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Have a strategy but no knowledge of programming
Robert Edelman
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I would like to make a simple intra day algorithm but have no real knowledge of programming.

The parameters would be buy a certain security (we will call it ABC) from 9:45AM to 11:45AM, if it drops .5% off the current days high. Hold it with a stop loss of another .5%, but the stop would only kick in after 11:45AM. There will be no profit limit on the trade but the trade will either be stopped out at around .5% after 11:45AM or profits will be taken at exactly 3:30PM on the same day. How do I write this algorithm?

Thanks so much in advance.

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