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Condition

gap
entry

Gap from previous close

Category

Price signals

Discriminator

type = "gap"

Roles

entry

Required fields

directionreqenum: long, short-
modereqenum: gap_fade, gap_go-
sessionreqenum: us, eu, asia-

Optional fields

min_gap_pctnumber-
typestring-
window_end_houranyOf (2 variants)Optional time-of-day filter end, in the session's local time zone. See window_start_hour for details.
window_end_minuteinteger-
window_start_houranyOf (2 variants)Optional time-of-day filter, in the SESSION'S LOCAL time zone (US session = America/New_York, EU = Europe/London, Asia = Asia/Tokyo). Omit to allow firing at session open regardless of clock time. Both window_start_hour and window_end_hour must be set together to apply a window.
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