Trouble with pending orders

nolube · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm **Posts:** 78

Hey there, I can't seem to get pending orders to work for me.. I have tried to write a really simple EA to dumb it down as much as possible to locate a problem but i still cant get it to work.

If 50 SMA > 100 SMA
PENDING BUY @ + 20 pips
SL 20, TP 20

What on earth am I doing wrong??

nolube

molanisfx · **Joined:** Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:22 am **Posts:** 1761

Which error do you get? First Try it without using stops

nolube · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm **Posts:** 78

No error message, it just doesn't place orders. I tried removing the SL and same thing.. Could you please check the .mol file I attached and see if I have done something wrong.

nolube

molanisfx · **Joined:** Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:22 am **Posts:** 1761

You defined a lot size of 0 - just change it.
If you look at the logs in the expert tab and do some backtesting you may spot the errors before trading

nolube · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm **Posts:** 78

Thanks for the tips! I thought you could just set the lot size in the 'expert properties' in mt4 so that's why I didn't have a lot size there.. learning learning..

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Trouble with pending orders