ToTime Function... How does it work?

[zwentz]

I'm looking to recreate the ToTime function of NinjaTrader.Core.Indicator.IndicatorBase, the one that accepts a DateTime variable as an argument. However I can't use it from the NinjaTrader.Core the way I have my code setup. So I was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to maybe tell my how that function works or give me a good link to where I can go find that out.

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

zwentz, it converts the DateTime object to an integer value. Perhaps easier than recreating the method may be working with the DateTime class directly - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...e_members.aspx

[zwentz]

Thanks Bertrand! That worked for me:

        public int ToTime(DateTime date)
        {
            int time = 0;
            time = date.Hour * 10000;
            time += date.Minute * 100;
            time += date.Second;
            return time;
        }

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Great, thanks for sharing your snippet here!

[edgeliner]

If you want your strategy to start trading at 7:00 pm EST on Sundays, and trade 24 hours a day until Friday afternoons and not take any new trades after 12:00 noon EST on Friday, how would that look?

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

You would have to program into your strategy to halt trading at the specified time and DayOfWeek while running with a 24hr session definition.

[edgeliner]

Is this how it would look???

protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
// If its Friday after noon...do not trade
if(ToTime(Time[0]) >= 120000
&& if (Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday)
return;
}

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

if (ToTime(Time[0]) > 120000 && Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday)
     return;

You want 24 hrs for all days but Sunday. So you need to return on Sunday, not Friday.

[edgeliner]

Thanks Josh!

[edgeliner]

Actually, I do not want to trade on Fridays after noon????

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Then just change the snippet to DayOfWeek.Friday....

[edgeliner]

OK...Thanks!