Strategy conditions at specific days in the month

[andi5385]

Hello guys,

how do you create conditions for execute a strategy at specific days at the month?

For example, I want an entry at the 8th day in the month and exit at the 3rd day in the month.

Is it only possible via NinjaScript and what‘s the best way to do this?

Thank you!

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello andi5385,

You can compare a <DateTime>.Day to a specific number.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.day?view=net-5.0

[andi5385]

Hi Chelsea,

thank you for your reply. How is it possible in the condition builder?

Thank you!
Andreas

[NT-Roland]

Hi andi5385,
To my understanding, this can not be done with the StrategyBuilder. At least, I'm not aware that my suggestion I posted here ever took flight.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/suggestions-and-feedback/suggestions-and-feedback-aa/106991-day-of-month-day-of-year

Somewhat strange that "Day of week" is available in Strategy Builder, but "Day of month", "Day of year" or "Month" are (still) not exposed?
Unless this was fixed, you will have to use NinjaScript to detect a new month, if true, reset the TradingDay counter, increment by one on every other new day, compare the value of the counter with your entry (e.g. 8) and exit input (e.g. 3) and then place/terminate your trades accordingly. The counter itself could be built as follows in NinjaScript:
if (Time[0].Date.Month != Time[1].Date.Month)
{
tradingDay = 1;
}
else
{
tradingDay++;
}
NT-Roland

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Andreas,

Just confirm, NT-Roland is correct. The Day (of month) is not available in the Strategy Builder and this would require unlocking the script and coding by hand.