How to check for a day in a month like triple witching day?

[vishalct]

Hi,

I have been hard-coding the triple-witching days in my code. But there must be a way check via code if today is third friday of March/June/Spetember/December. If you could share a code for that, it would help me.

thanks

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello vishalct,

Thank you for your post.

			if(Time[0].Day > Time[1].Day
				&& Time[0].Month == Time[1].Month
				&& Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday)
			{
				fCount++;
			}
			else if(Time[0].Month != Time[1].Month)
			{
				fCount = 0;
			}
			
			if(fCount == 3
				&& (Time[0].Month == 3
				|| Time[0].Month == 6
				|| Time[0].Month == 9
				|| Time[0].Month == 12))
			{
				// do something
			}

Where fCount is an int declared in the Variables region.
For information on DateTime please visit the following link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib....datetime.aspx

[sledge]

You'll need some custom code on that one.

Asking Google how to find the 3rd Friday in .net returns alot of suggestions.


Here's one such discussion:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5421972/how-to-find-the-3rd-friday-in-a-month-with-c

[koganam]

Hello vishalct,

Thank you for your post.

			if(Time[0].Day > Time[1].Day
				&& Time[0].Month == Time[1].Month
				&& Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday)
			{
				fCount++;
			}
			else if(Time[0].Month != Time[1].Month)
			{
				fCount = 0;
			}
			
			if(fCount = 3
				&& (Time[0].Month == 3
				|| Time[0].Month == 6
				|| Time[0].Month == 9
				|| Time[0].Month == 12))
			{
				// do something
			}

Where fCount is an int declared in the Variables region.
For information on DateTime please visit the following link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib....datetime.aspx

Slight correction.

if(fCount == 3 ...

Comparison, not assignment.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Reviewing my code after correcting my error I realize this would miss the first Friday if it was the first of month. While rare, it can occur. You would make the changes I made below in Bold.

			if(Time[0].Day > Time[1].Day
				&& Time[0].Month == Time[1].Month
				&& Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday)
			{
				fCount++;
			}
			[B]else if(Time[0].Month != Time[1].Month
				&& Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday
				&& Time[0].Day == 1)
			{
				fCount = 1;
			}
			else
			{
				fCount = 0;
			}[/B]
			
			if(fCount == 3
				&& (Time[0].Month == 3
				|| Time[0].Month == 6
				|| Time[0].Month == 9
				|| Time[0].Month == 12))
			{
				// do something
			}