STOP SYSTEM

• 04/23/2018 at 5:29 PM #69001
  steynpj

  I do not want automated trades to stay open over weekends.

  I know how to quit system with specified time and date, but then I have to adjust it weekly. This is not a problem, but it is then not possible to back test for longer than a week.

   

  Any ideas to stop system specified time on Friday, restart automatically on Monday?

   

  Thank you

  

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  04/23/2018 at 6:22 PM #69010
  Pierre

  Hi,

  Instead of using a fixed date, you can use the CurrentDayOfWeek.

  //For Monday CurrentDayOfWeek = 1

  1 2	//For Monday CurrentDayOfWeek = 1

  //For Friday CurrentDayOfWeek = 5

  1 2	//For Friday CurrentDayOfWeek = 5

  To learn more : https://www.prorealcode.com/documentation/category/dateandtime/

  Regards,

  Pierre

  

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  04/26/2018 at 10:17 AM #69201
  juanj

  @Pierre do you know why we do not have a ‘currentday’ function in PRT?

  But we have a ‘day’ function?

  I have oftentimes needed to use something like:

  If day = currenday Then…

  Instead I now have to try and work around it by using:

  If month = currentmonth and dayofweek = currentdayofweek Then…

  But this is much less ideal than simply having a currentday function.

  We already have currentyear, currentmonth, currentdayofweek, currenthour, currentminute so why not currentday?

  

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