Trading certain days of the week

[Paxman]

Hi

I am trying to allow my EA to have the ability to trade on either Monday, Midweek (tu,we,th) or Friday. Or possibly a combination

I created 3 boolean values with midweek set as true as a default:-

extern bool Mon                     = false;
extern bool Midweek              = true;
extern bool Fri                        = false; 

Then code as follows.

int start()

{

if (Mon==False && DayOfWeek()==1) // Lets not trade on monday
{
      //Alert("No Trading on Monday");   // Message to the trader
     }

   return(0);
   
 if (Midweek==false && DayOfWeek()>1 && DayOfWeek()<5 ) // Lets not trade Midweek
{
      Alert("No Trading Midweek");   // Message to the trader
     }
 
   return(0);  
   
 if (Fri==False && DayOfWeek()==5) // Lets not trade on Friday
{
      //Alert("No Trading on Friday");   // Message to the trader
     }

   return(0);  

If i start the EA on a Monday i get the alert no trading, however in the strategy tester it gives no results if the 3 boolean values are set in any configuration.

I obviously have made a fundamental error. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks

Neil

[Keith Watford]

Please edit your post and

use the code button (Alt+S) when pasting code

[lippmaje]

This makes your EA return after the first comparison, without further action.

if (Mon==False && DayOfWeek()==1) // Lets not trade on monday
{
      //Alert("No Trading on Monday");   // Message to the trader
     }

   return(0);

Probably you wanted to have the return inside the braces.

[Paxman]

lippmaje:

This makes your EA return after the first comparison, without further action.

Probably you wanted to have the return inside the braces.

Aha

Of course well spotted.

Thanks will give it a go.

Regards

Neil