Hi,

can anyone help, this must be simple but i'm too new to figure it out

I've come across a post for a 3 level exit posted back in 2005.

It's an includes file
Trailing file

I have a place pending order script and have added
in the top of the file and then inside int start() I have added the line
if (UseTrailing) TrailingPositions();

I've searched loads but can't find much more on it and for the life of me I cannot get my script to compile calling this. It works ok without adding te code.
Help really appreciated as it's driving me mad, i really can't figure why it isn't working. It keeps saying all the above are not defined.

Many thanks
Kevin

Hey Kevin nice Irish name,
Why are you trying to put this into a script and not an EA?
Scripts only run once and I don't believe a script could do a trailing stop. Try putting it into an EA.

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Hi!!
Here is my first EA. Only for learning purpose. I've not coded good because today I was waiting a sell and the EA didn't open it on demo account and didn't onpen it on backtester.

The logic is symple, for sell, if price<iBands whith deviation=1, open sell at sellentry level (pivot-20 points) and viceversa for buy. Can you check if I've coded this logic right in sendOrder() function?
See the attach picture of the chart for today.

Here is my code:

Would someone tell me where I can to find some information reward how write the code of a MTF indicator inside a EA??? Thank you

Hi cyberpasta,

Shouldnt it be OrderSend() instead of sendOrder() ...

k3iroll

senOrder() is a custom function called from start() if hour is betwen trading hours, that is no the problem.
Anyway, Thanks for your reply.
I have anotrher question. I've modified BBands stop, I'd like that the new bar in histogram dosen't draw till the current candle close, how can I code this?
Attaced is the BBands stop modified.

thanks Ralph, I tried this but then it gave another list of errors - said that all the variables in the includes file are not defined - but they are

I'll have another go at this over the weekend, it's frustrating me a bit at the moment.

@faqcya - I suspect you are right about putting it into a script but I don't know how else to handle calling it unless I have a shell EA to put it into.

Maybe I'll have a look at the templates and see if I can call it from that or even better possibly turn it into an EA, I only want it as it is, not to do anything else.

Thanks for your help,

Kevin

First of all, I have read the entire course by Corder's Guru and found it very interesting. I have come to the conclusion that the only reasonable way to try out a strategy is by writing a program to make sure it is fully accurate. Unfortunately, I am a total newbie when it comes to this.

I have been trying to write a basic program and can't even get that to work. At least I don't get any errors anymore but it doesn't take any orders. I am persistent and will keep trying but would appreciate some help from anybody who sees my mistake

All I am trying to do at this point is to track the lowest price (CurrentLow) and then when it retraces by a certain amount (Ret1), place a sell order with TP of the low point.

Please don't laugh but the following is what I have written so far:


//---- input parameters
extern double TP1=75.0;
extern double Ret1=75.0;
extern double SL1=150.0;
extern double Lots=0.1;

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert initialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int init()
{
//----

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert deinitialization function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int deinit()
{
//----

//----
return(0);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| expert start function |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int start()
{
int ticket=0;
if(Bars<100)
{
Print("bars less than 100");
return(0);
}

double CurrentLow,CurrentHigh;
if(Bid < CurrentLow)
{
CurrentLow = Bid;
if(Bid > CurrentHigh)
{
CurrentHigh = Bid;
if(CurrentHigh >= CurrentLow+(Point*Ret1))
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,3,Bid+( SL1*Point),Bid-(TP1*Point),"Albatross_v1",757575,0,Green);
return (0);
}
return (0);
}
return(0);
}
}

It seems wrong to check if Bid > CurrentHigh inside the true condition that Bid < CurrentLow; I thing you should have independent tests like this :
Now, three remarks:
- You have to declare CurrentHigh and CurrentLow on a global scoop, ie out of any function (and start() is a function) otherwize those variables will be initialized to 0 at each call of the function.
- You don't need CurrentHigh as it is not used.
- You have to implement some logic to reset/update the value of CurrentLow, and probably to limit the opening of orders at each tick above CurrentLow+(Point*Ret1))