Buying Condition Day of Week

[value57]

Hello
I try to test a simple strategy: buying on Monday at market open, but only when before that Monday the Friday close was higher than the Friday open. I used the strategy builder and clicked me through to the point "Conditions and Actions". There I built the following sets of conditions:
If (Times[0][0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday) and Default input [0] > Open[0]
then EnterLong(DefaultQuantity,"");

If (Times[0][0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday), then ExitLong(DefaultQuantity,"");

But when I test the strategy with the strategy analyzer, the entry time is always Friday (15:32), the exit time Friday (22:00). What am I doing wrong? How must I change the strategy input to buy Monday at market open and sell at Monday's close?

Best regards
Value57

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello value57,

Your condition says to EnterLong is the DayOfWeek is Friday. Do you have the actions switched around for the conditions. Do you mean to be exiting on friday and entering on monday?

You can use the PriorDayOHLC indicator if you want to get the PriorClose and PriorOpen for the previous session.

[value57]

Dear Chelsea
Thank you very much for your help. I didn't knew the PriorDayOHLC indicator. But with that I managed to build my strategy :-) Best regards.