Hi I have been coding the following strategy to read the 10th last 1min candle of the Real Trading Hours in the Dow and to then take a scalp trade to the close if that candle also shows more Momentum than its preceding candles.

However my code did not result in a long trade on Friday as I expected it to. SO it seems my code is not successful in classifying the 20h50 (UK Time candle) as a Bull candle.

Can someone please assist me with what I am doing wrong?

Here is the code

DEFPARAM CumulateOrders = False

If Time = 205100  Then
Amplitude10 = Range[1]
Amplitude11 = Range[2]
Amplitude12 = Range[3]
Amplitude13 = Range[4]
AverageRange = (Amplitude11+Amplitude12 + Amplitude13)/4
Endif

//At Close of 20h50 candle set the status of the candle as Bull, Bear or Doji
If Time = 205100 and Close[0] > Open[0]+5 then
Bull = 1
Else
IF Time = 205100 and Open[0]>Close[0]+5 then
Bear = 1
Else 
Doji = 1
Endif
Endif

//Checks if the 20h50 candle has more momentum 20% in this case compared to the previous candles 45min to 49min
If Amplitude10 > AverageRange *1.2 Then
Trigger = 1
Endif

//Set the time to execute the trade
If Time > 205459 and Time < 205600 then
Execute =1
Else
 Execute = 0
Endif

IF Bull AND Execute And Trigger THEN
BUY 1 Contract AT MARKET
ENDIF
IF LONGONMARKET AND (BarIndex - TRADEINDEX) = 4 THEN
SELL 1 share AT MARKET
ENDIF
IF Bear AND Execute and Trigger THEN
SELLSHORT 1 Contract AT MARKET
ENDIF
IF SHORTONMARKET AND (BarIndex - TRADEINDEX) = 4 THEN
EXITSHORT AT MARKET
ENDIF

Set Target PProfit 100

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