[Reg]

Dear Easy Language People:

I am trying to put together a simple strategy program to:

Place either a long or short market order at a specific time of the day.

This order should be able to do the following.

Enter at a specific time.
Enter number of contracts.
Choose between long of short entry.
Once the order is set it should be reoccurring without having to set the date.

This will allow me to back test without having to reset the date for each day.



Example: The strategy could-

Place a market order at 0930 hrs. (everyday)

Long (or short)

Number of contracts (10)



I have tried to come up with the easy language program for this and have the following, but it will not verify.

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inputs:

LongOrShort( 1 ), { pass 1 to buy long, 2 to sell short }

Quantity( 10 ),

EntryBarTime_HHMM( 1300 ) ; { for intraday chart, pass in time of bar at which entry should occur, 24 hr format; entry will occur at the OPEN of the specified
bar; for daily chart, time is ignored, can pass in 0 }

variables:
if Time next bar = EntryBarTime

and ( BarType = 2 or ( BarType = 1 and Time next bar = EntryBarTime_HHMM ) )

then

if LongOrShort = 1 then

Buy Quantity shares next bar at market

else

Sell Short Quantity shares next bar at market ;

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Can you help me fix it???

Thanks

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[Tams]

Originally Posted by Reg »

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I have tried to come up with the easy language program for this and have the following, but it will not verify.
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Can you help me fix it???

Thanks

I would suggest you to go through the examples in the manual first.

your error is a simple one,
if I tell you the answer, you will come back for another question of similar problem.

It would be a lot easier if you spend a few hours with the manual,
and learn the basic syntax before you begin.

After you have learned the basics, I can then help you with the more advanced stuff.



ps.

1. maybe someone can give it a try.

2. it would help if you copy and paste the error message before you ask for assistence.

[Tradewinds]

Remove "Variable:"

And fix the name of the input "EntryBarTime"

inputs:

LongOrShort( 1 ), { pass 1 to buy long, 2 to sell short }

Quantity( 10 ),

EntryBarTime_HHMM( 1300 ) ; { for intraday chart, pass in time of bar at which entry should occur, 24 hr format; entry will occur at the OPEN of the specified
bar; for daily chart, time is ignored, can pass in 0 }


if Time next bar = EntryBarTime_HHMM

and ( BarType = 2 or ( BarType = 1 and Time next bar = EntryBarTime_HHMM ) )

then

if LongOrShort = 1 then

Buy Quantity shares next bar at market

else

Sell Short Quantity shares next bar at market ;