Backtest n days before month end or after month begins

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Hi all,

could you help me with this approach, i need to code a signal that opens a trade n days before the end of the month or n first days of new month. Could you help my with pseudocode please?.

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coiler: , i need to code a signal that opens a trade n days before the end of the month or n first days of new month. Could you help my with pseudocode please?.
  1. You have only three choices: Search for it, learn to code it, or pay someone. We're not going to code it FOR you. We are willing to HELP you when you post your attempt (using SRC) and the nature of your problem.
  2. First n days of new month is easy TimeDay(when) <= n
  3. Last n is slightly harder
    enum eMonth {JANUARY=1, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST,
             SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER };
int   DaysOfMonth(datetime when){
                        // Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
   static int     dpm[] =  {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
   eMonth         mo = TimeMonth(when);
   return dpm[mo - JANUARY] + (mo != FEBRUARY ? 0 : (int)IsLeapYear(when) );
}
bool  IsLeapYear(dateime when){
   int year = TimeYear(when); return year%4==0 && (year%100!=0 || year%400==0);}
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if(DaysOfMonth(when) - TimeDay(when) > n)
    From my code
 
WHRoeder:
  1. You have only three choices: Search for it, learn to code it, or pay someone. We're not going to code it FOR you. We are willing to HELP you when you post your attempt (using SRC) and the nature of your problem.
  2. First n days of new month is easy TimeDay(when) <= n
  3. Last n is slightly harderFrom my code
Can you explain why you are still coding on 80 columns in 2015 ?
 
angevoyageur: Can you explain why you are still coding on 80 columns in 2015 ?
 Are your books one column but two feet wide? No because that is unreadable. They are 6 inches, sometimes two columns, so you can read it easily. So should be your code. I'm not going to go scrolling (or moving my eyes) back and forth trying to read it.
 
WHRoeder:
angevoyageur: Can you explain why you are still coding on 80 columns in 2015 ?
 Are your books one column but two feet wide? No because that is unreadable. They are 6 inches, sometimes two columns, so you can read it easily. So should be your code. I'm not going to go scrolling (or moving my eyes) back and forth trying to read it.

Are you coding in columns ?

I don't code on a book, I code on a computer, any screen can easily contains 130 characters on a line and still being perfectly readable (on  my 13 inches and with my glasses).

Anyway that's all a matter of taste, personally I always find your code unreadable, being so compact.

Fortunately, this does not stop me from learning. No offense.

enum eMonth 
  {
   JANUARY=1,FEBRUARY,MARCH,APRIL,MAY,JUNE,JULY,AUGUST,SEPTEMBER,OCTOBER,NOVEMBER,DECEMBER 
  };

int DaysOfMonth(datetime when)
  {
                        // Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
   static int     dpm[] = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
   eMonth         mo    = TimeMonth(when);
//---
   return(dpm[mo - JANUARY] + (mo != FEBRUARY ? 0 : (int)IsLeapYear(when) ));
  }

bool IsLeapYear(dateime when)
  {
   int year=TimeYear(when); 
//---
   return(year%4==0 && (year%100!=0 || year%400==0));
  }
   :
if(DaysOfMonth(when)-TimeDay(when)>n)
 
angevoyageur:

Are you coding in columns?

I don't code on a book, I code on a computer, any screen can easily contains 130 characters on a line and still being perfectly readable (on  my 13 inches and with my glasses).

Anyway that's all a matter of taste, personally I always find your code unreadable, being so compact.

Fortunately, this does not stop me from learning. No offence.
Yes
int      pips2points;                  // slippage  3 pips  3=points 30=points  
double   pips2dbl;                     // Stoploss 15 pips  0.0015   0.00150    
int      digits_pips;                  // DoubleToStr(dbl/pips2dbl, digits_pips)
Your eMonth is only 102 characters wide, if you add proper English spacing yet this post is already becoming unreadable (depending on browser/font size.)

Also, since we must adapt to non-English (ur) and English (Correct brackets/bracers) I just extend that to sight impaired as well.
   JANUARY=1, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER
I find the current formatting looses paragraph information that white space should convey.
void OnFirstTick(){
    if(Digits % 2 == 1){   // DE30=1/JPY=3/EURUSD=5 forum.mql4.com/43064#515262
            pips2dbl = Point*10;    pips2points = 10;    digits_pips = 1;
   } else { pips2dbl = Point;       pips2points =  1;    digits_pips = 0;     }
   // OrderSend(... Slippage_Pips * pips2points, Bid - StopLossPips * pips2dbl
//---- These are adjusted for 5 digit brokers.
                                                                              
   mi_minlot   = MI(MODE_MINLOT);
   mi_minlot   = MI(MODE_MINLOT);
   mi_maxlot   = MI(MODE_MAXLOT);
   mi_lotstep  = MI(MODE_LOTSTEP);
                                                                              
   lotDigits   = 0;  double   lotStep  = mi_lotstep;
   while(lotStep - int(lotStep) > 1.E-8){ ++lotDights;   lotStep *= 10.0;  }
                                                                              
   for(eTimeScale ts=TS_FIRST; ts < TS_COUNT; ++ts)   if(IsTsOk(ts) )
      DownloadHistory(ts);
Never stop learning.
No offense taken.
 
WHRoeder:

No offense taken.

Fixed. Thank you
 
Alain Verleyen:

Are you coding in columns ?

I don't code on a book, I code on a computer, any screen can easily contains 130 characters on a line and still being perfectly readable (on  my 13 inches and with my glasses).

Anyway that's all a matter of taste, personally I always find your code unreadable, being so compact.

Fortunately, this does not stop me from learning. No offense.

Hi. I am trying to use this code but it can only be typed on global, namespace or class scope. Is there any way it can be placed OnTick?

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