How to Check if a Particular Day is Holiday in Easylanguage

[rajatheroyal 10]

I wanted to test one long only strategy which buys on 10th of every month.But the problem is suppose the 10 th is holiday it should buy at next working day.Can anybody help me to know how to give the condition that 10th is holiday:confused:

[Tams 20]

in backtest...

 

if the data does not exist on the 10th, it must be a holiday...

 

 

 

;-)

[suriNotes 11]

hi,

 

Here is a post about an EasyLanguage function to check if a given calendar date (from 1998 to 2010)

is a Trading or a Half-Day or a Holiday

 

http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f56/suri-istradingday-easylanguage-function-7077.html#post79435

 

regards,

Suri

[rajatheroyal 10]

in backtest...

 

if the data does not exist on the 10th, it must be a holiday...

 

 

 

;-)

 

 

yes i know that.But i have to give condition if 10 th is a holiday then buy on the next working day.So for that i have to check if 10 th was a holiday or not this the problem.

[rajatheroyal 10]

hi,

 

Here is a post about an EasyLanguage function to check if a given calendar date (from 1998 to 2010)

is a Trading or a Half-Day or a Holiday

 

http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f56/suri-istradingday-easylanguage-function-7077.html#post79435

 

regards,

Suri

Thanks sir,but this is for US market i think.I m from India and i wan to check indian holidays for the past data so for that is there any fuction or how to give condition that if a day is holiday then do so and so.

[Kiwi 16]

Unless an Indian has written one you are unlikely to find one.

Edited November 2, 2009 by Kiwi

[suriNotes 11]

Thanks sir,but this is for US market i think.I m from India and i wan to check indian holidays for the past data so for that is there any fuction or how to give condition that if a day is holiday then do so and so.

 

Hi rajatheroyal,

 

You could compile a list of Holidays/Half-Days from Indian Exchanges and replace the U.S. exchanges HOLIDAYS data in the ELD posted.

 

Regards,

Suri

[Tams 20]

yes i know that.But i have to give condition if 10 th is a holiday then buy on the next working day.So for that i have to check if 10 th was a holiday or not this the problem.

 

 

if you can describe your thought process...

you can program it

 

I can write it out for you,

but I would do you a disservice,

because you will come back again,

and again,

to ask similar "thinking required" questions,

like what you are doing now.

 

my suggestion:

write out your thoughts,

one logic at a time,

one action at a time,

one action per sentence,

ONE SENTENCE PER LINE

I repeat,

ONE SENTENCE PER LINE

 

you can make it if you want to,

[rajatheroyal 10]

if you can describe your thought process...

you can program it

 

I can write it out for you,

but I would do you a disservice,

because you will come back again,

and again,

to ask similar "thinking required" questions,

like what you are doing now.

 

my suggestion:

write out your thoughts,

one logic at a time,

one action at a time,

one action per sentence,

ONE SENTENCE PER LINE

I repeat,

ONE SENTENCE PER LINE

 

you can make it if you want to,

 

You are correct Tams.I understand that u want others to think and work before asking any question,but when we are urgent and want immediate results we sometimes think "why not post in a forum any experienced person will answer".

Sorry Tams if i have wasted ur time here after please ingore my questions in the forum.

[Tams 20]

You are correct Tams.I understand that u want others to think and work before asking any question,but when we are urgent and want immediate results we sometimes think "why not post in a forum any experienced person will answer".

Sorry Tams if i have wasted ur time here after please ingore my questions in the forum.

 

 

I say what I said...

because the logical requirement is very simple,

so as the solution... it is VERY VERY VERY simple...

if only you would take the time to write out your thoughts as I suggested.

 

note taken, I will put you on ignore.

 

 

.

Edited November 2, 2009 by Tams

[sevensa 10]

yes i know that.But i have to give condition if 10 th is a holiday then buy on the next working day.So for that i have to check if 10 th was a holiday or not this the problem.

 

Removed duplicate post from me.

[sevensa 10]

yes i know that.But i have to give condition if 10 th is a holiday then buy on the next working day.So for that i have to check if 10 th was a holiday or not this the problem.

 

If you did what Tam's suggested and read what he told you, you would know the answer...

 

If your statement say "Buy next bar on open" and there is no data,i.e. no bar exist for the 10th, on what bar would this statement buy?

[Frank 10]

not super elegant but one solution is just to build the holiday dates in as a condition:

 

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condition1=

date<>1101009 and

date<>1101008; //reads as. to pass this condition, the date does not equal the following, I made it 10/10/08 and 10/10/09 just for illustrative purposes

 

if condition1 then buy next bar on open;

 

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why all the snarky answers guys? just a simple solution takes about same amount of effort.

[Tams 20]

not super elegant but one solution is just to build the holiday dates in as a condition:

 

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condition1=

date<>1101009 and

date<>1101008; //reads as. to pass this condition, the date does not equal the following, I made it 10/10/08 and 10/10/09 just for illustrative purposes

 

if condition1 then buy next bar on open;

 

-------------------------

 

why all the snarky answers guys? just a simple solution takes about same amount of effort.

 

 

...because you have just demonstrated what would happen if you don't put on your thinking hat.

Edited November 3, 2009 by Tams