Open and Close at start and end of same bar

• 06/03/2016 at 3:52 PM #8766
  K12AN

  Hello

  I would like to Open a trade at the start of a bar and close it at the end of the same bar i.e. my exit criteria is the end of the time period.

  Example:

  I wish to go long on a 15 min bar – I would like to buy 1 lot at 11:00 and exit my position at 11:15.

  Thanks

  K12an

  

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  06/03/2016 at 4:45 PM #8768
  Adolfo

  Hi K12AN, do you want something like this?

  IF TIME=110000 THEN BUY AT MARKET ENDIF IF TIME=111500 THEN SELL AT MARKET ENDIF

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  IF TIME=110000 THEN BUY AT MARKET ENDIF IF TIME=111500 THEN SELL AT MARKET ENDIF

  Or

  IF LONGONMARKET THEN // Next bar will be closed no matter what time SELL AT MARKET ENDIF

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  IF LONGONMARKET THEN // Next bar will be closed no matter what time SELL AT MARKET ENDIF

   

  

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  06/03/2016 at 5:01 PM #8769
  Adolfo

  IF YOURCONDITIONS THEN BUY AT MARKET NEXTBAROPEN ENDIF IF LONGONMARKET THEN SELL AT MARKET ENDIF

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  IF YOURCONDITIONS THEN BUY AT MARKET NEXTBAROPEN ENDIF   IF LONGONMARKET THEN SELL AT MARKET ENDIF

  Hope it helps you 😉

  

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  06/03/2016 at 5:23 PM #8771
  K12AN

  Thanks Adolfo – will give it a try 🙂

  

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  06/03/2016 at 7:25 PM #8775
  Nicolas

  NEXTBAROPEN is depreciated. Each conditions are tested at close of the bar and then trade are launched at the next bar open.

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  06/06/2016 at 11:39 PM #8899
  K12AN

  Not having much luck with this I’m afraid.

  I wanted to open a trade every day at 7am and close it at 5pm – but haven’t been able to make it work.

  Even when using the function in beta version 10.3 it doesn’t generate any trades in backtesting

  

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  06/07/2016 at 7:32 AM #8906
  Nicolas

  What is the timeframe used for your conditions? May I ask you to put here your entire code for a better comprehension? Thanks! 🙂

  

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