Hello,

I am new to using JFOREX and would like some assistance please.

Can you assist in providing code that will provide me with the open price at 14:00 GMT every day?

Is it also possible to then code for a strategy to only trade between certian hours (14:00 & 17:00)?

Thank you

Here is sample code

    private boolean hasPrinted = false;
    public void onTick(Instrument instrument, ITick tick) throws JFException {
        if (!instrument.equals(this.instrument)) {
            return;
        }
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTimeInMillis(tick.getTime());
        // col.setTimeInMillis(tick.askBar.getTime()); // in case you want to use this in onBar method
        int hour = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
        
        // print open price at 14:00 GMT every day
        if (hour == 14) {
            if (!hasPrinted) {
                console.getOut().println("ask price at " + hour + ": " + tick.getAsk());
                console.getOut().println("bid price at " + hour + ": " + tick.getBid());
            }
        } else {
            hasPrinted = false;
        }
        
        // only trade between certian hours (14:00 & 17:00)
        if (hour < 14 || hour > 17) {
            return;
        }
        
        // do trade
    }

Please note that you should add the following import:

import java.util.Calendar;

Thanks for this information.

When applying this code in onbar how do i make alterations to the code below to prevent compiler error as it references to tick.

console.getOut().println("ask price at " + hour + ": " + tick.getAsk());
console.getOut().println("bid price at " + hour + ": " + tick.getBid());

Thanks again

Also, would this code be applicable when running backtests?

Sorry, so many questions but if I also wish to use the open price at 14:00 as part my strategy, how would I do this instead of using println?

1) The following code can be used

console.getOut().println("ask price at " + hour + ": " + askBar.getOpen());
console.getOut().println("bid price at " + hour + ": " + bidBar.getOpen() );

2) Yes, this code can be run using historical tester.
3) to use tick.getAsk() and tick.getBid() in strategy code you can define two global variables in the beginning of the strategy:

double askPrice;
double bidPrice;

Then the variables should be assigned, to do that insert the following code after println`s:

askPrice = tick.getAsk());
bidPrice = tick.getBid());

Values askPrice and bidPrice can now be used in the strategy.