net position and magic numbers

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hi all,

I know magic numbers can be used to distinguish one ea's trades from another.

I wish to use different magic numbers within one ea. My question is knowing that mql5 treats your position in any market as a net position, meaning you cannot hedge, can i still a smaller number of individual buy orders with their own unique magic numbers as this sum of the order?

Or does having my position treated as a net position mean that all together this can just have one magic number?

I am hoping the answer is if i have 4 different longs on each with a volume of 1.0, all entered at different prices, even though mql5 and mt5 see this as a position of volume 4.0 at the average of the entries, can i access each of the indiviudal 1.0 order via a unique magic number?

 

Thank you for your help and time.

 

mrkie mark 

 
markie1706:

hi all,

I know magic numbers can be used to distinguish one ea's trades from another.

I wish to use different magic numbers within one ea. My question is knowing that mql5 treats your position in any market as a net position, meaning you cannot hedge, can i still a smaller number of individual buy orders with their own unique magic numbers as this sum of the order?

Or does having my position treated as a net position mean that all together this can just have one magic number?

I am hoping the answer is if i have 4 different longs on each with a volume of 1.0, all entered at different prices, even though mql5 and mt5 see this as a position of volume 4.0 at the average of the entries, can i access each of the indiviudal 1.0 order via a unique magic number?

 

Thank you for your help and time.

 

mrkie mark 

Hi markie1706, no you can't use different magic numbers in one position.
 
markie1706:

hi all,

I know magic numbers can be used to distinguish one ea's trades from another.

I wish to use different magic numbers within one ea. My question is knowing that mql5 treats your position in any market as a net position, meaning you cannot hedge, can i still a smaller number of individual buy orders with their own unique magic numbers as this sum of the order?

Or does having my position treated as a net position mean that all together this can just have one magic number?

I am hoping the answer is if i have 4 different longs on each with a volume of 1.0, all entered at different prices, even though mql5 and mt5 see this as a position of volume 4.0 at the average of the entries, can i access each of the indiviudal 1.0 order via a unique magic number?

 

Thank you for your help and time.

 

mrkie mark 

I think it can be manipulated through history order. Position ID# actually is initial order ID#. The next orders with same symbol have their own order ID# but same Position ID# (which is first order ID#).
 
markie1706:

hi all,

I know magic numbers can be used to distinguish one ea's trades from another.

I wish to use different magic numbers within one ea. My question is knowing that mql5 treats your position in any market as a net position, meaning you cannot hedge, can i still a smaller number of individual buy orders with their own unique magic numbers as this sum of the order?

Or does having my position treated as a net position mean that all together this can just have one magic number?

I am hoping the answer is if i have 4 different longs on each with a volume of 1.0, all entered at different prices, even though mql5 and mt5 see this as a position of volume 4.0 at the average of the entries, can i access each of the indiviudal 1.0 order via a unique magic number?

 

Thank you for your help and time.

 

mrkie mark 

Yes you can. You have to work with deals, not with position.
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