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Re: Don't take trade on first bar



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if condition and t>=xxxx then buy bbb stop;

(t=time.  If your chart is on Eastern US Time and you are trading the S&P, 
xxxx would be 0935)

Rgds
Simon.

At 12:21 14/06/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Can anyone help with this? I'm using TS 4.
>
>I'm fiddling with an intraday system using 5 min bars and I'd like a
>condition that allows me to prevent it taking a trade on the very first
>bar of the day, mainly to avoid taking a trade if the open gaps from last
>night's close.
>
>The code is currently:
>
>if condition... then buy at bbb stop;
>
>I've tried the LastCalcTime function:
>
>if condition and LastCalcTime<>1600....
>     the time of the close of the last bar the previous day
>
>But it simply prevents *all* trades.
>
>Is there an easy way to do this?
>
>Cheers,
>Ian