ProOrder Strategy Suddenly Stopped Working This Week

• 06/30/2025 at 5:46 AM #248577
  wataru

  Hi everyone,

  I'm hoping for some help with a very strange issue. I have a time-based automated strategy in ProOrder that was running perfectly last week. However, as of this Monday, it has completely stopped executing any trades.

  The issue is not a simple error in the code, because even an extremely simple test code, designed to place just one trade at a specific time, also fails to execute. This suggests a more fundamental problem.

  Here is the **minimal test code** that fails to work:

  // Minimal Test Code
  // I set the TargetTime to a few minutes in the future for testing.
  TargetTime = 140000 // e.g., Set to 2:00 PM

  ONCE TradeAttempted = 0

  IF Time >= TargetTime AND TradeAttempted = 0 THEN
  BUY 0.1 CONTRACT AT MARKET
  TradeAttempted = 1
  ENDIF

  For complete context, here is the original, more complex strategy that **was working correctly last week** but now also fails.

  // ProOrder automated trading – USDJPY
  // Time-based entry management
  // Pair: USDJPY
  // Timezone: JST (Japan Standard Time)

  // ===== Main Settings =====
  DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False // Do not cumulate positions (Important)
  DEFPARAM PreLoadBars = 0 // Minimize pre-loaded bars
  DEFPARAM FlatBefore = 060000 // Flatten before market open
  DEFPARAM FlatAfter = 235900 // Flatten after market close

  // ===== Common Settings =====
  USDJPYEntryTimeWindow = 10 // Entry time window (seconds)
  USDJPYTotalEntries = 13 // Total number of entries

  // ===== Debug Mode =====
  USDJPYDebugMode = 0 // Set to 1 for detailed logs

  // ===== USDJPY Entry Table (in chronological order) =====
  // IMPORTANT: Must be set in chronological order.
  // Times are set in JST.

  // — Entry 1: 08:55:00 BUY —
  USDJPYEntryTime1 = 085500
  USDJPYExitTime1 = 085800
  USDJPYDirection1 = 1 // 1=BUY, -1=SELL
  USDJPYLot1 = 0.1
  USDJPYTP1 = 0 // pips
  USDJPYSL1 = 15 // pips

  // — Entry 2: 09:10:00 BUY —
  USDJPYEntryTime2 = 091000
  USDJPYExitTime2 = 091100
  USDJPYDirection2 = 1
  USDJPYLot2 = 0.1
  USDJPYTP2 = 0
  USDJPYSL2 = 15

  // … (Entries 3 through 12 omitted for brevity) …

  // — Entry 13: 18:53:00 BUY —
  USDJPYEntryTime13 = 185300
  USDJPYExitTime13 = 185800
  USDJPYDirection13 = 1
  USDJPYLot13 = 0.1
  USDJPYTP13 = 0
  USDJPYSL13 = 15

  // ===== State Management =====
  ONCE USDJPYNextEntryIndex = 1 // Index for the next entry to execute
  ONCE USDJPYActiveEntry = 0 // Currently active entry number
  ONCE USDJPYDailyReset = 0 // Daily reset flag
  ONCE USDJPYPositionClosed = 0 // Position closed flag

  // ===== Monitor for Next Entry (only if NOT ONMARKET) =====
  IF NOT ONMARKET THEN
  // Post-close processing
  IF USDJPYPositionClosed = 1 THEN
  USDJPYActiveEntry = 0
  USDJPYPositionClosed = 0
  ENDIF

  // Check for the next entry
  IF USDJPYNextEntryIndex <= USDJPYTotalEntries THEN
  USDJPYCheckEntryTime = 0
  USDJPYCheckDirection = 0
  USDJPYCheckLot = 0

  // Set variables based on entry index
  IF USDJPYNextEntryIndex = 1 THEN
  USDJPYCheckEntryTime = USDJPYEntryTime1
  USDJPYCheckDirection = USDJPYDirection1
  USDJPYCheckLot = USDJPYLot1
  // (ELSIF for entries 2-12 omitted for brevity)
  ELSIF USDJPYNextEntryIndex = 13 THEN
  USDJPYCheckEntryTime = USDJPYEntryTime13
  USDJPYCheckDirection = USDJPYDirection13
  USDJPYCheckLot = USDJPYLot13
  ENDIF

  // Entry time check and execution
  // NOTE: This was failing with both CurrentTime and Time variables.
  IF USDJPYCheckEntryTime > 0 AND CurrentTime >= USDJPYCheckEntryTime AND CurrentTime <= USDJPYCheckEntryTime + USDJPYEntryTimeWindow THEN
  IF USDJPYCheckDirection = 1 THEN
  BUY USDJPYCheckLot CONTRACT AT MARKET
  ELSIF USDJPYCheckDirection = -1 THEN
  SELLSHORT USDJPYCheckLot CONTRACT AT MARKET
  ENDIF
  USDJPYActiveEntry = USDJPYNextEntryIndex
  USDJPYNextEntryIndex = USDJPYNextEntryIndex + 1
  ENDIF

  // Skip if time has passed
  IF USDJPYCheckEntryTime > 0 AND CurrentTime > USDJPYCheckEntryTime + USDJPYEntryTimeWindow THEN
  USDJPYNextEntryIndex = USDJPYNextEntryIndex + 1
  ENDIF
  ENDIF
  ENDIF

  // ===== Position Management =====
  IF ONMARKET AND USDJPYActiveEntry > 0 THEN
  // Get settings for the active entry
  USDJPYMyTP = 0
  USDJPYMySL = 0
  USDJPYMyExitTime = 0

  IF USDJPYActiveEntry = 1 THEN
  USDJPYMyTP = USDJPYTP1
  USDJPYMySL = USDJPYSL1
  USDJPYMyExitTime = USDJPYExitTime1
  // (ELSIF for entries 2-12 omitted for brevity)
  ELSIF USDJPYActiveEntry = 13 THEN
  USDJPYMyTP = USDJPYTP13
  USDJPYMySL = USDJPYSL13
  USDJPYMyExitTime = USDJPYExitTime13
  ENDIF

  // Set TP/SL
  IF USDJPYMyTP > 0 THEN
  SET TARGET PROFIT USDJPYMyTP * PointSize
  ENDIF
  IF USDJPYMySL > 0 THEN
  SET STOP LOSS USDJPYMySL * PointSize
  ENDIF

  // Close by time
  IF CurrentTime >= USDJPYMyExitTime THEN
  IF LONGONMARKET THEN
  SELL AT MARKET
  ENDIF
  IF SHORTONMARKET THEN
  EXITSHORT AT MARKET
  ENDIF
  USDJPYPositionClosed = 1
  ENDIF
  ENDIF

  // ===== Daily Reset =====
  // Reset at 00:00 server time
  IF Hour = 0 AND Minute = 0 AND USDJPYDailyReset = 0 THEN
  USDJPYNextEntryIndex = 1
  USDJPYActiveEntry = 0
  USDJPYPositionClosed = 0
  USDJPYDailyReset = 1
  ENDIF

  // Clear reset flag after 00:01
  IF Hour > 0 OR Minute > 0 THEN
  USDJPYDailyReset = 0
  ENDIF

  The main question remains: why would both a complex, previously-working strategy AND a minimal test strategy suddenly stop working this week?

  Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas or known platform issues would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you. Windwos11-ProRealTimeV12

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  Thank you.   Windwos11-ProRealTimeV12

   

  

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