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MT5 error 10029: Order or position frozen (TRADE_RETCODE_FROZEN)

The price is too close to the order or stop you want to change, inside the freeze level. Nothing changed; wait for the price to move away.

10029TRADE_RETCODE_FROZEN
Yes, after a waitSafe to retry?
NoCould it have executed?

What it means

You see this code in the retcode of a trade result, from OrderSend() in MQL5 or order_send() in Python.

When the market gets within the symbol's freeze level of a pending order's price, or of a position's stop loss or take profit, the server freezes it. You can't modify, delete or close it in that zone.

The freeze stops last moment changes just before a level is hit.

Common causes

  • Moving a stop loss that the price is about to reach.
  • Deleting a pending order that is about to trigger.
  • A symbol with a large trade_freeze_level, often around news.

How to fix it

  • Read trade_freeze_level and check the distance before sending.
  • Wait for the price to move away, or let the level be hit.
  • Make trailing logic skip updates inside the freeze zone.

Example in Python:

import MetaTrader5 as mt5

s = mt5.symbol_info(pos.symbol)
tick = mt5.symbol_info_tick(pos.symbol)
freeze = s.trade_freeze_level * s.point
close_px = tick.bid if pos.type == mt5.POSITION_TYPE_BUY else tick.ask
if pos.sl and abs(close_px - pos.sl) <= freeze:
    print("stop is inside the freeze zone; try again later")

Is it safe to retry?

Yes, once the price is outside the freeze zone.

Could the order have executed?

No. Your change was not applied. The order or position is as it was.

How Tickwire handles it

MT4 error 145 (modification denied, too close to market) comes back as 10029.

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