Provide the entry time to the iron condor entry script in order to be explicit about the expected entry time of each trade

iron_condor.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from ibkr.order_action import BUY, SELL
 from options_chain import OptionsChain
 from option_type import OptionType
 from os import getenv
-from pytz import timezone
 
 load_dotenv()
 
@@ -77,19 +76,19 @@ def monitor_spread_price(short_leg: OptionLeg, long_leg: OptionLeg, stop_price:
         market_data[leg] = leg_market_data
         leg_market_data.updateEvent += on_market_data_update
 
-def enter_iron_condor():
+def enter_iron_condor(entry_time: datetime):
     logging.basicConfig(
-        filename=f'iron_condor_{datetime.now().strftime("%H%M")}.log', 
+        filename=f'iron_condor_{entry_time.strftime("%H%M")}.log', 
         level=logging.INFO,
         format='%(asctime)s : %(levelname)s : %(message)s',
         datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
     )
     try:
-        _enter_iron_condor()
+        _enter_iron_condor(entry_time)
     except Exception as e:
         logging.error("Error: %s", traceback.format_exc())
 
-def _enter_iron_condor():
+def _enter_iron_condor(entry_time: datetime):
     ibkr_host = getenv('IBKR_HOST')
     ibkr_port = getenv('IBKR_PORT')
     ibkr_client = Client(host = ibkr_host, port = ibkr_port)
@@ -168,15 +167,11 @@ def _enter_iron_condor():
             'Open': fill_price
         }
 
-    # Convert timezone and replace seconds and microseconds to facilitate joins with backtest table.
-    now = datetime.now().astimezone(timezone('US/Eastern'))
-    now = now.replace(second = 0, microsecond = 0, tzinfo = None)
-
     trade_records.append({
-        'Date': now.date(),
+        'Date': datetime.now().date(),
         'Symbol': symbol,
         'Strategy': f'${credit_target:.2f} Iron Condor',
-        'Entry Time': now,
+        'Entry Time': entry_time.replace(tzinfo = None),
         'Exit Time': None,
         'Spreads': [call_spread_details, put_spread_details],
         'Profit': None

iron_condor_scheduler.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             # Prevent scheduling for times that have already elapsed.
             if schedule_time > now:
                 print(f'Scheduling for {entry_time}.')
-                schedule.every().day.at(entry_time, eastern_timezone).do(enter_trade)
+                schedule.every().day.at(entry_time, eastern_timezone).do(enter_trade, schedule_time)
 
         while True:
             schedule.run_pending()