do not sell between certain times

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  • 05/20/2026 at 9:44 AM #261368 quote
    kvacksa87
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    Junior

    Hi. I would have liked to have a code that would prevent it from selling between 9:45 PM and 9:15 AM.

    05/20/2026 at 9:54 AM #261369 quote
    Iván González
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    Hi,

    The trick is that your window crosses midnight (21:45 → 09:15 next day), so you can’t use AND — you need OR. If you write time >= 214500 AND time <= 091500 it will always return false.

    Solution using the native opentime variable (returns the bar’s opening time as an integer in HHMMSS format):

    // Blocked window: from 21:45 to 09:15 next day
noSellZone = opentime >= 214500 OR opentime < 091500
canSell = NOT noSellZone

    Then guard your sell orders with canSell. Two typical cases:

    To prevent the system from opening shorts:

    IF yourShortEntryCondition AND canSell THEN
    SELLSHORT 1 CONTRACT AT MARKET
ENDIF

    To prevent the system from closing longs during that window:

    IF yourExitCondition AND canSell THEN
    SELL AT MARKET
ENDIF


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    05/20/2026 at 8:04 PM #261419 quote
    kvacksa87
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    Junior


    Thanks for the code. But I can’t get it to work so that it won’t sell my position that I have between 9:45 PM and 9:15 AM. It sells as usual. When I put the code in my buy script to not place a new order between 9:45 PM and 9:15 AM, it works.




    // Blocked window: from 21:45 to 09:15 next day

    noSellZone = opentime >= 214500 OR opentime < 091500

    canSell = NOT noSellZone


    LongConditions = canSell and defL1  and c156712  and datr215l and datarl60 and datarl30lb


    IF LongConditions and TradeON ThEN

    BUY positionsize CONTRACT AT MARKET


    ENDIF


    iF  datarl60s and defL1  and c156712 and datr215s and noSellZone THEN

    SELL AT MARKET

    ENDIF


    05/20/2026 at 8:50 PM #261420 quote
    kvacksa87
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    Junior


    I got it working now. I mixed up your codes. Thank you very much

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do not sell between certain times


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