Can Alerts work with Yahoo EOD?

[mefTrader]

I have the following piece of code that I am using pre/post market hours for equities

NewLong is being set correctly and plotted correctly but the Alert is not being generated? Any ideas?


if ((DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1).Date ==Time[0].Date) && (ToTime(DateTime.Now) <= ToTime(9, 30, 00)))// Yesterdays date Premarket(before 9,30,00)
{
index=0;
if (((Trend[(index+1)]==0) && (Trend[index]==1) ) || ((Trend[(index+1)]==-1) && (Trend[index]==1) ))
{
NewLong.Set(1);
Alert("GoingLong", NinjaTrader.Cbi.Priority.High, "New Long Position Initiated today...", "Connected.wav", 300, Color.Green, Color.White);
}
else
{
NewLong.Set(0);
}

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Meftrader,

This might not work properly if you are using the Yahoo feed. This is because they only supply a delayed end of day service. You will not get consistent intraday charts with the yahoo connection and this is what's needed for basing conditions off time.

From looking at your description though you are getting the condition to trigger (NewLong is set) but not seeing the alert element. Make sure you are monitoring for potential alerts with the alert window by clicking File > New > Alert.

[mefTrader]

Yes I am getting NewLong set but not seeing the Alert element . I have the Alerts window up (File > New > Alerts) but still no joy?

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

The yahoo connection isn't likely to contribute here since you're not actually referencing time stamps. Alerts only work on real time conditions. They are designed to signify when conditions are true NOW. Since you're testing for conditions yesterday (always going to be historical) this will never produce anything.