Power Hour Money Strategy
This strategy trades during selected New York sessions and opens positions when all major time frames agree. A long position is taken when month, week, day and hour candles close higher than they open. A short position is taken when all of them close lower. Optional trailing stops protect profits, and positions can be closed at 16:45.
Details
- Entry: long when all time frames are green, short when all are red.
- Session filter: NY 9:30-11:30, extended 8:00-16:00 or all sessions.
- Trailing stop: percent-based for long and short sides.
- End of day: optional closing of all positions at 16:45.
Calculation and execution
C# and Python use the same causal model: after each finished base candle, its close is the currently known close of the developing month, week, day and hour. Compare it strictly with each period's open. Mixed colors or equality hold the position. These are developing higher-timeframe candles; future month/week/day/hour closes are never read.
Month, Monday-based week and day follow the New York calendar, including daylight saving time. Hours are keyed by UTC to distinguish the repeated autumn hour. After an observed period change, the first available base candle supplies the new open. A period already in progress when history starts remains unknown until its next boundary; its missing open is not replaced by the first observed price. All four opens must be known before entry.
Default CandleType is five minutes. SessionStart=09:30 and SessionEnd=11:30 use New York market time, start inclusive and end exclusive. Set them to 08:00 and 16:00 for the extended session, or set IsAllSessions=true. IsAllSessions, IsTrailingEnabled and IsEndOfDayCloseEnabled default to false; LongTrailingPercent=2, ShortTrailingPercent=2, EndOfDayTime=16:45.
An aligned color enters with Volume when flat or fully reverses with Volume + abs(Position). An outstanding order blocks additional orders. There is no cooldown. Optional trailing starts from the actual fill: long closes when the current bid reaches highest observed bid * (1 - LongTrailingPercent / 100); short closes when the current ask reaches lowest observed ask * (1 + ShortTrailingPercent / 100). Fill prices also update the favorable extreme. Both percentages must be strictly between 0 and 100. A reversal resets the extreme.
Optional end-of-day closing submits a market order for the entire position on the first market-time callback at or after the cutoff and blocks entries until New York midnight. Quote callbacks and a one-minute market-time timer check it independently of candle warmup and sessions. Trailing and daily closing require live market-time events; they do not promise an exact fill price across gaps.
namespace StockSharp.Samples.Strategies;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Ecng.Common;
using StockSharp.Algo;
using StockSharp.Algo.Strategies;
using StockSharp.BusinessEntities;
using StockSharp.Messages;
/// <summary>
/// Trades causal developing month, week, day and hour colors in New York sessions,
/// with optional executable-quote trailing and market-time end-of-day closing.
/// </summary>
public class PowerHourMoneyStrategy : Strategy
{
private readonly StrategyParam<DataType> _candleType;
private readonly StrategyParam<TimeSpan> _sessionStart;
private readonly StrategyParam<TimeSpan> _sessionEnd;
private readonly StrategyParam<bool> _isAllSessions;
private readonly StrategyParam<bool> _isEndOfDayCloseEnabled;
private readonly StrategyParam<TimeSpan> _endOfDayTime;
private readonly StrategyParam<bool> _isTrailingEnabled;
private readonly StrategyParam<decimal> _longTrailingPercent;
private readonly StrategyParam<decimal> _shortTrailingPercent;
private DateOnly? _month;
private DateOnly? _week;
private DateOnly? _day;
private DateTime? _hour;
private decimal? _monthOpen;
private decimal? _weekOpen;
private decimal? _dayOpen;
private decimal? _hourOpen;
private Order _pendingOrder;
private Sides? _heldSide;
private decimal _extreme;
/// <summary>Initializes a 09:30–11:30 New York window, disabled optional exits and five-minute signals.</summary>
public PowerHourMoneyStrategy()
{
_candleType = Param(nameof(CandleType), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5).TimeFrame())
