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Month's true start & end
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{ Signals true start & end of month:
   confirms signal at start of following month,
   and signals last day of month in retrospect.
  Plot on weekly, daily or intraday charts.

 ©Copyright 2005-2006 Jose Silva
  The grant of this license is for personal use
  only - no resale or repackaging allowed.
  All code remains the property of Jose Silva.
  http://www.metastocktools.com }

{ User input }
EOM:=Input("Final month's end:  [1]True,  [2]Current (dynamic)",1,2,1);

{ Choice of Static/Dynamic last EOM signal }
EOM:=If(EOM=2,Cum(1)=LastValue(Cum(1)),
 DayOfMonth()=31);

{ Start of month }
nuMonth:=Month()<>Ref(Month(),-1) OR Cum(1)=2;

{ End of month }
monthEnd:=PeakBars(1,
 -(nuMonth OR Cum(IsDefined(nuMonth))=1),1)=0
 OR EOM;

{ Plot signals in own window }
nuMonth;-monthEnd

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