Flexibility changes in generic Long call trader

autoTradeGenericLongCall.sh

@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@ IFS=$'\0'
 
 . helpers.sh
 
+
+msg=$(echo "Called with parameters: _$@_")
+log "$msg" info
+
 Symbol="$1"
 if [[ -z ${Symbol} ]]; then
   throw "A Stock symbol must be given as first parameter. exiting." err 2
 fi
+shift
 
-AccountName="$2"
+AccountName="$1"
 if [[ -z ${AccountName} ]]; then
   throw "An Account name must be given as first parameter. exiting." err 2
 fi
+shift
 
 if [[ -z $(./getAccountNumbers.sh "${AccountName}") ]]; then
   throw "An the account with name _${AccountName}_ doesn't exist. exiting." err 2
@@ -23,16 +29,23 @@ if [[ ${marketOpen} == false ]]; then
   throw "The market is closed, exiting." info 2
 fi
 
+#Trade variables - overwrite with -VAR_<variable name>=<value>
 daysOutMin=87
 daysOutMax=91
 deltaMin=0.35
 deltaMax=0.40
+priceOffset=0.0  
+checkPositionExists=true
 
-marketOpen=$([[ $(./getMarketHours.sh  | jq '.option[].isOpen' | grep true | wc -l) -ne 0 ]] && echo true || echo false)
-if [[ ${marketOpen} == false ]]; then
-  throw "The market is closed, exiting." info 2
-fi
-
+#Allow to overwrite any variable by a commandline parameter with the name of the variable:
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
+do
+  if [[ ${1:0:5} == "-VAR_" ]]; then
+    log "Setting Variable: ${1:5}" info
+    eval ${1:5}
+  fi
+  shift
+done
 
 inputFile=temp/orderInputFile.$$.json
 ./getOptionChain.sh ''${Symbol}'' fromDate $(date "+%Y-%m-%d" -d "+${daysOutMin} days") toDate $(date "+%Y-%m-%d" -d "+${daysOutMax} days") > "${inputFile}"
@@ -65,15 +78,16 @@ longAsk=$(jq -r '.ask' < temp/longLeg.json)
 longSymbol=$(jq -r '.symbol' < temp/longLeg.json)
 log "Long Symbol: _${longSymbol}_ Strike: _${longStrike}_ Bid: _${longBid}_ Ask: _${longAsk}_" info
 
-#Check if this order has already been submitted.
-./getOrders.sh  | grep '\(WORKING\|FILLED\),'"${longSymbol:0:12}" > temp/existingOrders.$$
-if [[ $(wc -l < temp/existingOrders.$$) -eq 0 ]];then
-  log "Not Yet traded, continuing" info
-else
-  throw "Already traded, exiting" info
-fi
+if [[ "${checkPositionExists}" = true ]]; then 
+  #Check if this order has already been submitted.
+  ./getOrders.sh  | grep '\(WORKING\|FILLED\),'"${longSymbol:0:12}" > temp/existingOrders.$$
+  if [[ $(wc -l < temp/existingOrders.$$) -eq 0 ]];then
+    log "Not Yet traded, continuing" info
+  else
+    throw "Already traded, exiting" info
+  fi
+fi 
 
-priceOffset=0.0  
 # Get the Middle price...
 price=$(echo "scale=2; ((${longBid}+${longAsk})/2) + ${priceOffset}" | bc)