trailing stop

Jesper Christensen 2020.03.04 00:17

Hi everyone. I am trying to implement a trailing stop. The code compiles, but the trailing stop function is not working in tester. I am trying to call the function in the very first line after OnTick, so i would assume that the function will be called every time there is a new tick. But no orders are being modified when i test the code. Can anyone spot why this is not working?

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                       BreakOut in the making.mq4 |
//|                                                           Jes    |
//|                                             https://www.mql5.com |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Jes"
#property link      "https://www.mql5.com"
#property version   "1.00"
#property strict

int magicNB = 55555;

input int speed =50;// higher number = slower visual backtesting

#include  <CustomFunctions01.mqh>
//extern int stopLossMA = 20;

//Risk per Trade
extern double riskPerTrade = 0.02;//0.01 = 1% 

//ATR STOP LOSS and TP

input double atrSLMultiplier = 1;
input double atrTPMultiplier = 2;

//range period:

extern string rangePeriodStart = "00:01";
extern string rangePeriodEnd = "08:59";

//Trailing Stop:
extern bool UseTrailingStop = false;
extern int TrailBegin = 2;
extern int TrailStep = 2;




//Definition of the Hour, this is necessary to have a drop down menu to input the hour
enum Enum_Hour{
   h00=00,     //00:00
   h01=01,     //01:00
   h02=02,     //02:00
   h03=03,     //03:00
   h04=04,     //04:00
   h05=05,     //05:00
   h06=06,     //06:00
   h07=07,     //07:00
   h08=08,     //08:00
   h09=09,     //09:00
   h10=10,     //10:00
   h11=11,     //11:00
   h12=12,     //12:00
   h13=13,     //13:00
   h14=14,     //14:00
   h15=15,     //15:00
   h16=16,     //16:00
   h17=17,     //17:00
   h18=18,     //18:00
   h19=19,     //19:00
   h20=20,     //20:00
   h21=21,     //21:00
   h22=22,     //22:00
   h23=23,     //23:00
};
 
input Enum_Hour StartHour=h08;      //Start opearation hour
input Enum_Hour LastHour=h17;       //Last operation hour
 
bool CheckActiveHours(){
   //Set by default the operations disabled
   bool OperationsAllowed=false;
   //Check if the current hour is between the allowed hours of operations, if so I return true
   if(StartHour==LastHour && Hour()==StartHour) OperationsAllowed=true;
   if(StartHour<LastHour && Hour()>=StartHour && Hour()<=LastHour) OperationsAllowed=true;
   if(StartHour>LastHour && ((Hour()>=LastHour && Hour()<=23) || (Hour()<=StartHour && Hour()>0))) OperationsAllowed=true;
   return OperationsAllowed;
}
 

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert initialization function                                   |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
  {
//---
   
//---
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert deinitialization function                                 |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnDeinit(const int reason)
  {
//backtester speed (higher number is slower)
for(int i = speed;i>0;i--){
   Comment(i);
   }
   
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Expert tick function                                             |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick()

    {
    if (UseTrailingStop) AdjustTrail();
    CheckForSignal();
    }
    
      // calculate high and low of range:
      
    void CheckForSignal(){
      datetime dtfrom=StringToTime(rangePeriodStart);
      datetime dttill=StringToTime(rangePeriodEnd);
      int ifrom=iBarShift(NULL,0,dtfrom);
      int itill=iBarShift(NULL,0,dttill);
      int ihighest=iHighest(NULL,0,MODE_HIGH,ifrom-itill,itill+1);
      int ilowest = iLowest(NULL,0,MODE_LOW, ifrom-itill,itill+1);
      
      // high and low values:
      
      double highestPrice=iHigh(NULL,0,ihighest);
      double lowestPrice = iLow(NULL,0,ilowest);
      
      //double stopLossMovingAvarage = iMA(NULL,0,stopLossMA,0,MODE_SMA,PRICE_CLOSE,1);
      
      
      //ATR STOPLOSS and TP
      double atr = iATR(NULL,0,14,0);
      
      int ATRstopLoss = (atr*atrSLMultiplier/Point);
      
      //ATR TAKEPROFIT
      double atrTP = iATR(NULL,0,14,0);
      
      int ATRtakeProfit = (atrTP*atrTPMultiplier/Point);
      
      
      if(!CheckIfOpenOrdersByMagicNB(magicNB))
      
      {
      
         if(CheckActiveHours()&& Ask == highestPrice && Open[0] < highestPrice )
         
         {
           
            double lotSize = OptimalLotSize(riskPerTrade,20);
            
            OrderSend(NULL,OP_BUY,lotSize,highestPrice+10*Point,20,highestPrice-ATRstopLoss*Point, highestPrice+ATRtakeProfit*Point,NULL,magicNB); 
            
