Buy and Sell by Dates
Author: zozzy
Creation Date: 11/19/2013 3:54 PM
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zozzy

#1

11/19/2013 3:54 PM

How would I write a short program to buy and sell by specific dates?
For Example:
Buy on 11-01-2014
Sell on 05-01-2014
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Eugene

#2

11/19/2013 4:08 PM

Simlar question got raised just last week:

Buy stock on given date with Trailing stop

It can be made even simpler, the key is in comparing a supplied DateTime with the current bar's DateTime e.g.

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zozzy

#3

11/19/2013 4:48 PM

Thanks for the prompt response. I'll try it.

Update

Eugene,

I tried to simplify your strategy above to buy just 1 stock on 1 date and then sell that stock on a later date. I obviously don't know enough to make it work successfully. I got several compile errors.

I'll try to attach my code below:

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Would you please look it over and suggest how I might fix it. Or if it's hopeless, please provide a better simple version.

Thank you.

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Eugene

#4

11/20/2013 12:46 AM

Robert,

Here's a version of the code that buys just 1 stock on 1 date and then sell that stock on a later date:

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