I would like to have my EA show a buy arrow the first time a condition is met until a second condition appears.  For example:

Condition 1 (Buy)

mov(c,12,s)  > mov(c,24,s)  and rsi(14) > 60

 

Condition 2 (sell)

mov(c,24,s) > mov(c,12,s) and rsi(14) < 60

I would like to see one arrow the first time a buy or sell is done and then when the opposite condition exists, the other arrow.  But only once.

I tried placing the above logic into an EA and got multiple Buys/Sells.

I understand why that happened - I'm used to writting code in a linear fashion like:

if condition1 and not flag1

then

flag1 = true

place arrow

end if

 

but the environment is different and am having a tough time with this type of logic.

Search the forum for "latches" or "latching", also have a look in the forum.dll for the latch function, or read Roy Larsen's excellent guide to writing latches which can be found in the files section of the forum.


wabbit

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thanks wabbitt.

I forgot about that - I did a search and found I asked the same question a while back. I took a hiatus from the forum..and I forgot a lot.

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