.SetDisplay("Candle Type", "Finished candles supplying causal calendar opens and closes", "General");
_sessionStart = Param(nameof(SessionStart), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(570))
.SetRange(TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromDays(1) - TimeSpan.FromTicks(1))
.SetDisplay("Session Start", "Inclusive New York wall-clock time", "Sessions");
_sessionEnd = Param(nameof(SessionEnd), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(690))
.SetRange(TimeSpan.FromTicks(1), TimeSpan.FromDays(1))
.SetDisplay("Session End", "Exclusive New York wall-clock time", "Sessions");
_isAllSessions = Param(nameof(IsAllSessions), false)
.SetDisplay("All Sessions", "Allow entries throughout the day", "Sessions");
_isEndOfDayCloseEnabled = Param(nameof(IsEndOfDayCloseEnabled), false)
.SetDisplay("End of Day Close", "Close at the cutoff and block further entries until New York midnight", "Protection");
_endOfDayTime = Param(nameof(EndOfDayTime), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1005))
.SetRange(TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromDays(1) - TimeSpan.FromTicks(1))
.SetDisplay("End of Day Time", "New York wall-clock cutoff", "Protection");
_isTrailingEnabled = Param(nameof(IsTrailingEnabled), false)
.SetDisplay("Trailing Enabled", "Protect both sides on real executable Level1 quotes", "Protection");
_longTrailingPercent = Param(nameof(LongTrailingPercent), 2m).SetGreaterThanZero()
.SetDisplay("Long Trailing Percent", "Percent below the highest observed bid since entry", "Protection");
_shortTrailingPercent = Param(nameof(ShortTrailingPercent), 2m).SetGreaterThanZero()
.SetDisplay("Short Trailing Percent", "Percent above the lowest observed ask since entry", "Protection");
OrderRegistering += order => _pendingOrder = order;
OwnTradeReceived += ObserveFill;
}
/// <summary>Base candle type; five minutes by default.</summary>
public DataType CandleType { get => _candleType.Value; set => _candleType.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Inclusive start of the New York entry window.</summary>
public TimeSpan SessionStart { get => _sessionStart.Value; set => _sessionStart.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Exclusive end of the New York entry window.</summary>
public TimeSpan SessionEnd { get => _sessionEnd.Value; set => _sessionEnd.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Allow all session times; an enabled daily cutoff still blocks late entries.</summary>
public bool IsAllSessions { get => _isAllSessions.Value; set => _isAllSessions.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Close positions and block new entries at the New York cutoff.</summary>
public bool IsEndOfDayCloseEnabled { get => _isEndOfDayCloseEnabled.Value; set => _isEndOfDayCloseEnabled.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Daily cutoff in New York wall-clock time.</summary>
public TimeSpan EndOfDayTime { get => _endOfDayTime.Value; set => _endOfDayTime.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Enable executable-quote percent trailing for both sides.</summary>
public bool IsTrailingEnabled { get => _isTrailingEnabled.Value; set => _isTrailingEnabled.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Long trailing distance in percent, strictly between zero and one hundred.</summary>
public decimal LongTrailingPercent { get => _longTrailingPercent.Value; set => _longTrailingPercent.Value = value; }
/// <summary>Short trailing distance in percent, strictly between zero and one hundred.</summary>
public decimal ShortTrailingPercent { get => _shortTrailingPercent.Value; set => _shortTrailingPercent.Value = value; }
/// <inheritdoc />
public override IEnumerable<(Security sec, DataType dt)> GetWorkingSecurities()
=> [(Security, CandleType), (Security, DataType.Level1)];
private void ResetState()
{
_month = _week = _day = null;
_hour = null;
_monthOpen = _weekOpen = _dayOpen = _hourOpen = null;
_pendingOrder = null;
_heldSide = null;
_extreme = 0m;
}
/// <inheritdoc />
protected override void OnReseted()
{
base.OnReseted();
ResetState();
}
/// <inheritdoc />
protected override void OnStarted2(DateTime time)
{
base.OnStarted2(time);
if (SessionStart < TimeSpan.Zero || SessionStart >= SessionEnd || SessionEnd > TimeSpan.FromDays(1)
