fixed a bug where at a specific time the bot will go in an endless loop

lumibot/brokers/broker.py

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import pandas_market_calendars as mcal
 from dateutil import tz
+from termcolor import colored
+
 from lumibot.data_sources import DataSource
 from lumibot.entities import Asset, Order, Position
 from lumibot.trading_builtins import SafeList
-from termcolor import colored
 
 
 class Broker(ABC):
@@ -551,7 +552,11 @@ def market_hours(self, market="NASDAQ", close=True, next=False, date=None):
 
         market = self.market if self.market is not None else market
         mkt_cal = mcal.get_calendar(market)
-        date = date if date is not None else datetime.now()
+
+        # Get the current datetime in UTC (because the market hours are in UTC)
+        dt_now_utc = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+        date = date if date is not None else dt_now_utc
         trading_hours = mkt_cal.schedule(start_date=date, end_date=date + timedelta(weeks=1)).head(2)
 
         row = 0 if not next else 1
@@ -612,7 +617,8 @@ def get_time_to_open(self):
 
     def get_time_to_close(self):
         """Return the remaining time for the market to close in seconds"""
-        close_time = self.utc_to_local(self.market_hours(close=True))
+        market_hours = self.market_hours(close=True)
+        close_time = self.utc_to_local(market_hours)
         current_time = datetime.now().astimezone(tz=tz.tzlocal())
         if self.is_market_open():
             result = close_time.timestamp() - current_time.timestamp()

lumibot/strategies/strategy_executor.py

@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ def _on_trading_iteration(self):
                 # If the cron count is not equal to the cron count target, return and do not execute the
                 # on_trading_iteration method.
                 self.strategy.log_message(
-                    f"The cron count is only {self.cron_count} but the target is {self.cron_count_target}"
-                    f", skipping this trading iteration because it's not time yet.",
+                    "Skipping this iteration because it's not time yet. "
+                    f"{self.cron_count_target - self.cron_count} iterations left before we run again",
                     color="blue",
                 )
                 return

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="lumibot",
-    version="2.9.5",
+    version="2.9.6",
     author="Robert Grzesik",
     author_email="[email protected]",
     description="Backtesting and Trading Library, Made by Lumiwealth",