I want strategy to run from 6:00 PM local until 10:00 AM local only

[jimwolfe]

Hi, I want my strategy to only run or generate signals for me from 6:00 PM local time until 10:00 am local time, how do I program in these time stipulations? So I do NOT want it to run or generate signals from 10:01 AM until 5:59 PM.

[TheTradingMantis]

Jim, I use the following code snippet. You need to set interger variables for PitOpenTime and PitCloseTime in the format HHMMSS (e.g. 183000 for 6:30:00 pm)

[SIZE=1]if (PitOpenTime == -1) // Strategy set to run 24 hours a day[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (Bars.FirstBarOfSession == true)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    Print(TimeStamp+"\tStart Processing Strategy Again");[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    haltProcessing = false;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  // Stop all strategy logic in the OnBarUpdate() method.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (haltProcessing == true)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    return;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  } [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]else if (PitCloseTime > PitOpenTime)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (ToTime(Time[0]) <= PitOpenTime &&[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  ToTime(Time[0]) >= 0 &&[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  haltProcessing == true)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    Print(TimeStamp+"\tStart Processing Strategy Again");[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    haltProcessing = false;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (ToTime(Time[0]) < PitOpenTime ||[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  (ToTime(Time[0]) > PitOpenTime && haltProcessing == true))[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    return;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  // Stop all strategy logic in the OnBarUpdate() method.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (haltProcessing == true)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    return;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (ToTime(Time[0]) > PitCloseTime)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    StopStrategy("EndOfSession"); // Call custom method to close all open positions and cancel all working orders[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]else if (PitCloseTime < PitOpenTime)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (ToTime(Time[0]) >= PitOpenTime &&[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  haltProcessing == true)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    Print(TimeStamp+"\tStart Processing Strategy Again");[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    haltProcessing = false;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  // Stop all strategy logic in the OnBarUpdate() method.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (haltProcessing == true)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    return;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  if (ToTime(Time[0]) < PitOpenTime && [/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  ToTime(Time[0]) > PitCloseTime)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  {[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]    StopStrategy("EndOfSession"); // Call custom method to close all open positions and cancel all working orders[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  }[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]else[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]{[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]  Print(TimeStamp+"\tError - PitOpenTime equals PitCloseTime");[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]}[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1][/SIZE] 

The link below has the code I used for the StopStrategy method. I used a modified version of SampleHaltAdvancedStrategy

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=4804

Greg

[TheTradingMantis]

My bad on formatting the post. Don't include any [/SIZE] or [SIZE=1] statements in the code.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Hello,

Also please take a look at the following reference sample on how to code this:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?t=3226

Let me know if I can be of further assistance.