SL control

These did not work either…

bid cross below abc level ==> close position (100)

or 

ask cross above xyz level ==> close position (200)

How to get this right? 

Hi,

it seems Open P/L (pips) function always return 0 for me. That could be a reason why conditions don’t work. I will test this where the problem could be and let you know

Hello,

I have created an example on how to exit a position when open PL (pips) exceeds certain (negative) limit in pips. Tested and works well. To be sure it works correctly I also added print to MT journal

hi,

I realised that we somehow cannot put both BUY & SELL’s conditions & both control stops on the same EA to work.  It has to be BUY (Long Only) & control stop, one EA and SELL (Short Only) & control stop, the other EA. Very interesting… 🙁

2nd, I cannot get it to work with specific levels, 

bid cross below abc level ==> close position (100)

or 

ask cross above xyz level ==> close position (200)

Worst nightmare

The 3rd issue is, this EA works only on Oanda’s Demo account and not on Oanda’s Live account. I don’t know why… 

Both are running same version & build “400 Build 890”. 🙁

Ps.

I have removed the Long trigger conditions… you can insert any of yours.. 

Ok, will look at that

What issue is that with Oanda live? EA not opening trades? Is there any error message in MetaTrader log?

in the Demo acc, the EA is closing the trade as expected or planned (perfect!!), but when put it in the Live acc, it became a “rogue” EA. it does not close the trade when the losing pips were reached or exceeded.

It just ignores the EA rules totally.. 🙁

How do I see the MT logs? where to find them? 

When I was testing this out:

1.  AUDUSD’â„¢s spread was @ 1.6 pip

2.  I used a test script to trigger the BUY

3.  My hidden SL was set to -5.0 pips ==> when SL is greater than -5 pips trade will be closed.

a.  The Hidden Stop Loss(in pips) is set as a var(double) so that I can change it as and when I see fit.

2      05:47:39.976  Script Long AUDUSD,M15: loaded successfully

0      05:47:40.245  ‘233753’: order buy market 0.01 AUDUSD sl: 0.00000 tp: 0.00000

0      05:47:40.543  ‘233753’: order was opened : #71026184 buy 0.01 AUDUSD at 0.71456 sl: 0.00000 tp: 0.00000

0      05:47:40.543  ‘233753’: modify order #71026184 buy 0.01 AUDUSD at 0.71456 sl: 0.00000 tp: 0.00000 -> sl: 0.70928 tp: 0.00000

0      05:47:40.824  ‘233753’: order #71026184 buy 0.01 AUDUSD at 0.71456 was modified -> sl: 0.70928 tp: 0.00000

2      05:47:40.825  Script Long_09 AUDUSD,M15: removed

2      05:48:19.296  Expert Hidden_SL_Long AUDUSD,M15: loaded successfully

0      05:48:59.099  ‘233753’: modify order #71026184 buy 0.01 AUDUSD at 0.71456 sl: 0.70928 tp: 0.00000 -> sl: 0.71261 tp: 0.00000

0      05:48:59.387  ‘233753’: order #71026184 buy 0.01 AUDUSD at 0.71456 was modified -> sl: 0.71261 tp: 0.00000

1      05:50:14.340  ‘233753’: modification of order #71026184 buy 0.01 AUDUSD at 0.71456 sl: 0.71261 tp: 0.00000 -> sl: 0.71478 tp: 0.00000 failed [Invalid S/L or T/P]

Hopes the info provided is useful to you. 🙂

the following log data is from Oanda Demo account..

Same setup as Live account, 

TJ, have you talked to Oanda about differences between live and demo account? There can be and they could help solve this too