Beginner's question on identifying, and using previous order's

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Hi, I have my system placing it's stop order's in the correct places, however I am having trouble writing the code to control how many and what type are placed. I have some specific paramters that are hanging me up.

-It can never have more that 2 orders, pending or open. It could have 1 open/1pending (stop or limit), or it could have 2 pending, or 2 open orders...but never needs to have more.

-If the previous order is a OP_BUY/STOP/LIMIT the 2nd order can only be a SELL/LIMIT/STOP, and the opposite is true as well, if the previous order is a SELL only a BUY can be set.

I know I need to use OrderSelect() with the OrderType()...but having trouble thinking it through. Should I run a For loop to find the trades and their type from 1-2? Can the FOR loop distinguish between Symbols, as this advisor will be running on more than one chart at a time.

Anyway if someone has some time, or has some idea's or some code already created I would be very gratefull, thanks in advance!!
 
Hope the code below can help.



int start()
{
//----
double cnt=0;

// Set Indicators to zero
double MAFast=0; // 13
double MASlow=0; // 2
double STDDEV=0;


int ticket, total;


// 8-period and 34-period EXPONENTIAL moving average on CLOSE of Bar[1]
MAFast=iMA(NULL,0,Fast,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
MASlow=iMA(NULL,0,Slow,0,MODE_EMA,PRICE_CLOSE,0);
STDDEV=iStdDev(NULL,0,15,MODE_EMA,0,PRICE_CLOSE,0);

total = OrdersTotal();
if(total < 1)
{
if(MASlow<MAFast && STDDEV>DevLine)
{
ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots,Ask,1,0,0,"AfricanWarrior",200512090750, 0,Yellow);
if(ticket>0)
{
if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES)) Print("BUY order opened : ",OrderOpenPrice());

}
else Print("Error opening BUY order : ",GetLastError());
return(0);
}


if(MASlow>MAFast && STDDEV>DevLine)
{

ticket=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_SELL,Lots,Bid,1,0,0,"AfricanWarrior",200512090750, 0,Red);
if(ticket>0)
{
if(OrderSelect(ticket,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES)) Print("SELL order opened : ",OrderOpenPrice());
Sleep(600000);
}
else Print("Error opening SELL order : ",GetLastError());
return(0);
}
return(0);
}

//----

for (cnt=0; cnt<OrdersTotal(); cnt++)
{
if (OrderSelect(cnt, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES))
{
if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)
{
if ((MASlow-(Pips/10000))>MAFast)
{
OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Bid,0,White);
Print("Buy Close: " + "SL+5: "+ (MASlow+(Pips/10000)) + " " + "SL: " + MASlow + " " + "Fst: " + MAFast + " B: " + ((MASlow+(Pips/10000))>MAFast)+ " C: " + ((MASlow+(Pips/10000))<MAFast));
}
return(0);
}

if (OrderType()==OP_SELL)
{
if ((MASlow+(Pips/10000))<MAFast)
{
OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Ask,0,Aqua);
Print("Sell Close: " + "SL+5: "+ (MASlow+(Pips/10000)) + " " + "SL: " + MASlow + " " + "Fst: " + MAFast + " C: " + ((MASlow+(Pips/10000))<MAFast)+ " B: " + ((MASlow+(Pips/10000))>MAFast));
}
return(0);
}
}

} //*/

return(0);
}
 
thanks alot! it did infact help with some issues, there are some things in there I can relate to my code.
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