Maybe because the pending orders had been triggered and were no longer stop orders.
Pending orders have to be deleted, not closed, so your code should not delete a pending order.
No, no pending orders triggered. Return wrong value immeditely, when orders are already pending. I don't want delete pending orders.
Use Ctrl+f and search for OrderDelete in your code as the order is probably being deleted elsewhere.
- Print your variable values used in your if statements.
- Check your return codes (OrderSend and OrderSelect) What are Function return values ? How do I use them ? - MQL4 forum and Common Errors in MQL4 Programs and How to Avoid Them - MQL4 Articles
I found I was doing the same thing.
OrderSelect, OrderType(), and for some reason OrderType() was returning an incorrect value (in this case 0, OP_BUY).
With fresh eyes in the morning, whilst I was focussing on the simple
int ordertype = OrderType();
I'd not seen I'd that I had incorrectly called OrderSelect, so it was always calling the wrong order.
Definitely worth double check of the entire route of your code, saved me an embarrassing rant :)
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I placed a BUYSTOP and a SELLSTOP; but after selecting the order, OrderType() return 0 or 1 instead of 4 or 6 (no other order type placed)