|| EndOfDayTime < TimeSpan.Zero || EndOfDayTime >= TimeSpan.FromDays(1)
|| LongTrailingPercent <= 0m || LongTrailingPercent >= 100m
|| ShortTrailingPercent <= 0m || ShortTrailingPercent >= 100m)
throw new ArgumentException("Sessions must be ordered within a day and trailing percentages within (0, 100).");
ResetState();
foreach (var field in new[] { Level1Fields.BestBidPrice, Level1Fields.BestAskPrice })
{
var quotes = new Subscription(DataType.Level1, Security);
quotes.MarketData.BuildField = field;
SubscribeLevel1(quotes).Bind(ObserveQuote).Start();
}
if (IsEndOfDayCloseEnabled)
StartTimer(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), () => TryEndOfDay());
var subscription = SubscribeCandles(CandleType);
subscription.Bind(ProcessCandle).Start();
var area = CreateChartArea();
if (area != null)
{
DrawCandles(area, subscription);
DrawOwnTrades(area);
}
}
private bool IsPending => _pendingOrder is not null && _pendingOrder.State is not (OrderStates.Done or OrderStates.Failed);
private void Submit(Sides side, decimal volume, string comment)
=> RegisterOrder(new Order { Security = Security, Portfolio = Portfolio, Type = OrderTypes.Market, Side = side, Volume = volume, Comment = comment });
private bool TryEndOfDay()
{
if (!IsEndOfDayCloseEnabled || TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(CurrentTime, TimeHelper.Est).TimeOfDay < EndOfDayTime)
return false;
if (Position != 0m && !IsPending && IsFormedAndOnlineAndAllowTrading())
Submit(Position > 0m ? Sides.Sell : Sides.Buy, Math.Abs(Position), "Power Hour end-of-day close");
return true;
}
private void ObserveFill(Subscription subscription, MyTrade trade)
{
Sides? side = Position > 0m ? Sides.Buy : Position < 0m ? Sides.Sell : null;
if (side != _heldSide)
_extreme = side is null ? 0m : trade.Trade.Price;
else if (side is Sides current)
_extreme = current == Sides.Buy ? Math.Max(_extreme, trade.Trade.Price) : Math.Min(_extreme, trade.Trade.Price);
_heldSide = side;
}
private void ObserveQuote(Level1ChangeMessage quote)
{
if (TryEndOfDay() || _heldSide is not Sides side || Position == 0m)
return;
var field = side == Sides.Buy ? Level1Fields.BestBidPrice : Level1Fields.BestAskPrice;
if (quote.TryGetDecimal(field) is not decimal price || price <= 0m)
return;
_extreme = side == Sides.Buy ? Math.Max(_extreme, price) : Math.Min(_extreme, price);
var stop = side == Sides.Buy ? _extreme * (1m - LongTrailingPercent / 100m) : _extreme * (1m + ShortTrailingPercent / 100m);
if (IsTrailingEnabled && !IsPending && IsFormedAndOnlineAndAllowTrading() && (side == Sides.Buy ? price <= stop : price >= stop))
Submit(side == Sides.Buy ? Sides.Sell : Sides.Buy, Math.Abs(Position), "Power Hour trailing close");
}
private void ProcessCandle(ICandleMessage candle)
{
if (candle.State != CandleStates.Finished)
return;
var local = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(candle.OpenTime, TimeHelper.Est);
var day = DateOnly.FromDateTime(local);
var month = new DateOnly(local.Year, local.Month, 1);
var week = day.AddDays(-(((int)local.DayOfWeek + 6) % 7));
var hour = new DateTime(candle.OpenTime.Year, candle.OpenTime.Month, candle.OpenTime.Day, candle.OpenTime.Hour, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
var midnight = local.TimeOfDay == TimeSpan.Zero;
if (_month != month)
{
_monthOpen = _month is not null || local.Day == 1 && midnight ? candle.OpenPrice : null;
_month = month;
}
if (_week != week)
{
_weekOpen = _week is not null || local.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday && midnight ? candle.OpenPrice : null;
_week = week;
}
if (_day != day)
{
_dayOpen = _day is not null || midnight ? candle.OpenPrice : null;
_day = day;
}
if (_hour != hour)
{
_hourOpen = _hour is not null || candle.OpenTime == hour ? candle.OpenPrice : null;
_hour = hour;
}
if (TryEndOfDay() || IsPending || !IsFormedAndOnlineAndAllowTrading()
|| _monthOpen is not decimal monthly || _weekOpen is not decimal weekly
|| _dayOpen is not decimal daily || _hourOpen is not decimal hourly)
return;
var now = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(CurrentTime, TimeHelper.Est).TimeOfDay;
if (!IsAllSessions && (now < SessionStart || now >= SessionEnd))
return;
var close = candle.ClosePrice;
