Code for months in strategy

[jmrbtrader08]

Hi, what code can I use in my strategy to not trade all days in march for example? Also, If I don't want my strategy to trade Fridays in February? Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello,

Thank you for your post.

You can compare a <DateTime>.Month to a specific number, which would correspond to a month. Below is the Microsoft documentation for this.

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

https://ninjatrader.com/support/iseries_time.htm

Similarly to detect a day of the week, you could use <DateTime>.DayOfWeek.

For example,

//Check if it is a Friday in February.
if (Time[0].Month == 2 && Time[0].DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday)
//do something

[jmrbtrader08]

That works, thanks!

[jmrbtrader08]

My code isn't working:

if ((Times[0][0].TimeOfDay > new TimeSpan(7, 0, 0))

&& (Times[0][0].TimeOfDay < new TimeSpan(15, 55, 0))

&& (Times[0][0].DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Wednesday)

// Specific

&& ((Time[0].Month == 2 && Time[0].DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Friday)

&& (Time[0].Month != 3)

&& (Time[0].Month == 5 && Time[0].DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Monday)

&& (Time[0].Month == 8 && Time[0].DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Tuesday)

&& (Time[0].Month != 9)

&& (Time[0].Month == 11 && Time[0].DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Monday)))


It doesn't activate. Does is look good? Or do I need to change anything?

[NinjaTrader_Gaby]

Hello,

This statement will only be true when the month is February, May, August, AND November - which is not possible.

Use the "or" operator instead of "and" if you're trying to check if it is February, May, August, OR November.

[jmrbtrader08]

Got it thanks!