Why an Order Was or Was Not Executed: Difference between revisions
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Adding the following line under the same conditions right before the line, when generating your buy/sell orders, will help you to understand at what particular bar, when, and at what price your order is triggered in the code: | Adding the following line under the same conditions right before the line, when generating your buy/sell orders, will help you to understand at what particular bar, when, and at what price your order is triggered in the code: | ||
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Var: Scale(0); <br> | |||
Condition1 = close > close[1]; <br> | |||
<br> | If MinMove < 10 then <br> | ||
Scale = 1; <br> | |||
<br> | If MinMove > 99 and MinMove < 1000 then <br> | ||
Scale = 2; <br> | |||
If MinMove > 999 and MinMove < 10000 then <br> | |||
Scale = 3; <br> | |||
If MinMove > 9999 and MinMove < 100000 then <br> | |||
Scale = 4; <br> | |||
If MinMove > 99999 and MinMove < 1000000 then <br> | |||
Scale = 5; <br> If Condition1 = true then begin <br> | |||
print( "======================", NewLine, <br> | |||
"The date is:", DateToString(DateToJulian(Date)), ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"time is: ", TimeToString(ELTimeToDateTime(Time_s)), ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"bar # is: ", maxbarsback+currentbar, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar open is: ", open, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar high is: ", high, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar low is: ", low, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar close is: ", close, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"market position on chart is: ", MarketPosition, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"market position at broker is: ", MarketPosition_at_Broker, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"Condition1 is true, so at close of this bar the limit order to buy at: ", NumToStr(close,scale), " is generated by the script", NewLine, <br> | |||
"to be executed at bar #: ", maxbarsback+currentbar+1, NewLine, <br> | |||
"Bar Status is: ", barstatus(1)); <br> | |||
Buy next bar at close limit; <br> | |||
end else begin <br> | |||
print( "======================", NewLine, <br> | |||
"The date is: ", DateToString(DateToJulian(Date)), ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"time is: ", TimeToString(ELTimeToDateTime(Time)), ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"bar # is: ", symbol_currentbar, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar open is: ", open, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar high is: ", high, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar low is: ", low, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"current bar close is: ", close, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"market position on chart is: ", MarketPosition, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"market position at broker is: ", MarketPosition_at_Broker, ",", NewLine, <br> | |||
"Condition1 is false, so no order is generated.", NewLine, <br> | |||
"Bar Status is: ", barstatus(1)); <br> | |||
end; <br> | |||
<div class="note">If using more than one data series, specify the DataNum for [[BarStatus]].</div> | <div class="note">If using more than one data series, specify the DataNum for [[BarStatus]].</div> | ||
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If the script is applied to your chart and it is opened in the PowerLanguage Editor, you will be able to see the following lines in the Output tab: | If the script is applied to your chart and it is opened in the PowerLanguage Editor, you will be able to see the following lines in the Output tab: | ||
< | <div class="example-no-title"> | ||
''The date is 10/8/2013,<br> | ''The date is 10/8/2013,<br> | ||
''time is 4:00:00 PM,<br> | ''time is 4:00:00 PM,<br> | ||
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''market position on chart is 1.00,<br> | ''market position on chart is 1.00,<br> | ||
''market position at broker is 0.00,<br> | ''market position at broker is 0.00,<br> | ||
''Condition1 is false, so no order is generated.< | ''Condition1 is false, so no order is generated.</div> | ||
<div class="example-no-title"> | |||
''The date is 10/9/2013,<br> | ''The date is 10/9/2013,<br> | ||
''time is 4:00:00 PM,<br> | ''time is 4:00:00 PM,<br> | ||
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''market position at broker is 0.00,<br> | ''market position at broker is 0.00,<br> | ||
''Condition1 is true, so at close of this bar the limit order to buy at 855.9 is generated by the script<br> | ''Condition1 is true, so at close of this bar the limit order to buy at 855.9 is generated by the script<br> | ||
''to be executed at bar # 997.00< | ''to be executed at bar # 997.00</div> | ||
[[Category:FAQ]] | [[Category:FAQ]] | ||
[[Category:Strategy Trading]] | [[Category:Strategy Trading]] | ||