if (close > monthly && close > weekly && close > daily && close > hourly && Position <= 0m)
Submit(Sides.Buy, Volume + Math.Abs(Position), "Power Hour consensus entry");
else if (close < monthly && close < weekly && close < daily && close < hourly && Position >= 0m)
Submit(Sides.Sell, Volume + Math.Abs(Position), "Power Hour consensus entry");
}
}
import clr
clr.AddReference("Ecng.Common")
clr.AddReference("StockSharp.Messages")
clr.AddReference("StockSharp.BusinessEntities")
clr.AddReference("StockSharp.Algo")
clr.AddReference("StockSharp.Algo.Strategies")
from System import DateOnly, DateTime, DateTimeKind, DayOfWeek, Decimal, TimeSpan, TimeZoneInfo, ArgumentException
from Ecng.Common import TimeHelper
from StockSharp.Messages import DataType, CandleStates, OrderStates, OrderTypes, Sides, Level1Fields, ITickTradeMessage
from StockSharp.BusinessEntities import Order, Subscription
from StockSharp.Algo.Strategies import Strategy
class power_hour_money_strategy(Strategy):
def __init__(self):
super(power_hour_money_strategy, self).__init__()
self._candle_type = self.Param("CandleType", DataType.TimeFrame(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5))) \
.SetDisplay("Candle Type", "Finished candles supplying causal calendar opens and closes", "General")
self._session_start = self.Param("SessionStart", TimeSpan.FromMinutes(570)) \
.SetRange(TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromDays(1) - TimeSpan.FromTicks(1)) \
.SetDisplay("Session Start", "Inclusive New York wall-clock time", "Sessions")
self._session_end = self.Param("SessionEnd", TimeSpan.FromMinutes(690)) \
.SetRange(TimeSpan.FromTicks(1), TimeSpan.FromDays(1)) \
.SetDisplay("Session End", "Exclusive New York wall-clock time", "Sessions")
self._is_all_sessions = self.Param("IsAllSessions", False) \
.SetDisplay("All Sessions", "Allow entries throughout the day", "Sessions")
self._is_end_of_day_close_enabled = self.Param("IsEndOfDayCloseEnabled", False) \
.SetDisplay("End of Day Close", "Close at the cutoff and block further entries until New York midnight", "Protection")
self._end_of_day_time = self.Param("EndOfDayTime", TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1005)) \
.SetRange(TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromDays(1) - TimeSpan.FromTicks(1)) \
.SetDisplay("End of Day Time", "New York wall-clock cutoff", "Protection")
self._is_trailing_enabled = self.Param("IsTrailingEnabled", False) \
.SetDisplay("Trailing Enabled", "Protect both sides on real executable Level1 quotes", "Protection")
self._long_trailing_percent = self.Param("LongTrailingPercent", Decimal.Parse("2")).SetGreaterThanZero() \
.SetDisplay("Long Trailing Percent", "Percent below the highest observed bid since entry", "Protection")
self._short_trailing_percent = self.Param("ShortTrailingPercent", Decimal.Parse("2")).SetGreaterThanZero() \
.SetDisplay("Short Trailing Percent", "Percent above the lowest observed ask since entry", "Protection")
self._reset_state()
self.OrderRegistering += self._observe_order
self.OwnTradeReceived += self._observe_fill
@property
def candle_type(self):
return self._candle_type.Value
@candle_type.setter
def candle_type(self, value):
self._candle_type.Value = value
def _reset_state(self):
self._month = self._week = self._day = self._hour = None
self._month_open = self._week_open = self._day_open = self._hour_open = None
self._pending_order = None
self._held_side = None
self._extreme = Decimal.Zero
def _observe_order(self, order):
self._pending_order = order
def OnReseted(self):
super(power_hour_money_strategy, self).OnReseted()
self._reset_state()
def OnStarted2(self, time):
super(power_hour_money_strategy, self).OnStarted2(time)
if self._session_start.Value < TimeSpan.Zero or self._session_start.Value >= self._session_end.Value \
or self._session_end.Value > TimeSpan.FromDays(1) or self._end_of_day_time.Value < TimeSpan.Zero \
or self._end_of_day_time.Value >= TimeSpan.FromDays(1) \
or self._long_trailing_percent.Value <= 0 or self._long_trailing_percent.Value >= 100 \
or self._short_trailing_percent.Value <= 0 or self._short_trailing_percent.Value >= 100:
raise ArgumentException("Sessions must be ordered within a day and trailing percentages within (0, 100).")
