No new order until next day

kvacksa87 · 2025-10-06T16:27:30+00:00

Hi, I needed help with a script that doesn’t make a new buy until the nextday. If it makes a sell, it doesn’t matter if it’s a profit or loss. So after 00.00 it’s fine for it to go into buy again. If it doesn’t make a sell, I want it to continue running until it gets a signal to do so.

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10/06/2025 at 5:27 PM #252204 quote

kvacksa87
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Hi, I needed help with a script that doesn’t make a new buy until the nextday. If it makes a sell, it doesn’t matter if it’s a profit or loss. So after 00.00 it’s fine for it to go into buy again. If it doesn’t make a sell, I want it to continue running until it gets a signal to do so.

10/06/2025 at 5:43 PM #252205 quote

robertogozzi
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Use the variable OTD as defined at https://www.prorealcode.com/topic/help-with-limiting-strategy-to-one-trade-per-day/ (post #143705 ).

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10/06/2025 at 5:48 PM #252206 quote
Iván González
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Hi,you can handle this easily by checking when a new day starts and using a variable to mark whether a trade has already been made during the current day.
Here’s a working example that does exactly what you described:
```
ONCE lastTradeDay = 0

newDay = day <> day[1]

// Reset permission to trade when a new day starts
IF newDay THEN
   lastTradeDay = 0
ENDIF

// Buy signal: close crosses above 30-period average
setuplong = close CROSSES OVER average[30](close)

// Entry: only if no position is open and no trade has been made today
IF NOT OnMarket AND lastTradeDay = 0 AND setuplong THEN
   BUY 1 CONTRACT AT MARKET
ENDIF

// Exit: close crosses below 30-period average
IF OnMarket AND close CROSSES UNDER average[30](close) THEN
   SELL AT MARKET
   lastTradeDay = 1 // mark that a trade has already been made today
ENDIF

GRAPH lastTradeDay COLOURED("red")
GRAPH newDay COLOURED("blue")
GRAPH setuplong COLOURED("lime")
```
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10/06/2025 at 5:50 PM #252208 quote
robertogozzi
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The link above seems not to work, here is the code:
```
OTD = Barindex - TradeIndex(1) > IntradayBarIndex  // limits the (opening) trades till  1 per day (OTD One Trade per Day)
if time >= StartE And time <= StartL and OTD  then //and not onmarket then
   IF conditionsmet then
      buy N shares AT MARKET
   ENDIF
endif
```
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