           
         }
         
         else if(CheckActiveHours()&& Bid == lowestPrice && Open[0] > lowestPrice )
         
         {
            
            double lotSize = OptimalLotSize(riskPerTrade,20);
            
            OrderSend(NULL,OP_SELL,lotSize,lowestPrice-10*Point,20,lowestPrice+ATRstopLoss*Point,lowestPrice-ATRtakeProfit*Point,NULL,magicNB);
            
            
         }
         
       
      
      }

      
  }
  
      
   
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|   Trailing Stop Function                                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void AdjustTrail(){
   for(int i=OrdersTotal()-1;i=0;i--){
      if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES)){
         if(OrderMagicNumber()==magicNB)
            if(OrderType()==OP_BUY){
               if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice()>TrailBegin*Point)
                  if(OrderStopLoss()<Bid-TrailStep*Point)
                     if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),Bid-(TrailStep*Point),OrderTakeProfit(),0,CLR_NONE)){
                        int err = GetLastError();
                        Print("SL modify error");
                     
                     }// OrderModify
               }//buy order
               else if (OrderType()==OP_SELL){
               if(OrderOpenPrice()- Ask >TrailBegin*Point)
                  if(OrderStopLoss()<Ask+TrailStep*Point)
                     if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),Ask+(TrailStep*Point),OrderTakeProfit(),0,CLR_NONE)){
                        int err = GetLastError();
                        Print("SL modify error");
                        }
               }// sell order
               
            }//orderSelect
            else{//in case it fails to select an order
            int err = GetLastError();
            Print("Error selecting an Order");
            
         }
              
      }// forloop
      
}

Fabio Cavalloni 2020.03.04 00:31 #1

traderjes:
Hi everyone. I am trying to implement a trailing stop. The code compiles, but the trailing stop function is not working in tester. I am trying to call the function in the very first line after OnTick, so i would assume that the function will be called every time there is a new tick. But no orders are being modified when i test the code. Can anyone spot why this is not working?

for(int i=OrdersTotal()-1;i=0;i--){

You have to write i>=0

Keith Watford 2020.03.04 00:31 #2

for(int i=OrdersTotal()-1;i=0;i--){

I think that you want

for(int i=OrdersTotal()-1;i>=0;i--){

Jesper Christensen 2020.03.04 15:54 #3

Keith Watford:

I think that you want

Thank you so much for looking at the code. However, I implemented your suggestions but the trail function is still not working:( If anyone have any other ideas im happy to hear. Been going over it so many times myself, and i really cant figure out where the issue is..

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Kenneth Parling 2020.03.05 19:08 #4

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|   Trailing Stop Function                                         |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void AdjustTrail(){
   for(int i=OrdersTotal()-1;i=0;i--){
      if(OrderSelect(i,SELECT_BY_POS,MODE_TRADES)){
         if(OrderMagicNumber()==magicNB)
            if(OrderType()==OP_BUY){
               if(Bid-OrderOpenPrice()>TrailBegin*Point)
                  if(OrderStopLoss()<Bid-TrailStep*Point)
                     if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),Bid-(TrailStep*Point),OrderTakeProfit(),0,CLR_NONE)){
                        int err = GetLastError();
                        Print("SL modify error");

                     
                     }// OrderModify
               }//buy order
               else if (OrderType()==OP_SELL){
               if(OrderOpenPrice()- Ask >TrailBegin*Point)
                  if(OrderStopLoss()<Ask+TrailStep*Point)
                     if(!OrderModify(OrderTicket(),Ask+(TrailStep*Point),OrderTakeProfit(),0,CLR_NONE)){
                        int err = GetLastError();
                        Print("SL modify error");
                        }
               }// sell order
               
            }//orderSelect
            else{//in case it fails to select an order
            int err = GetLastError();
            Print("Error selecting an Order"); // Why not just use Print("Error selecting an order",GetLasterror());
            
         }
              
      }// forloop

i wonder...were do you actually print out the error code itself in journal log using that kind of coding of yours...?

lippmaje 2020.03.05 19:19 #5

Better use input in favour of extern because it's deprecated and even will not show up in MT5 inputs.
TrailStep usually means the step size (increment) to move the trailing stop. I guess you mixed Trailing Step and Trailing Stop somewhere.
So TrailStop is somewhere missing in the inputs.
Point is mostly different from a Pip and may vary across brokers for the same security.
Check out some EAs in the codebase and compare their trailing stop logic to yours.

stop loss vs trailing Fixed - Step Trailing Break even / trailing

Seng Joo Thio 2020.03.06 02:55 #6

traderjes:

This line:

                  if(OrderStopLoss()<Ask+TrailStep*Point)

Should be:

                  if(OrderStopLoss()>Ask+TrailStep*Point)

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