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Sell stock with two mintues until close time
Jonathan Raskauskas
posted Mar 17, 2015

Hey, can someone put into my code, code that will sell my selected security two minutes until close time
Here is my code:
def initialize(context):
context.stock =sid(24757)

def handle_data(context, data):
data[context.stock].open_price
curr_bar = data[context.stock].price
open_price= data[context.stock].open_price 

if curr_bar > open_price :  


    order(context.stock, 100, style=StopOrder(open_price))

def myfunc(context, data):
data[context.stock].open_price
curr_bar = data[context.stock].price
open_price= data[context.stock].open_price 

if curr_bar <= open_price :


    order(context.stock, -100, style=LimitOrder(open_price))
2 responses
Ethan Adair
Mar 17, 2015

add this to your initialize: 

schedule_function(  
    liquidate(context, data),  
    date_rules.every_day()),  
    time_rules.market_open(hours=6, minutes=58)  
  )

then add a liquidate function

def liquidate(context, data):  
     order_target_percent(context.stock, 0)  
     #adjust these sell statements to whatever suits your needs

word of caution, submitting an order 2min till close is risky, you may be stuck with an overnight position
I would suggest a quick search of the API docs in the future, a quick search and you would have found they layout the steps above pretty simply.

Jonathan Kamens
Mar 17, 2015 
   time_rules.market_open(hours=6, minutes=58)

Beware of early closes. If the goal is to execute something 2 minutes before the market closes, then this is better:

time_rules.market_close(minutes=2)
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