Pine Script Day of Week Filter
Five independent weekday toggles gate every entry, so a strategy can skip the days you'd rather sit out.
Pine Script
//@version=6
strategy("Target Filled - Day of Week Filter Example", overlay=true, calc_on_every_tick=false)
// --- Inputs ---------------------------------------------------
allowMon = input.bool(true, "Trade Monday")
allowTue = input.bool(true, "Trade Tuesday")
allowWed = input.bool(true, "Trade Wednesday")
allowThu = input.bool(true, "Trade Thursday")
allowFri = input.bool(false, "Trade Friday")
// --- Weekday check on the NY clock --------------------------------
today = dayofweek(time, "America/New_York")
dayAllowed = (today == dayofweek.monday and allowMon) or
(today == dayofweek.tuesday and allowTue) or
(today == dayofweek.wednesday and allowWed) or
(today == dayofweek.thursday and allowThu) or
(today == dayofweek.friday and allowFri)
// --- Sample signal — replace with your own entry logic ---------
fastMA = ta.ema(close, 9)
slowMA = ta.ema(close, 21)
canLong = ta.crossover(fastMA, slowMA) and dayAllowed
canShort = ta.crossunder(fastMA, slowMA) and dayAllowed
if canLong
strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)
strategy.exit("Long Exit", "Long", profit=20, loss=10)
if canShort
strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short)
strategy.exit("Short Exit", "Short", profit=20, loss=10)
// Visual: gray shading marks disabled weekdays
bgcolor(not dayAllowed ? color.new(color.gray, 92) : na, title="Day Disabled")Settings
| Input | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| allowMon … allowThu | on | One toggle per weekday, Monday through Thursday. |
| allowFri | off | Friday toggle, defaulted off. |
How to use
- Paste into the Pine Editor and swap the EMA-crossover placeholder for your own entry conditions.
- The weekday is read on the NY clock — for US futures the trading day flips at 6:00 PM ET, so an overnight bar can belong to the next calendar day.
- Check the per-weekday breakdown in a backtest before disabling a day; let the data make the call rather than a hunch.
- Gray shading on the chart marks bars that fall on a disabled day.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I stop a Pine Script strategy from trading on Fridays?
Read dayofweek(time, "America/New_York"), compare the result to dayofweek.friday, and require that comparison to be false inside every entry condition. This snippet wires that check to one input.bool per weekday, so days get toggled from the settings panel instead of editing the script each time.
How does the dayofweek() function work in Pine Script?
dayofweek(time, timezone) hands back a constant you compare against dayofweek.monday through dayofweek.sunday. Always pass an explicit timezone argument — for US futures the trading day rolls over at 6:00 PM ET, so an overnight bar can land on a different weekday than a trader's local clock would suggest.