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Hi,
I have some questions regarding the use of “And” and “Or” symbols and how they work and should be applied? How many times can they be used and can they work together. For example in my strategy I have a condition where (e.g. based on a long trade – opposite applies for short trades) in the 1st TA block if the previous bar’s (shift 1) open is below the 50EMA and if the close of the same bar is above the 50EMA. Then if the next TA block’s condition is met i.e. if the “ask” is equal to or higher than the previous bar’s close then buy (if other MACD and RSI conditions have been met). The problem I’m having is that if the “ask” is lower than the previous bar’s close (e.g. by one pip) and then the ask breaks up past the previous bar’s close the trade will not trigger. So I introduced an “OR” symbol and linked the 2nd TA ( i.e. “ask” is equal to or higher than the previous bar’s close )and another TA with a condition of if “ask” is lower than previous bar’s close then buy if other TA block and MACD and RSI conditions have been met. The strategy was working great for 30mins and then went crazy opening and closing trades at a rapid pace. I wanted to use the same “Or” logic with the MACD and RSI conditions (if either condition is met then trigger proving that all other conditions have been satisfied i.e. TA blocks) but I’m not sure if the two symbols “And” and “Or” can work together in the one strategy...that is the “Or” conditions (TA blocks) can work in conjunction with the “And” TA block conditions – meaning that the trade should only trigger if the “And” and “Or” conditions are met. If the two symbols can’t work together (logic clash) can you please advise how I can overcome my problem i.e. if the “ask” is lower than the previous bar’s close (by one pip) and then breaks up past the previous bar’s close what condition (TA Block) can I add to get the trade to trigger.
I have attached a Mol.file of my strategy to see if you can determine if I have programmed the EA correctly?

I am really looking forward to your help...

These conditions in your trading diagram are independent. If you want them to work at the same time you need to join them all with an AND
If you want to trade when A and B and C takes place, you need to connect them to the same AND
You cannot do if A and B takes place, wait for C to take place. Then need to take place at the same time