Re: Code help with beginning of day strategy

[Mike Gossland <mga@xxxxxxxx>]

>Randy wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to do in simple terms is to start the strategy at the
>>beginning of each day. Example:  On a 5 minute chart, buy at the
>>close of the 15th bar from the opening of the day.
>
>How about:
>
>If Time[15] = 0930 then buy;
>
>(assuming 0930 is the opening time in your time zone and market).

This is a very neat approach.

Just one little correction - bar times are end times, so you'd need to use

if Time[15] = 935 then buy;

Or more generally:

if Time[15] = MinutesToTime(TimeToMinutes(Sess1StartTime) + BarInterval) then buy;

Mike Gossland

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