firemyst
26 May 2023, 03:41

Getting the first balance of the week or month should be relatively straight forward. A "Brute force" way of doing it would be:

1) have a timer job that runs every x-hours (need a timer in case you're watching a market on the weekend that isn't open and no tick data is coming through to trigger either the "Calculate" or "OnTick" meth event handlers)

2) In the timer event, check that Time.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday. If so, grab the account balance and save it for use however you need to (eg, into a file, into a global variable, or whatever)

Another option is to have your code running 24/7, and every so often check if Time.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday. If so, you know it's the first day of the week, and grab the balance.

To do the beginning of the month, it's the same principle, except the comparison changes a bit, to something along the lines of:

            if (Time.Day == 1)
            {

            }

firemyst
26 May 2023, 03:21

Do you think you could post some sample code that reproduces the issue, however sporadically it occurs, along with logging output showing the value returned from the function?

firemyst
25 May 2023, 03:35

Why do people never search for or look at the cTrader code samples Spotware provides?

firemyst
25 May 2023, 03:27

No, you shouldn't have to do that.

If you're running multiple instances of your bot and they all take 20 seconds to complete, what could be happening is cTrader and the CPU are going back/forth between bot threads and not getting to it right away. If you are running multiple instances, instead try running 2 or 3 sessions of cTrader with only a few instances each.

If you're just running the one bot instance, are you able to provide any sample code that can reproduce the behavior? For all we know, you might have code that erases chart objects, and then redraws later, or something else.

firemyst
25 May 2023, 03:23

Yes, you're missing something -- the symbol of the chart you've captured.

If you would actually provide the symbol being watched and confirm your time zone (it's obscured, but looks like it may be UTC + 0?), that may encourage others to look at their charts, investigate, and perhaps give you feedback.

firemyst
24 May 2023, 16:06

RE:

pick said:

I don't believe you can set the default for the indicator, but you can access the users current offset:

protected override void Initialize()
{
	TimeSpan t = this.Application.UserTimeOffset;
	Print("User time offset = " + t.TotalHours);
	this.Application.UserTimeOffsetChanged += Application_UserTimeOffsetChanged;

}

private void Application_UserTimeOffsetChanged(UserTimeOffsetChangedEventArgs obj)
{
	TimeSpan t = this.Application.UserTimeOffset;
	Print("User time offset changed = " + t.TotalHours);
}

From there, it's easy to just combine the utc time with the offset for user time.

Thank you for this. Appreciate your time! I'll give it a try. :-)

firemyst
24 May 2023, 09:14

RE:

PanagiotisChar said:

Hi firemyst,

Unfortunately this info is not available through the API.

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Thank you for the confirmation @PanagiotisChar . That's a bummer, but oh well... at least I didn't overlook something that's stupidly simple :-)

firemyst
24 May 2023, 04:49

RE:

bjarman16 said:

Anyone have any examples of how i can implement when my positions close, it pauses trading and onstarts again the following hour?

You need to be a little more specific.

Suppose a trade closes at 12:15:36pm

By "onstarts the following hour", do you mean:

1) on the actual hour? Next trade can occur starting at 1pm?

2) or at least 1 hour from the time of close. Eg,nothing is done until at least 1:15:36pm?

firemyst
23 May 2023, 16:48

RE: RE:

Nick24 said:

Yes, I agree. 

If Spotware wants to get on the same level as TradingView, ProRealTime, etc, and destroy Metatrader permanent, platform sync between every application is a must.

I don't know why they keep saying this is not possible while meanwhile TradingView and ProRealTime for instance are literally both having it.

I agree as well with what you said. Another example that's "kicking butt" is the mobile version of ThinkTrader from ThinkMarkets.

For regular time based bar charts, it's one of the best and easiest to use mobile platforms out there... I use it more than the cTrader mobile because even simple things like getting sorting history correct (issue raised here) appears to be problematic for Spotware on the mobile platform.

firemyst
22 May 2023, 10:14

RE: RE:

BJORNBERNAU said:

Thank you very much! 

This may well work,

 

 

It works for me as I use json files all the time to save parameters, status of bots, etc etc. :-)

As for adding it into cTrader by default (instead of having to program it through the API), I would post it to the "Suggestions" forum:

firemyst
22 May 2023, 03:31

Just out of curiosity, can you describe a few features that are in the web version that you'd like to see in the desktop version that currently aren't there?

firemyst
22 May 2023, 03:29

You could try adjusting your code so that your bots and indicators read/write your parameters to a json file.

