2nd trading day of month

[trader3000a]

Hi,
How would you define, in ninjascript, the 2nd trading day of a given month?
thanks,
David

[trader3000a]

I'm thinkiing of a counter using:

bool tradingDayCounter;


e = Times[0][0].Month;

bool Condition1 = false;

Condition1 = e != prevMonth;

myDate = Times[0][0];

if (IsTradingDayDefined(myDate) && Condition1 == true)
tradingDayCounter ++

If (tradingDayCounter == 2)
do stuff

Am i on the right track?

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[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello trader3000a,

The Trading hours should only load actual trading days in the data, so I would not imagine a sessioniterator would be necessary.

Using a counter would be effective.

private int previousMonth, tradingDays;

if (Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession)
{
    if (previousMonth != Time[0].Month)
    {
        previousMonth = Time[0].Month;
        tradingDays = 0;
    }

    tradingDays++;

    Print(Time[0]);

    if (tradingDays == 2)
        Print(string.Format("Day of month: {0}", Time[0].Day));
}

[trader3000a]

Hi Chelsea,
I really appreciate your help with this. It works great on minute charts, but I can't get any output from it on a daily chart. I'm guessing there's an adjsutment I need to make with "IsFirstBarOfSession" to get it going on daily bars? I guess just leave that part out?
David

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello David,

Yes, Bars.IsFirstBarOfSession is false on day bars. Leave that part out.

[trader3000a]

Nice. thanks again!