It is possible to code into TOS strategies where pre/after market data is shown but have it set where only trades during defined trading hours (NY session) is when trades take place? So essentially, it closes any open orders before NY close and then will not trade until NY sessions begins the next day.

I googled everywhere but found nothing.

I believe there are two ways of doing this.

One way is just to take off the Extended hours of trading under chart settings.- under futures or stock chart.

The other way is thru coding. Which I dont know how but I have one studies that does have it so I know you can..

Regards

bobbydigital83 

It is possible to code into TOS strategies where pre/after market data is shown but have it set where only trades during defined trading hours (NY session) is when trades take place? So essentially, it closes any open orders before NY close and then will not trade until NY sessions begins the next day. I googled everywhere but found nothing.

Yes. Something like this works for me (I wrote this at work, so haven't verified that it works correct, but I use some rendition of this in my strategies):

 

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input rthstart = 930; input rthend = 1600; def rth = if (secondstilltime(rthstart)<=0) and (secondstilltime(rthend) >=0) then 1 else 0; def buysignal = *stuff* AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_AUTO, *stuff* and rth == 1, *order price if specified*, *# contracts if specified*, Color.ORANGE, Color.ORANGE, "BTFD "); AddOrder(OrderType.Sell_To_close, rth == 0, close, *# contracts if specified*, Color.ORANGE, Color.ORANGE, "EOD_Exit");

def isopen=if secondsFromTime(0930)>=0 and secondstillTime(1600)>=0 then 1 else 0;
def isclosed=if secondsFromTime(1600)==0 then 1 else 0;

def tradinghours=if isopen then 1 else 0;
def flatatclose=if isclosed then 1 else 0;

Then add tradinghours == 1 to your buy_to_open / sell_to_open and flatatclose == 1 to your sell_to_close and buy_to_close

The reason I have it at 1600 is because I don't know what timeframe you are using. If you are using 15 min then you can set both at 1615 however if you're using a 20min, 30min or any timeframe that's not divisible by 15 then it won't close your trades at the end of the day.

I use a 20 min chart and leave it at 1600 for my purposes.

 

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def isopen=if secondsFromTime(0930)>=0 and secondstillTime(1600)>=0 then 1 else 0; def isclosed=if secondsFromTime(1600)==0 then 1 else 0; def tradinghours=if isopen then 1 else 0; def flatatclose=if isclosed then 1 else 0; AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, ratio > 1 and avg > 1 and ratio < 1.2 and tradinghours==1 , open[-1], 2, Color.green, Color.green, name = "______" ); AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, ratio < .9 or ratio > 1.3 or flatatclose==1 , close[0], 1, Color.white, Color.white, name = "______" ); AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_OPEN, ratio < 1 and avg < 1 and ratio > .8 and tradinghours==1, open[-1], 2, Color.red, Color.red, name = "______" ); AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_CLOSE, ratio > 1.1 or ratio <= .7 or flatatclose==1 , close[0],1, Color.white, Color.white, name = "______" );

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def isopen=if secondsFromTime(0930)>=0 and secondstillTime(1600)>=0 then 1 else 0; def isclosed=if secondsFromTime(1600)==0 then 1 else 0; def tradinghours=if isopen then 1 else 0; def flatatclose=if isclosed then 1 else 0; Then add tradinghours == 1 to your buy_to_open / sell_to_open and flatatclose == 1 to your sell_to_close and buy_to_close The reason I have it at 1600 is because I don't know what timeframe you are using. If you are using 15 min then you can set both at 1615 however if you're using a 20min, 30min or any timeframe that's not divisible by 15 then it won't close your trades at the end of the day. I use a 20 min chart and leave it at 1600 for my purposes.   Code def isopen=if secondsFromTime(0930)>=0 and secondstillTime(1600)>=0 then 1 else 0; def isclosed=if secondsFromTime(1600)==0 then 1 else 0; def tradinghours=if isopen then 1 else 0; def flatatclose=if isclosed then 1 else 0; AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_OPEN, ratio > 1 and avg > 1 and ratio < 1.2 and tradinghours==1 , open[-1], 2, Color.green, Color.green, name = "______" ); AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, ratio < .9 or ratio > 1.3 or flatatclose==1 , close[0], 1, Color.white, Color.white, name = "______" ); AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_TO_OPEN, ratio < 1 and avg < 1 and ratio > .8 and tradinghours==1, open[-1], 2, Color.red, Color.red, name = "______" ); AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_TO_CLOSE, ratio > 1.1 or ratio <= .7 or flatatclose==1 , close[0],1, Color.white, Color.white, name = "______" );

This was really helpful! I modified it a bit to have an input to switch between day session, extended hours session, or both. I also put in a 3 minute buffer for the end of session (rather than to the exact second) which lets it go flat on different timeframes.

 

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input session_type = {default day, extended, both}; input day_session_start = 0930; input day_session_end = 1600; # #############Setting Trading Time############################ #Will allow trading immediately after start, however will not enter if within 3 minutes (180 sec) of end time. #This 3 minute buffer is because having it exactly to the second of close time resulted in occasional misses. def daySession=if secondsFromTime(day_session_start)>=0 and secondstillTime(day_session_end) > 180 then 1 else 0; def extSession1 =if secondsFromTime(day_session_end)>=0 and secondstillTime(2359) >= 0 then 1 else 0; def extSession2 =if secondsFromTime(0000)>=0 and secondstillTime(day_session_start) > 180 then 1 else 0; def extSession = extSession1 or extSession2; def DayisClosed=if secondstillTime(day_session_end)== 0 then 1 else 0; def ExtisClosed=if secondstillTime(day_session_start)== 0 then 1 else 0; def session; def flatatclose; switch (session_type) { case day: session = daySession; flatatclose = DayisClosed; case extended: session = extSession; flatatclose = ExtisClosed; case both: session = daySession or ExtSession; flatatclose = double.NAN; } ################################################################ # AddOrder(OrderType.BUY_AUTO, LongCondition and session == 1, tickcolor = GetColor(1), arrowcolor = GetColor(1), name = "Enter Long"); AddOrder(OrderType.SELL_AUTO, ShortCondition and session == 1, tickcolor = GetColor(0), arrowcolor = GetColor(0), name = "Enter Short"); AddOrder (OrderType.SELL_TO_CLOSE, flatatclose == 1, tickcolor = GetColor(5), arrowcolor = GetColor(5), name = "Session End Close Long"); AddOrder (OrderType.BUY_TO_CLOSE, flatatclose == 1, tickcolor = GetColor(5), arrowcolor = GetColor(5), name = "Session End Close Short");