How Do I add a weekday filter in Strategy Builder???

[Skeff]

I'd like to optimize and backtest strategies while using a weekday checkbox in the strat analyzer.
How do I write this into my strategies on the strategy builder?
I'd like the outcome to look like this...

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Skeff,

To make what you displayed you would need to make Bool user inputs to create the checkboxes. Those user inputs can then be used to control specific sets and if they work or not.

To make a weekday filter and associate it with a bool input you would need to do a few steps. You will need 7 sets, one for each day of the week. An additional bool variable will be needed to toggle trading.

I will walk through how you would make a condition for monday, you can then repeat this for each other day in individual sets.

In set 1 add a condition like the following:
Left: User input -> Monday bool user input
Center: Equals
Right: Misc -> True

As a second condition in the set do the following:
Left: Time -> Date series
Center: equals
Right: Time -> Day of week -> monday

As the action for the set you will need to set the bool variable to true to denote trading can happen. That bool variable can be used in a later set with your entry conditions to allow trading on specific days.

[Skeff]

Hi Jesse and thx for helping.

I walked thru all the steps and the result was a beautiful set of checkboxes in the parameters section of the strategy.
Unfortunately when I tried running tests, they brought back "0's" (a value of zero dollars)
Clearly I entered the data in a way that blocked the analyzer from completing the task.

Any ideas what I may have done?

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello Skeff,

If there were 0 results that likely means your condition to trade was not true. If you post images of what you made that may help to see what the problem is.