Hi,

Is there a way to buy or sell at a certain time rather than at close of the bar?

If venter = 1 then Begin
If currententries = 0 then Buy("B1") Noofcontracts contract this bar at Close;
If currententries = 1 then Buy("B2") Noofcontracts contract this bar at Close;
venter= 0;
end;

Thanks!

highjohn 

Hi, Is there a way to buy or sell at a certain time rather than at close of the bar? If venter = 1 then Begin If currententries = 0 then Buy("B1") Noofcontracts contract this bar at Close; If currententries = 1 then Buy("B2") Noofcontracts contract this bar at Close; venter= 0; end; Thanks!

if time=XXX then buy next bar at open;

You just have to have a bar with the time you list in the code.

kevinkdog 

if time=XXX then buy next bar at open; You just have to have a bar with the time you list in the code.

Thank you. But the 'next bar' on the hourly chart may be after quite a bit of time. Isnt it?

highjohn 

Thank you. But the 'next bar' on the hourly chart may be after quite a bit of time. Isnt it?

If time is an issue, you could use stop or limit orders:


If XXXX then buy next bar at YYYY stop;

If XXXX then buy next bar at ZZZZ limit;


those will execute during the next bar.

Also, you could look at Intrabar Order Generation, which would execute at next tick once a condition turns true. But you can't backtest with that.

highjohn,

another approach could be using a lower timeframe for the trading. Either in conjunction with a higher timeframe on Data 2 or by tracking higher timeframe values internally within the code using the underlying lower timeframe.

Regards,

ABCTG