Code for trading a part of the month?

April 13th, 2012, 03:49 PM

I want one of my signals only to be traded the periods between day 1 and 5 and day 21 and day 31 every month. Not the other days. I guess I should use the reserved word "DayOfMonth" but I dont know how.

Does anyone have a clue?

April 13th, 2012, 04:05 PM

Orjan

I want one of my signals only to be traded the periods between day 1 and 5 and day 21 and day 31 every month. Not the other days. I guess I should use the reserved word "DayOfMonth" but dont no how.

Does anyone have a clue?

Untested - something like:

vars:
cantrade (false);

if DayOfMonth(date) >= 1 and DayOfMonth(date) <= 5 then cantrade = true;
if DayOfMonth(date) >= 21 and DayOfMonth(date) <= 31 then cantrade = true;

In MultiCharts, you can then do:

if cantrade = false then #return;

I am sure TradeStation has an equivalent, but I don't know what it is. Alternatively, just test for cantrade to be true before trading.

Mike

April 14th, 2012, 03:20 AM

Thanks, it works.

I also put in a false condition for the rest of the month, don't know if it is needed:

If DayOfMonth(date) >= 6 and DayOfMonth(date) <= 20 then cantrade = false;

Perhaps the "false" statement is enough? It makes an exception from the basic code that sas every day is Ok to trade.

Code for trading a part of the month?

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Code for trading a part of the month?