How to limit time of day on daily strategy?

[gogetit]

I have a strategy that works on a daily price input, let's say simple SMA cross over.

I would like the strategy to execute only after 3pm, meaning - all signals during the day should be ignored. I don't want to calculate on bar close [that's why I have set the parameters to False], but I do want to trade only once, in the last hour of trading.
How can that be achieved? thank!

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello gogetit,

A daily bar offers only a time stamp for the session close, so it does not offer the resolution for trading filters.

You may consider using the realtime only property DateTime.Now which accesses your computer clock, or adding another series for increased time resolution. We have a sample available here that can help with creating time filters based on bar's time stamps:

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

[gogetit]

Thanks, I will use DateTime.Now.

[koganam]

Thanks, I will use DateTime.Now.

if (DateTime.Now.Hours >= 15)
{
//process trading logic
}

[gogetit]

Thanks, I used:

// exits if time is earlier than 7:30pm local time
if (DateTime.Now < DateTime.Parse("19:30") ){
	return;
}