Sell after n days

[JesperSthlm]

Hi!

How do you create a sell signal 7 days after entry?
I've tried adding this in to the data frame by shifting the entry signal 7 days. However, the strategy I've created does often create entry signal for several days in a row. This results in a too early exit from the later trades.

Thanks!

[CadeHalcyon]

Hey, I am new to coding, so do check this, but the dataframe you use in Backtest should have datetime as the index, so you can call that as follows to create a day index you can call in your trade entry/exit criteria (depending on what time interval your dataframe has you could possibly include for hour and minute too):

class VA_Strategy(Strategy):

def init(self):
    self.day = self.I(lambda day: day, self.data.Close.s.index.day)

[kernc]

See #505.

[JesperSthlm]

Brilliant, thanks!!