EA coding, need some help

Beginner Questions
1

as i don’t have any programing skills, i try to use the EA builder to make a simple EA utilizing EMA AND ENVELOPES crossover setup.
however, the setup simply is:

when the EMA > envelopes upper line —> buy
when the EMA < envelopes lower line —> sell

the problem i face with the EA builder is;

the EA keep buying one order after anther as long as the MA is > envelopes
the opposite is true for sell orders, there is no limit for the number of orders after each signal.

while i want it only to do a single one trade after each crossover and then wait for a new signal.

i think my problem is very easy, but not for someone who has no programing skills at all.

i would really appreciate any help to add this part to my EA code.

thanks

2

I’m sorry, but if you have no programming skills at all, you have no chance, sorry to be brutal but that is the truth, a successful EA eludes most of expert programmers with expert trading skills, your time will be better spent doing just about anything else.

3

well, thanks for reply.
so i think my post will be a message for the creator of the EA builder to add that function to his/her great tool.
then my EA would be perfect even though i have no idea about programing codes.
best wishes

4

// static so only set first time start() is called - put near beginning
static bool trading = false;

//assuming you are using set TP and SL and letting the system
//close the trades for you - in which case include this logic before
//you check for signals

if(OrderSelect(0, SELECT_BY_POS))
trading = true;
else
trading = false;

//this will detect when TP or SL is hit and position is closed.
//it will also detect if trades are already open when you start the EA

//buy signal found - surround buy logic with this if statement

if(trading == false)
{
//go long OrderSend bit
trading = true;
}

//sell signal found - surround sell logic with this of statement

if(trading == false)
{
//go short OrderSend bit
trading = true;
}

// now u have logic to only open one trade on a signal
// and only one trade until it is closed by TP / SL
// if you use huge stops it will be possible to get for example
// a sell signal while original long is in red running towards
// huge stop. Stop will hit and system will take late sell signal

//if u use explicit logic to close trades then after the actual closes add

trading = false;

//Hope this helps