I think I read this somewhere but can't find it now.

I've set the EA up and it works ok.

Now I want to refine it!

The first thing I want to do is to stop the EA taking a trade immediately the MA's cross because (as we all know to our cost!) the price often retraces.

What I would like to do is delay the taking of a new trade by one bar after the MA's cross.

Thanks,

demag

Hello,

I am not sure, it is what you are looking for but you could add something like this:
int BarInProgress;
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if (Volume[0]>1) BarInProgress=1; else BarInProgress=0;

Then when you calculate your MA cross add the value BarInProgress.
When Volume[0]=1 it means that it is the open price of the new bar, so it will calculate from the last bar if Volume[0]>1

To look at 1 bar away you could put:
if (Volume[0]>1) BarInProgress=2; else BarInProgress=1;

Hope this help.

Bernard

Thanks Bernard,

I'll give that a go and report back.

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demag