Analysis Techniques & Strategies

_Single At-Mrkt En (Strategy)

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Input Information

Name Type Default Description
LongOrShort Numeric 1 Used to indicate the type of entry; use 1 for Long, 2 for Short.
Quantity Numeric 1000 Specifies the number of shares to enter into the position.
EntryBarDate_YYMMDD Numeric 020102 Date of the entry bar, in YYMMDD format.
EntryBarTime_HHMM Numeric 1300 Time of the entry bar, in 24 hour HHMM format. This value is only used in an intra-day chart

Usage

An "at market" entry (long or short) that will occur on the chart at the open of a bar specified by date and time.

Description

The _Single At Mrkt En strategy allows you to produce a future order at a specified bar. By indicating the specific criteria of the entry (long or short, number of shares, date, and/or time), the strategy will indicate the entry on the chart as a market order when the bar with the matching date and/or time is generated.

This strategy will only work on charts using an Intra-day or Daily bar interval.

Order Name: Buy, Short (system-generated default names)

Related Strategy: None

Related Function(s): None