[Asking for help] Simple Automatic TP and SL with Modifiable Input using Manual Order

[mahesvararaja]

Hello!
I am a scalper and I want to create an EA that will help to automate TP and SL on each trade. I will enter the market with a stop order and I want the TP and SL to be modifiable.
Is these blocks are right?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

https://fxdreema.com/shared/HUrlU6j5d

[jstap]

Sort of, but what is this modify doing?

[mahesvararaja]

Thanks for your response. The Modify Variables on block 2 intend to create dialogue box like this to edit the stop loss and take profit value on Modify Stops block 4. Am I on the wrong way regarding this?

[jstap]

Does it work?

[mahesvararaja]

Finally I deleted the blocks 2 and exported with the .mq5 option. I imported it into the chart, fired up the algo trading, entered the market with a stop order but unfortunately no SL and TP were seen.
The configuration box to configure TP and SL is there without the blocks 2.

[jstap]

My bad, I should have noticed this before, you need order created to act when you place an order - pink for each pending order to get the order to work with - modify stop block to add the stop

All should work as needed then.

[mahesvararaja]

Relax, it is totally okay. I've update the blocks here.
https://fxdreema.com/shared/ELE0mEmDd
Again, I've exported in .mq5, however this block still not working tough.
I've try to reverse the order of first blocks (Order Created) with second (For each Pending Order) but still no luck.

[mahesvararaja]

Updated the second block (For each Pending Order) configuration here https://fxdreema.com/shared/ngTh31mdb
but still not working.

[jstap]

With digits in so many boxes you can't work out what's happening, strip this back to the basics, then once working change things

[mahesvararaja]

I've remade the For each Pending Order blocks here
https://fxdreema.com/shared/obnq6ewlc
This one is working but with this kind of behaviour.

• 1st order created, no TP and SL lines created
• 2nd order created, TP and SL set on the 1st order according to the configuration in blocks 3.
• 3rd order created, TP and SL set on the 2nd order
• 4th order create, TP and SL set on the 3rd order
• and so on

Changing Loop direction to Oldest to Newest on For each Pending Order blocks produce this kind of results:

• 1st order created, no TP and SL lines created.
• 2nd order created, TP and SL set on the 1st order and 2nd order.
• 3rd order created, no TP and SL lines created.
• 4th order created, TP and SL set on the 3rd and 4th order.

[jstap]

I am unsure, this looks like it would work. I would say go to the main page and ask admin

[mahesvararaja]

hmm. regarding the first case:
"1st order created, no TP and SL lines created
2nd order created, TP and SL set on the 1st order"
Because this blocks running on 'onTrade', is it possible that the 1st order is not recognised as an order (since there are no pending order before the 1st order) and therefore the 2nd order is considered as '1st order' by the EA?
I try to move the order checker to onTick but still no luck haha.

PS:
This is my first time using fxDreema so I still learning a lot here and there

[mahesvararaja]

@jstap hey, somehow this one is works like a charm.
https://fxdreema.com/shared/TX9xRYQVd
Moving the blocks into onTick section and changing a the blocks a little.
Got to try it for a while before I mark this thread solved.
But anyway, thanks for helping me through this.

[jstap]

That does surprise me, the problem I see with that is you cannot manually move the stop, because the EA will just move back. try this, ontrade turn a flag true if order opened, on tick check the flag if true change only 1 trade newest to oldest and turn the flag back off

[mahesvararaja]

Thanks for the insight @jstap. Yeah, you're right. The TP and SL feels like have a magnet on it hahaha.
Anyway, already made some adjustment here
https://fxdreema.com/shared/1e0CNK0be
I guess this is working as intended. Still checking it live on the chart.

[jstap]

Doing this does this not sKip the 1st order?

I think you just need this:

Let me know whether this works

[mahesvararaja]

Changed the blocks to make it cleaner just as you suggest. However, as I am testing the EA, I refined my strategies also. Apparently, I need market order too haha. So I made a little adjustment here. I removed the value on 'every "n" order" but I think sometimes I need 2 or 3 stop orders so I put 3 on 'not more than "n" orders'.
Here's the results. It works quite good IMO
https://fxdreema.com/shared/eYzlewmgc

[mahesvararaja]

Many thanks @jstap . Been testing this EA since yesterday. I guess it is safe to call it a day. I will mark this thread to solved if you don't have any suggestions anymore.

[jstap]

That is all from me, any other problems though just ask.

[mahesvararaja]

hmm I noticed strange behaviour with https://fxdreema.com/shared/eYzlewmgc
Sometimes opened order (true for all market order and pending order) closed by itself in a random fashion and I could not reproduce it (it happens randomly). Still trying to figure it out.