OrdersTotal() not working for pending orders in backtester

 

One more issue with pending orders and backtester...

I put 2 pending orders and then OrdersTotal() = 0

when 1 of the pending orders is opened OrdersTotal() = 1.

According to the MQL5 reference OrdersTotal() should give the number of all orders including pending orders not only the open positions, isn't it? Positio0nsTotal() is for open positions.

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jlpi:

One more issue with pending orders and backtester...

I put 2 pending orders and then OrdersTotal() = 0

when 1 of the pending orders is opened OrdersTotal() = 1.

According to the MQL5 reference OrdersTotal() should give the number of all orders including pending orders not only the open positions, isn't it? Positio0nsTotal() is for open positions.

Hello, 

I think its working. Below is the result of a test I just carried out, check it and see that its working...

 

 

You can also try it yourself.

add the function below to your code

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|  Count Total Orders for this expert/symbol                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int CountOrders()
{
   int mark=0;
   
   for (int i=OrdersTotal(); i>0; i--)
   {
      if (myorder.Select(OrderGetTicket(i)))
      {
          if (myorder.Magic()==EA_Magic && myorder.Symbol()==_Symbol) mark++;
          Alert("Order ", i ," is ",myorder.TypeDescription(), " with ticket No: ", myorder.Ticket());
      }
   }
   return(mark);
}

Somewhere at the upper part of your code, before your input parameters section add the following lines

//--- The OrderInfo Class
#include <Trade\OrderInfo.mqh>

//--- The OrderInfo Class Object
COrderInfo myorder;

The somewhere in your code, in the OnTick() section, add the following code after you have checked for a new bar so that it does not run on every Tick.

 if (CountOrders()>1) 
     {
        Alert("Total Pending Orders now is :", CountOrders() ,"!!");
     }

Compile and test your code again and see the journal for whatever info is displayed.