Close All Orders at end of session

[einja 10]

I was using the following code

 

[intrabarOrderGeneration = false]

SetExitOnClose ;

 

to close all orders whether long or short when session/day is ending.

 

It was not being executed and had to call the tech support of TS and they mentioned that the orders have to be specifically closed by custom code something like

 

if Time >= 1355 then

Close all orders

 

How do we write "Close all orders" in Easy Language. There could Long or Short Orders. I want all to be closed.

Edited April 2, 2014 by einja
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[UrmaBlume 10]

I was using the following code

 

[intrabarOrderGeneration = false]

SetExitOnClose ;

 

to close all orders whether long or short when session/day is ending.

 

It was not being executed and had to call the tech support of TS and they mentioned that the orders have to be specifically closed by custom code something like

 

if Time >= 1355 then

Close all orders

 

How do we write "Close all orders" in Easy Language. There could Long or Short Orders. I want all to be closed.

 

While it will take 2 statements, this should do it.

 

If MarketPosition > 0 and Time >= 1355 Then sell CurrentShares this bar on close;

If MarketPosition < 0 and Time >= 1355 Then Buy to Cover CurrentShares this bar on close;

 

MarketPosition will return a +1, -1 or 0 depending on whether you are long, short or flat.

 

CurrentShares will return the number of shares/contracts in your position.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

UB

[BlueHorseshoe 10]

SetExitOnClose will work fine in sim; in real trading you will need a separate exit instruction as UrmaBlume suggests.

 

I would use:

 

if t=1355 then begin
sell this bar;
buytocover this bar;
end;

 

The explanation from the EL dictionary is copied below.

 

Kind regards,

 

BlueHorseshoe

 

SetExitOnClose is a built-in stop reserved word used to place an order to exit all shares or contracts in all positions on the close of the last bar of the trading session on an intra-day chart.

 

For historical simulations, SetExitOnClose generates a market order on the bar close event of the last intra-day bar for each day in the chart. When used in an automated strategy placing real-world orders, SetExitOnClose generates a limit order into the post market trading session, (if one exists), otherwise a market order is generated for the open of the next regular session day.

 

SetExitOnClose by default uses the closing session time specified by the custom session settings of the chart.

 

SetExitOnClose can only be used in a Strategy.

 

When automating a strategy, you will not want to use SetExitOnClose as a way to make sure that all of your positions are closed prior to the regular session end time. To do this, you will need to generate a closing order prior to the last bar in the chart.