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How do I get my algorithm to make monthly rotation trades on the first trading day of the month?
I tried the following.
# Schedule the monthly trade function
self.Schedule.On(self.DateRules.MonthStart(),
self.TimeRules.BeforeMarketClose('SPY'),
self.trade)Unfortunately, this only seems to work if the first day of the month happens to be a trading day.
If the first day of the month falls on a weekend or a holiday, the algortihm does not make any trades that month.
Steve Jost
Figured it out. Need to pass a symbol to the MonthStart() method.
# Schedule the monthly trade function self.Schedule.On(self.DateRules.MonthStart('SPY'), self.TimeRules.BeforeMarketClose('SPY'), self.trade)Â
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