Since you test your stuff in indicators first, the only actual input parameters that would have to be kept up to date are those for the indicator.

When your indicator runs, just write your parameters out to the json file.

Then when you start your bots, read in the json file to set all the parameters you need to. What I mean by that is, for example, you won't have to save the ticker-symbol nor the timeframe in the json parameter file, because you'll obviously set your bot instance to use the particular symbol/forex pair and timeframe you want to run against.

However, other parameters, like an EMA period or BB Std Dev, you'll probably want those saved to the json file.

firemyst
22 May 2023, 03:22

Good on you for having separate Dev/Production environments :-)

To answer your question, just copy the resulting .algo files over from one machine to the other, and double-click to install.

There's nothing fancy about it. Copy however you want (network share, memory stick, even by attaching to an email and then downloading the attachment on your trading machine)

On your live trading machine, just copy the algo files into the:

1) C:\Users\ [your windows username] \Documents\cAlgo\Sources\Robots for your robots

2) C:\Users\ [your windows username] \Documents\cAlgo\Sources\Indicators for your custom indicators

firemyst
21 May 2023, 08:52

This is probably a broker issue, not a cTrader issue. You need to speak with your broker.

firemyst
21 May 2023, 08:51 ( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:23 )

Within cTrader itself I don't think so. You can change the time zone, but since days start/end on midnight, the period separator will still appear whenever midnight happens regardless of the time zone you set:

So your best best would probably be either:

1) look for a custom indicator (or write your own) that draws a period separator at your desired time

2) set your time zone such that when it's midnight in that time zone, it's 5pm NY time.

firemyst
19 May 2023, 04:03

Did you even look or search on this site?

firemyst
19 May 2023, 03:48 ( Updated at: 20 May 2023, 16:17 )

RE: RE: RE: RE: RE:

meeting.chegini said:

Dear friend, do you want to teach me how to split the nucleus of an atom?

This is a simple question! If you know the solution, please guide me

How to split the nucleus of an atom: there's plenty of "how to's" on Google and YouTube already on how to do it.

firemyst
18 May 2023, 08:18

RE:

umadrat2012 said:

Hi guys,

I am getting the following error in my code and I cant seem to fix it

if (is_16_00 && Convert.ToBoolean(go_long))
            {
                double take_profit = Symbol.Ask + Symbol.PipSize * tp_value;
                var result = ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, Symbol.Name, Symbol.NormalizeVolume(0.1), Symbol.Ask, 1, 0, take_profit, "buy");
                if (result.IsSuccessful)
                {
                    Print("Buy order placed");
                }
                else
                {
                    Print("Buy order failed with error code: ", result.Error);
                }
            }

Errors

Symbol.Ask highlighted ,Cannot convert from double to bool
take_profit highlighted, Cannot convert double to string
"buy" highlighted, cannot convert from string to bool
 

You have the wrong parameters for your call to the ExecuteMarketOrder method.

For starters, no ExecuteMarketOrder API call takes a "double" (Symbol.Ask) as the 4th parameter.

firemyst
18 May 2023, 08:07

I have been quite happy using Pepperstone as they give me 500:1 leverage and are regulated in multiple countries.

firemyst
18 May 2023, 08:04

RE:

PrincipalQuant said:

I'm facing a performance issue with cTrader version 4.7.9 on my two laptops.

I've noticed that when I carry out backtesting, the CPU usage remains low, despite setting the platform to use 100% of the CPU.
This is causing a significant slowdown in the speed of my backtesting process, which is impacting my ability to effectively use software for bot optimization.

Previously, I didn't experience this issue. The software was able to utilize the full potential of my CPU during backtesting, which allowed for a more efficient and faster processing time.
This is why the current situation is quite puzzling.

For your reference, I have send the report from desktop application.
Additionally, this issue is being experienced on two different laptops.

I've tried some basic troubleshooting steps such as restarting the laptops, reinstalling the software, and ensuring that there are no other intensive programs running in the background, but none of these steps have resolved the issue.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could look into this matter and provide me with any possible solutions or steps that I can take to resolve this problem.

I look forward to your response.

Also, just for kicks, have you set your Windows Laptops to utilize any GPU's you have installed by default? It might be that your laptop is passing off the workload to the GPU instead of the CPU.