self._reset_state()
for field in (Level1Fields.BestBidPrice, Level1Fields.BestAskPrice):
quotes = Subscription(DataType.Level1, self.Security)
quotes.MarketData.BuildField = field
self.SubscribeLevel1(quotes).Bind(self._observe_quote).Start()
if self._is_end_of_day_close_enabled.Value:
self.StartTimer(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), self._try_end_of_day)
subscription = self.SubscribeCandles(self.candle_type)
subscription.Bind(self.OnProcess).Start()
area = self.CreateChartArea()
if area is not None:
self.DrawCandles(area, subscription)
self.DrawOwnTrades(area)
def _is_pending(self):
order = self._pending_order
return order is not None and order.State != OrderStates.Done and order.State != OrderStates.Failed
def _submit(self, side, volume, comment):
order = Order()
order.Security = self.Security
order.Portfolio = self.Portfolio
order.Type = OrderTypes.Market
order.Side = side
order.Volume = volume
order.Comment = comment
self.RegisterOrder(order)
def _try_end_of_day(self):
if not self._is_end_of_day_close_enabled.Value \
or TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(self.CurrentTime, TimeHelper.Est).TimeOfDay < self._end_of_day_time.Value:
return False
if self.Position != 0 and not self._is_pending() and self.IsFormedAndOnlineAndAllowTrading():
self._submit(Sides.Sell if self.Position > 0 else Sides.Buy, abs(self.Position), "Power Hour end-of-day close")
return True
def _observe_fill(self, subscription, trade):
# Reflection reads the explicit CLR interface member for every tick-message implementation.
price = clr.GetClrType(ITickTradeMessage).GetProperty("Price").GetValue(trade.Trade)
side = Sides.Buy if self.Position > 0 else Sides.Sell if self.Position < 0 else None
if side != self._held_side:
self._extreme = Decimal.Zero if side is None else price
elif side is not None:
self._extreme = max(self._extreme, price) if side == Sides.Buy else min(self._extreme, price)
self._held_side = side
def _observe_quote(self, quote):
if self._try_end_of_day() or self._held_side is None or self.Position == 0:
return
side = self._held_side
field = Level1Fields.BestBidPrice if side == Sides.Buy else Level1Fields.BestAskPrice
if not quote.Changes.ContainsKey(field):
return
price = quote.Changes[field]
if price <= 0:
return
self._extreme = max(self._extreme, price) if side == Sides.Buy else min(self._extreme, price)
percent = self._long_trailing_percent.Value if side == Sides.Buy else self._short_trailing_percent.Value
stop = self._extreme * (Decimal(1) - percent / Decimal(100)) if side == Sides.Buy \
else self._extreme * (Decimal(1) + percent / Decimal(100))
triggered = price <= stop if side == Sides.Buy else price >= stop
if self._is_trailing_enabled.Value and not self._is_pending() and self.IsFormedAndOnlineAndAllowTrading() and triggered:
self._submit(Sides.Sell if side == Sides.Buy else Sides.Buy, abs(self.Position), "Power Hour trailing close")
def OnProcess(self, candle):
if candle.State != CandleStates.Finished:
return
local = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(candle.OpenTime, TimeHelper.Est)
day = DateOnly.FromDateTime(local)
month = DateOnly(local.Year, local.Month, 1)
week = day.AddDays(-((int(local.DayOfWeek) + 6) % 7))
hour = DateTime(candle.OpenTime.Year, candle.OpenTime.Month, candle.OpenTime.Day, candle.OpenTime.Hour, 0, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc)
midnight = local.TimeOfDay == TimeSpan.Zero
if self._month != month:
self._month_open = candle.OpenPrice if self._month is not None or local.Day == 1 and midnight else None
self._month = month
if self._week != week:
self._week_open = candle.OpenPrice if self._week is not None or local.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Monday and midnight else None
self._week = week
if self._day != day:
self._day_open = candle.OpenPrice if self._day is not None or midnight else None
self._day = day
if self._hour != hour:
self._hour_open = candle.OpenPrice if self._hour is not None or candle.OpenTime == hour else None
self._hour = hour
if self._try_end_of_day() or self._is_pending() or not self.IsFormedAndOnlineAndAllowTrading() \
or any(value is None for value in (self._month_open, self._week_open, self._day_open, self._hour_open)):
return
now = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTimeFromUtc(self.CurrentTime, TimeHelper.Est).TimeOfDay
if not self._is_all_sessions.Value and (now < self._session_start.Value or now >= self._session_end.Value):
return
close = candle.ClosePrice
opens = (self._month_open, self._week_open, self._day_open, self._hour_open)
if all(close > value for value in opens) and self.Position <= 0:
self._submit(Sides.Buy, self.Volume + abs(self.Position), "Power Hour consensus entry")
elif all(close < value for value in opens) and self.Position >= 0:
self._submit(Sides.Sell, self.Volume + abs(self.Position), "Power Hour consensus entry")
def CreateClone(self):
return power_hour_money_strategy()