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Hello all,

I'm coding a hedging strategy where I enter a trade on a symbol and place an opposite direction trade on the hedge symbol. When the sum of the profits of the two orders are >= a set profit amount in dollars, I want to close both orders.

My problem is that the expert seems to close both orders as soon as one of the the orders hits the desired profit level and not when the sum of the two orders is at the desired profit level.

Below is a sample of the code, can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong? Keep in mind that more often than not, one order will have a positive profit and the other one will have a negative profit.

The base symbol is given MagicNumber 1 and the hedge trade is given MagicNumber 2. I have included a Comment instruction that shows the ProfitTotal and it shows the correct value, but for some reason

the expert seems to only look at the individual order profits when deciding to close both orders.

Thanks in advance for any help!!!

   // MONITOR OVERALL PROFIT AND CLOSE ORDERS WHEN SET PROFIT IS REACHED --
   
       
   int total = OrdersTotal(); 
   for (i = 0; i < total; i++)
   
   {
   
      OrderSelect(i, SELECT_BY_POS, MODE_TRADES);    // If only the base symbol trade was closed after profit was reached
                                                     // close the hedge order as well
               if (total==1 && OrderMagicNumber()==2)
               {
                  if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)
                  {  
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(Hedge,MODE_BID),3,Aqua); Sleep(5000); RefreshRates(); 
                  }
                  if (OrderType()==OP_SELL)
                  {
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(Hedge,MODE_ASK),3,Aqua); Sleep(5000); RefreshRates();
                  }     
               }
      
      
       if (OrderMagicNumber()==1)
        {   
         double Profit1=OrderProfit();
                           
        }
       if (OrderMagicNumber()==2)
        {    
          double Profit2=OrderProfit();
        }
    
          double ProfitTotal=(Profit1)+(Profit2); //  Add profit of two orders together, then compare to SecureProfit
 
         
            if (ProfitTotal>=SecureProfit) //  If profit is met, close both orders
            
            {
               if (OrderMagicNumber()==1)
               {
                  if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)
                  {  
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Bid,3,Aqua); Sleep(5000); RefreshRates();
                  }
                  if (OrderType()==OP_SELL)
                  {
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),Ask,3,Aqua); Sleep(5000); RefreshRates();
                  }     
               }
               if (OrderMagicNumber()==2)
               {
                  if (OrderType()==OP_BUY)
                  {  
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(Hedge,MODE_BID),3,Aqua); Sleep(5000); RefreshRates(); 
                  }
                  if (OrderType()==OP_SELL)
                  {
                     OrderClose(OrderTicket(),OrderLots(),MarketInfo(Hedge,MODE_ASK),3,Aqua); Sleep(5000); RefreshRates();
                  }     
               }
                 
            }
      
   }

Looks like...

Each time through your loop, Profit1 and Profit2 are set to 0 when they are declared.

One of them gets set to the profit of a ticket.

So, the test

if ( ProfitTotal >= SecureProfit )

is not doing what you want.

ProfitTotal is equal to Profit1 +0 or it equals 0 + Profit2 at the time of the test.

"I'm thinking that maybe I need to add the profits together in a loop, then check to see if the ProfitTotal has been met, then close the orders in another loop."

That sounds reasonable...