how?: open new order, when specific order reached X positive pips

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hi

topic title says it all. i want to place a new order once a previous order reaches +10 pips. heres what ive got so far: 

if(2>1)
      {
         ticket_11=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"comment",10001,0,Green); 
         
         if(ticket_11>0)
         {
            if(OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES)) 
               Print("BUY number 11 opened @ ",OrderOpenPrice());
         }
         else Print("Error opening BUY order 11 @ ",GetLastError()); 
         return(0); 
         
         if(OrderOpenPrice(ticket_11)==Ask-100*Point)
            {
               ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"comment",10002,0,Green);
            }
         
      }

the first order gets triggered normally, but im having trouble with the second one. im pretty sure the "if" statement is wrong:

if(OrderOpenPrice(ticket_11)==Ask-100*Point)

what i wanted to write is: if the open price of order ticket_11 is equal to current ask price minus 100 points (which is 10 pips on 5 digist broker), then open ticket_12

hope someone can help, thanks!

 

wrong code

if(2>1)

because 2 is always greater than 1 

if(OrderOpenPrice(ticket_11)==Ask-100*Point)
u should use OrderSelect() for this
  
double OrderPrice = 0;

if(2>1)
      {
         ticket_11=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"comment",10001,0,Green); 
         
         if(ticket_11>0)
         {
            if(OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES)) 
               Print("BUY number 11 opened @ ",OrderOpenPrice());
               OrderPrice = OrderOpenPrice();
         }
         else Print("Error opening BUY order 11 @ ",GetLastError()); 
         return(0); 
if (OrderPrice == Ask-100*Point)
  {
  ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"comment",10002,0,Green);
  }
         
}
didn't chack it
 
qjol:
didn't chack it


i know the trade logic 2>1 is rubbish, but thats not the important part anyway :)

if (OrderPrice == Ask-100*Point)
  {
  ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit*Point,"comment",10002,0,Green);
  }

this isnt working, but thats no surprise, because OrderPrice isnt defined (and has no reference to ticket_11 anyway)

this is what i came up with based on your OrderSelect() recommendation:

if(OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES)+100*Point==Ask)
            {
               ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit2*Point,"Priceaction - UP",10002,0,Green);
            }

this shows no errors, but its not opening the new trade...

any more ideas? :S

  
OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES);
   if (OrderClosePrice() == OrderOpenPrice() +100*Point)
            {
               ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit2*Point,"Priceaction - UP",10002,0,Green);
            }
this should be fine
 

In my opinion should be
>=

& not

==

 

your code missed a ; sign, but its not working

i came up with this:

OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES);
	if(OrderOpenPrice()+100*Point<Ask)
		{
			ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit2*Point,"comment",10002,0,Green);
		}

basically the same, but i did not use the OrderClosePrice()

after the ticket_12 line i even added a return(0); but that didnt change a thing either

  
OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET,MODE_TRADES);
   if (Ask >= OrderOpenPrice() +100*Point)
            {
               ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-StopLoss*Point,Ask+TakeProfit2*Point,"Priceaction - UP",10002,0,Green);
            }
  
if ( OrderSelect( ticket_11, SELECT_BY_TICKET ) )
{
   if ( OrderType() == OP_BUY )
   {
      if ( Bid - OrderOpenPrice() - X_PIP_PROFIT*Point > -Point/2.0 ) { /*OPEN*/ }
   }

   if ( OrderType() == OP_SELL )
   {
      if ( OrderOpenPrice() - Ask - X_PIP_PROFIT*Point > -Point/2.0 ) { /*OPEN*/ }
   }
}
Give it a try.
 

thanks for the help guys, the codes work fine. it turned out that i was stupid enough to forget about my own 1 trade limitation, thats why i wasnt getting any new trades.

but one problem comes after another, this is the code im using right now:

      if(ticket_11<1)
      {
         if(MA_15_high_prev<Bid && High_curr==Ask)
         {
            ticket_11=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-SL*Point,Ask+TP1*Point,"Priceaction - UP",10001,0,Green); 
         }
      }

      // SECOND BUY
      if(ticket_12<1)
      {
         if(OrderSelect(ticket_11,SELECT_BY_TICKET))
         {
            if(Ask-OrderOpenPrice()>PIPS_TO_NEXT_TRADE*Point)
            {
               ticket_12=OrderSend(Symbol(),OP_BUY,Lots1,Ask,3,Bid-SL*Point,Ask+TP1*Point,"Priceaction - UP",10002,0,Green);
            }
         }
      }

no matter if the number of total trades is limited to 2 or 10, the ticket_11 (same for ticket_12) order will be opened several times. so i thought i only need to add a limitation to it, thats why ive added "if(ticket_11<1)" which should be equal to "if there is no ticket_11 opened". ive also tried "if(ticket_11 ==0 )" instead, but multiple trades were opened also. i must have the wrong code for the limitation, so, if someone could tell me the right one, i would appreciate it, thanks!

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