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Re: Don't take trade on first bar



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you could try
if time > Sess1FirstBarTime
or
if Date[1] > Date[2]

Neville


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Waugh <ianwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: ianwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ianwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:22
Subject: Don't take trade on first bar


>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
>
>