Re: exitlong shenanigans

["Barrington Bear" <schindlertrading@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget about the "Close at end of day" signal in building your
strategy when backtesting.  It will get you out of trades on days when the
market closes early.  The "Close at end of day" signal came with TS2000i and
TS4.0


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wynne" <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <dartingriver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: exitlong shenanigans



> >Maybe I've been staring at it too long but what's wrong with the
following
> >line?
> >
> >if marketposition(0) =1 and time = 1630 then exitlong;
> >
> >All I want to do is exit any long positions at half past four, for crying
> >out loud.
>
> If you are in the USA, then most markets are closed at "half past four."
>
> try: if time = 1530 then exitlong at market;