Try looking at a few of the EA's you already have. Study the code and try to see if you can figure out some of the logic. Try speaking the flow of the program out loud. It helps a lot!

Good Luck

Lux

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hi all..

thanks luxinterrior for the reply..

i have 7 buffer.. buffer1 until buffer7.. each buffer will save MACD bar value.. the EA will open
BUY post when the MACD become 'u' shape..
the condition when..
SELL post when the MACD become 'n' shape..
the condition when..
hope anyone can help me solve the problem.. thanks..

Is there a way to force the program to calculate?

Right now it waits for the next tick.

I have 6 charts open and the same indicator is on all six charts.

If one chart receives a tick, it updates but the other charts don't so they are "stale".

Thanks.

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Hi there,

I hope you don't mind me butting in here, I'm looking at a similar situation and I have a thaught on the issue... what about if you code a loop at the end of your program that says "if no order is open run through again". and let it loop maybe 3 or 4 times.

If it does that then any missed orders (which happens quite often) should surely get picked up. or is there something wrong with my thinking.

I think it would look something like this...

I'm still new to this so if it doesn't make sense please explain to me why.

Thanks for the tips.
I will try them and I hope come up with the answer.
I will post later.

Big Be

Hey, that's a good idea!

I could check the time and if X seconds or minutes have elapsed then exit the loop.

THANKS!!

P.S. This was not for an EA. I don't code EAs.

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Hi, Everyone.

Recently I was trying to make a simple EA that would work on an arrow-based indicator. I am trying to make the EA to maintain one order at any given time. If the arrow points down, the previous buy order is closed and sell order is opened. If the arrow points up, the previous sell order is closed and buy order is opened. I am using the tester (visualization mode) to verify my code. It seems that no matter how I try, the EA does not close and open the positions when arrow indicator points up or down. The back test confirms that the EA is not working properly. Instead of opening and closing the orders at the arrow points shown by the indicator, the EA closes/opens order at some different time. I cannot understand why my code doesn't work.

In the beginning of start statement, I have the following code:

if (Time[0] == savedTime) {
return (0);
} else {
savedTime = Time [0];
}

This (I hope) will ensure that the code in the start statement is executed only when new bar has formed. Later in the body of the start subroutine, I query the indicator with iCustom function. The request looks as below:

iCustom (... 1)

The last argument of one specifies the previous formed bar, which is why it is not 0. Yet later I close the opened order with OrderClose and open new one with OrderSend. I suppose that both functions must be able to execute instantaneously.

The bottom line is: I am trying to create an EA based on arrow indicator. The indicator points either up or down. The way I see it (and I am probably incorrect), the only thing that I need to do is to close previous order and open new one when the next bar has formed. I would greatly appreciate any input into this problem.

Thanks to all.

Anybody can tell me how to code for putting expiry date in the indicator?

Thanks.