, i);
            if(zig>0) n+=1;
            i++;
         }         


      if (zag < zig)   

         OrderSend(Symbol(), OP_BUY, Lots, Ask, 3, Ask - StopLoss*Point, Ask + TakeProfit*Point, "CANDLESTICKS", 12345, 0, Green);    
      }




Any help is very much appreciated.

 
i do not know but at first i can see that you are using zig and zag without prior initialization at least in first iteration of your while....
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