Testing out Swap, can't get it to work

[simharr]

Hi

I am testing out swap in mt5, just made a very simple strategy that opens a trade when swap is positive and closes trades when swap <=0.

I made the strategy put the value of the swap in the journal during tests. Problem is, swap is always registered as being = 0.

To get swap I use:

SwapLong = SymbolInfoDouble("AUDJPY",SYMBOL_SWAP_LONG);

Where SwapLong is the variable holding the value found.

Btw, is there any way to have it use current pair instead of a specific defined pair as above?

0_1570854244683_SwapTest.ex5

[roar]

That function should work...
Check my test: https://fxdreema.com/shared/TGLf2UFI
Maybe your SwapLong is type bool, int or something else - it should be double.

Use this to return the swap on current symbol:
SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_SWAP_LONG);

[simharr]

I tried to get your test to work, but it didnt. However I figured out how to share the project. SwapTest

I checked, and all swap data is kept in double format.

[roar]

Did you try my example in visual mode? It works for me.

I'm not sure how the "Alert message" block works, but you may be using it wrong - put your variables in the data rows.

[simharr]

After restarting the computer the problem went away, and now it all works fine. Odd, but as long as it works Thanks for the help