I'm trying to automate my trading system and in order to do so I need to have about 3 indicators agree before making a trade. Right now, I'm just working on two of them and running into difficulty.

Here's the setup:

Trade should've happened but it doesn't trigger. I've tried setting the range of candles thinking it's a timing issue.

(in this example I was back to testing with Value By Candle ID @ 1)

Basically, one of the buy conditions is the candle needs to close above the HMA and needs to also be @ or = to .0001 on the VQZ. Candle Closes > HMA ---> VQZ >= .0001 = BUY

The sell condition is the opposite, meaning, the candle needs to close below the HMA and needs to be @ or = to -.0001 on the VQZ. Candle Closes < HMA ---> VQZ <= -.0001 = SELL

I've confirmed the HMA cross works without the VQC but...

Neither combination is trading as it should so I'm thinking this is somehow a timing issue/range of candles issue? Basically, the first condition needs to be met (the HMA cross) and then it can take a few bars before the second condition is met.

How would I account for this?

link to the project: https://fxdreema.com/shared/n4N8SWOMb

Thanks!

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. I'll keep an eye out for that.

After doing some digging I was able to fix it, I think, by messing around with some of the pending buy order settings. And with doing a price offset.

When I trade, I normally just put in market orders. Usually, these are very close to the candle close so I thinking I need to learn more about how an EA makes buy orders lol.

I was looking at the example on this post here

https://fxdreema.com/forum/topic/4642/buy-trades-not-being-opened
https://fxdreema.com/shared/fDvrGsaKb

Switching up the once per bar + buy now + buy pending order seemed to fix it. Now when I run the test it's buying at the candle close

I'm trying to figure out how set buy orders at the candle close. Right now, when I do Buy Now it puts the price well above the candle and then the trade immediately closes on the next candle when backtesting.

link: https://fxdreema.com/shared/Eo40gRfTb

Any tips for getting my orders to execute to when the candle closes or close to candle close?

Thank you!