I'm trying to create a simple strategy to enter long on an intraday close over yesterday's high. This code is returning long entries below the prior day's high. Any ideas why?

If close > HighD(1) then buy next bar at market;

Thank you.

10handles 

I'm trying to create a simple strategy to enter long on an intraday close over yesterday's high. This code is returning long entries below the prior day's high. Any ideas why? If close > HighD(1) then buy next bar at market; Thank you.

Can you show an example where this is not working as you expect?

Maybe you want this: If close > HighD(1) then buy next bar at HighD(1) limit;

kevinkdog 

Can you show an example where this is not working as you expect? Maybe you want this: If close > HighD(1) then buy next bar at HighD(1) limit;

Thanks Kevin. That didn't solve the problem. Here's a screenshot. Yellow lines are prior session high.

10handles 

Thanks Kevin. That didn't solve the problem. Here's a screenshot. Yellow lines are prior session high.

Trade 2 is doing exactly what it is supposed to: If the close at end of day is greater than the previous high, then buy at the open of the next bar. The decision to buy is made at the close of the day, regardless of a gap down at the start of the next day.

What about "if open next bar > highd(1) then buy this bar at market" or "if open next bar > highd(1) then buy this bar at close" (I did not test, you'll have to check this)

I think all 3 trades are doing what they are supposed to do. Your statement close>HighD(1) says at the close of any bar, whether it is at the end of the day or in the middle of the day, if the close of that bar is higher than yesterday's High it is supposed to buy on the next bar. Doesn't matter if the next bar is the middle of the day or it is the first bar on the next day.

10handles,

you might want to exclude the last bar of each session from triggering trades, as the fill will occur on the next session. You can either use an input or a fixed time like "if Time < 1600" or use the SessionEndTime reserved word to get the end time for the particular session.

Regards,
ABCTG

10handles 

Thanks Kevin. That didn't solve the problem. Here's a screenshot. Yellow lines are prior session high.

Thank you Kevin, ABCTG and Dean.

Yes the last bar was causing the problem. The workaround I used for now is to add "If marketposition = 0" as a condition since I have it send to exit at the end of the session.

I know very little about EL/coding so it will take me some time to figure out how to exclude the last bar of each session but that is probably the better solution since I may want to explore a different exit strategy then session end.

Best regards.

10handles 

Thank you Kevin, ABCTG and Dean. Yes the last bar was causing the problem. The workaround I used for now is to add "If marketposition = 0" as a condition since I have it send to exit at the end of the session. I know very little about EL/coding so it will take me some time to figure out how to exclude the last bar of each session but that is probably the better solution since I may want to explore a different exit strategy then session end. Best regards.

Simple. Say the time of the last bar of the day is 1600.. then do this:

If time<1600 then begin

' your entry code

end;

That will prevent an entry based on that last bar

kevinkdog 

Simple. Say the time of the last bar of the day is 1600.. then do this: If time<1600 then begin ' your entry code end; That will prevent an entry based on that last bar

Super, thanks Kevin!