Tracking Weekday Count at the Start of Each Month

14 May 2019
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This ProBuilder code snippet is designed to count weekdays at the beginning of each new month. It resets the count at the start of the month and increments the count on each weekday.


IF OpenMonth <> OpenMonth[1] THEN
    GiornoFeriale = 0
ENDIF

IF OpenDayOfWeek >= 1 AND OpenDayOfWeek <= 5 AND IntraDayBarIndex = 0 THEN
    GiornoFeriale = GiornoFeriale + 1
ENDIF

The code operates by checking conditions related to the trading day and updating a counter based on those conditions:

  • Resetting the weekday counter: The first IF statement checks if the current bar's month (OpenMonth) is different from the previous bar's month (OpenMonth[1]). If true, it indicates the start of a new month, and the weekday counter (GiornoFeriale) is reset to zero.
  • Incrementing the weekday counter: The second IF statement checks three conditions:
    • The day of the week (OpenDayOfWeek) is between Monday (1) and Friday (5), inclusive.
    • The bar is the first intraday bar (IntraDayBarIndex = 0), indicating the start of a new day.

    If all conditions are met, it increments the weekday counter (GiornoFeriale) by one, signifying a new weekday has begun.

This snippet is useful for tracking the number of weekdays in each month, which can be applied in various analytical contexts within the ProBuilder environment.

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