Timeframe in screener

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10/01/2016 at 5:00 PM #14039 quote
jbyrne
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Hi, Ive written some code but i want it to only look at the first 5 min candle of the current day. How can I do this?

Thanks

My code:
```
//Bear Candle
BearBody = (open - close)
BearWick = (close - low) or (high - open)
BearCandle = BearBody < BearWick

//Bull Candle
BullBody = (close - open)
BullWick = (open - low) or (high - close)
BullCandle = BullBody < BullWick

Screener [BearCandle or BullCandle]
```
10/02/2016 at 1:02 PM #14051 quote

jbyrne
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hi, im sorry if im missing something easy but i’m very new to coding with PRT so any help would be hugely appreciated, all i want to know how I can make the above code run on only the first 5 minutes of the current day 🙂

10/02/2016 at 2:13 PM #14053 quote

Nicolas
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On what timeframe do you want to launch your screener?

10/02/2016 at 2:15 PM #14054 quote

jbyrne
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on a 5 minute timeframe which ive done, but i only want it to run on the first candle of the day, if i run the code as it is, it just run since earliest date which i dont want.

10/02/2016 at 3:00 PM #14055 quote

Nicolas
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You can use intradaybarindex to know the actual candlestick number. With it you can restrain your test to the first intradaybarindex.

10/02/2016 at 4:49 PM #14064 quote

jbyrne
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ive added IntradayBarIndex[0] to the start of my code and it doesn’t work, the candle is the first bar of the day and therefore bar 0 if im not mistaken. If you could give me some help with the syntax when using it in a screener instead of just an indicator that would help me out alot 🙂

10/02/2016 at 6:16 PM #14068 quote
Nicolas
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Hmmm.. maybe a time condition would meet more the way you are thinking about your screener.

Add a time condition (adapt it to the open time of the instrument of course):
```
tcondition = time>080000 and time<081000
```
Your complete code would look like this:
```
//Bear Candle
BearBody = (open - close)
BearWick = (close - low) or (high - open)
BearCandle = (BearBody < BearWick) and tcondition

//Bull Candle
BullBody = (close - open)
BullWick = (open - low) or (high - close)
BullCandle = (BullBody < BullWick) and tcondition

Screener [BearCandle or BullCandle]
```
Didn’t test it, Sunday evening coding, should work .. 🙂
10/02/2016 at 6:52 PM #14074 quote

jbyrne
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thats great thank you very much! i’ll test it tomorrow and update you if it all works 🙂
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