days of week

[SARdynamite]

Hello,

I would like to know what's the code line to isolate the days of the week.

For example : "if we are monday, then..."

I'm using NT7.

Thanks for your help.

[Ralph]

if (DateTime.Now.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
{...}

Regards
Ralph

[SARdynamite]

Thanks a lot

[SARdynamite]

Sorry, I was not precise enough.

I don't want "if we are monday today, then display 1 for all week" but instead "when day of (each) week is monday, then display 1 for all mondays"

I guess it has to do with the .Now thingie.

Sorry for the confusion. Any help appreciated.

[Ralph]

What about this one:

DateTime someDay = new DateTime(2010, 01, 01);
if (someDay.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday)
{...}

Regards
Ralph

[SARdynamite]

Sorry, can't make it work neither

Here is the sample indicator I wrote to test it.

It displays 0 for every day. It does not detect mondays

#region Using declarations
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using NinjaTrader.Cbi;
using NinjaTrader.Data;
using NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart;
#endregion

namespace NinjaTrader.Indicator{
    [Gui.Design.DisplayName("TEST")]
    [Description("TEST")]    
    public class SARdynamite_test : Indicator{
        #region Variables
        #endregion
        protected override void Initialize()
        {
            AutoScale = true;
            CalculateOnBarClose    = true;
            Name = "TEST ";
            Overlay = false;
            PriceTypeSupported= false;
            Add(new Plot(new Pen(Color.Lime,1),PlotStyle.Bar,"teest"));
        }
        protected override void OnBarUpdate()
        {
            if (CurrentBar<1) return;
            DateTime someDay = new DateTime(2010, 01, 01);
            if (someDay.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday) test.Set(1);
            else test.Set(0);
                
        }
        #region Properties
        [Browsable(false)]
        [XmlIgnore()]
        public DataSeries test
        {
            get { return Values[0]; }
        }
        #endregion
    }    
}

[Ralph]

I provided examples with arbitrary date-instantiations to get something to work on. I suspect in your indicator you intend to evaluate the actual bar right? If so, then you could try something like this:

if (Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday) test.Set(1);
else test.Set(0);

Regards
Ralph

[SARdynamite]

Sorry for the awkwardness. Works like a charm. Have a nice day.

[SARdynamite]

Sorry, one last request.

Just how we wrote "every monday", how do we put into code : "every first day of month" ?

Thanks a lot.

Have a nice day

[Ralph]

It is not obvious but the following returns the day of month:

Time[0].Day

therefore the check for first day of month:

if (Time[0].Day == 1)

Regards
Ralph

[SARdynamite]

Thanks a bunch.

[SARdynamite]

Knock knock.
Some more help.

How to detect timeframe ?

i.e. write "if time frame is 5 minutes chart then"

Thanks a lot. Have a nice day.

[NinjaTrader_Ben]

Hello,

You might want to use BarsPeriod:

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/BarsPeriod.html