Buy only Sell only MT5

[merajmusic]

Hello everyone! I’ve created a robot for MetaTrader 5, and I’d like to set it up so that it can be either “buy only” or “sell only.” For instance, I’d like to have an option in a menu or somewhere where I can choose whether it should execute buy orders, sell orders, or both. This option is available in MetaTrader 4, but I need it for MetaTrader 5. How can I add this functionality to my robot? Thank you all so much for your help!

[yousef builder]

well i guess you can you can make it work with set flag true false .. like you define a bool constant and set it for 'set flag' then before ur strategy for buy you can use a check flag . now for example for "true" it buys only and for false it sells only

[yousef builder]

for 3 it sells only
for 2 it buys only
you can have another checkflag connected to both conditions that activates for 4 .
thats for either of em

[merajmusic]

@yousef-builder HI . Thanks for replay , can you please make it in project and share it , i am a bit confusing, thanks

[jstap]

Set it up as an enum: https://fxdreema.com/shared/R8XxH6iSc

[yousef builder]

@jstap
thats a good idea actually .
though it doesn't work
it gives me error when i want to export . i think in the condition part you must set it to text . then it works
the urge to connect buy to sell

[yousef builder]

@jstap

wait . you dont even need the connections in between.

but idont understand one thing . although you set the values to numeric , I can still download it with no error . how ? i copied and pasted them to my prj and wrote constants and it didnt work . both of em are strings right ?

[jstap]

They are numeric, because although text is a string, it counts the tecx as a position (buy=0 sell=1, both=2) All I know is this compiled for me, it is tried and tested. Basically check if the enum text is what is selected in the inputs, if so activate blocks below, if not go through yellow and check the next. this https://fxdreema.com/shared/m27SSDMZd you can run on MT5 back test, and see that every time you change a input the drawn text will change.

[yousef builder]

@jstap yeah it works

[merajmusic]

@jstap Hello, thank you for your response! This is exactly what I wanted and it works really well. However, it works great on the Buy and Sell options, but when I select both and set it to “both,” it gives an error and the robot doesn’t work properly. When I set it to “Buy Only” or “Sell Only,” it works fine. I think there might be an issue in the routing, in how these blocks are connected. Could you please tell me exactly where I should connect the blocks to make it work in the best possible way?!

[jstap]

Add a shared link to look at, it should work for both. If you down load my project above and select BOTH then the displayed text reflects it.

[sktsec]

@merajmusic
May try int as data type rather than text

[jstap]

@sktsec you do not need to select int any ware, because it is using the ENUM data type, all you need is ENUM and the named type. In the other blocks you need numeric not text.

[ambrogio]

@merajmusic I would do this

[jstap]

@merajmusic It is how the logic is set up, if all is correct for a sell place a sell, but if you want both there is no yellow connection linking back to "BOTH", you either link back like the picture, or you make the choice above your buy/sell trees. It depends on how you want this set up to work.

[sktsec]

@jstap
I see. Just refer to his condition, it may read the enumeration as int rather than Text.

[jstap]

It does read it as int, never tried as text though

[jstap]

@sktsec His condition didn't have text, it was yousef builder that did.

[merajmusic]

@jstap https://fxdreema.com/shared/46L2RIkJ
I’ve created a sample project, but the main issue is that the menus are working fine, everything seems correct, and when I select the menus in the expert, choosing “buy only” triggers a buy, “sell only” triggers a sell, and both together triggers both actions, but it doesn’t actually change the trading results. That’s the problem. I’ll upload this sample project here, and if you can fix these issues in it, I’d appreciate it

[jstap]

Is quite hard to say with out a specific problem, from that project it looks like when if set to both it will only do so if the 2 time bomb blocks are showing a signal, but they can't at the same time, so if you want a buy/sell at the same time regardless of the timebomb signal , you would have to link 1 out, by timebomb up/down activating a buy and a sell.