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firemyst
28 May 2020, 12:29
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi eirik_1993,
You can use Templates for this.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
How @Panagiotis?
Don't templates save the whole chart set up, and not just individual indicator settings?
So on one chart I have 5 indicators, and then load the BollingerBands. I put in settings 13 for period and 1 for std dev.
I save the template as "test template"
Now I have a second chart with 3 indicators already placed on it. When I go to add the Bollinger Bands, they'll still resort to the cTrader default of 20 and 2; where is there an option for me to load just bollinger bands with my values of 13 and 1 without loading the "test template" I just saved that has 5 other indicators on it?
I believe that's what @eirik_1993 is asking for. Even if he isn't, I'd like to know :-)
A platform that does it perfectly is Think Trader. For any indicator, you can save whatever settings you have specific to it as 'default', so whenever you add that indicator to any chart or template, it'll load that indicator with your defined 'default' settings instead of the ThinkTrader default.
So in this case I'd like cTrader to load my BollingerBands with my defaults instead of the built in 20/2 defaults.
Thank you.
@firemyst
firemyst
28 May 2020, 11:35
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
Why don't you use Symbol.Digits?
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
I do.
Sorry - the code above is the two lines in the function.
"symbolDigits" is the "Symbol.Digits" parameter.
public static double GetNextHundredth(int symbolDigits, double price)
{
double factor = 10 * (100 / (double)(Math.Pow(10, symbolDigits)));
return (Math.Truncate(price / factor) * factor) + (factor);
}
//usage
nextHundredth = GetNextHundredth(Symbol.Digits, Bars.ClosePrices.Last(0));
As I said, it works for the US30 on Pepperstone because Symbol.Digits = 1; for SpotWare and IC Markets Symbol.Digits = 2 for the US 30; Same for the DE30/GER30, UK100, AUS200, etc. All the major indexes - different brokers have different values for Symbol.Digits.
It works perfectly across all known Forex Pairs because every broker seems to have them as Symbol.Digits = 4.
I haven't looked into Metals, Oils, and other symbols yet.
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firemyst
28 May 2020, 10:21
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
Usually such functionality is achieved using equations in the form of number % step * step for the lower number and number % step * (step + 1).
For example, let's assume you have 24555 and you want the closest 100 step
Lower step is 24555 % 100 * 100 = 24500
Upper step is 24555 % 100 * 101 = 24600
Hence the closest is 24600.
I hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
Thanks for your feedback @Panagiotis.
What you've stated doesn't work for decimal numbers.
Take my examples listed. With your number you truncate the decimal point. How do you know how many decimal places to truncate?
For example, 0.66197. It's AUDUSD forex pair, and with both brokers the symbol.digits value is 4, so you can implement this formula:
double factor = 10 * (100 / (double)(Math.Pow(10, symbolDigits)));
return (Math.Truncate(price / factor) * factor) + (factor);
Same with any JPY pair because even though there's less digits, the symbol.digits value is the same between brokers.
But for the US30 and other index markets, it doesn't work because the number of digits varies between brokers. Same with the German DAX, Uk FTSE, etc.
So the above formula will work perfectly with Pepperstone because their market indexes all have a symbol.digits value of 1; however, with IC Markets, the code breaks because their symbol.digits = 2. I think Spotware does the same with the US 30.
This means then to get the formula to work, I have to implement some sort of tuple or dictionary object that maps brokers to markets and specify what the symbol.digits should be.
Eg, in this case I'd have to have an entry for Spotware / US30 / 1.
But I don't want to have to create and maintain a list of all brokers for all market symbols where the Symbol.Digit value varies, and am hoping there's some other programmatic way of implementing this (like starting from 0 and going every 100 pips).
Any other thoughts?
Thank you.
@firemyst
firemyst
28 May 2020, 07:38
RE: MT4 to Ctrader Trade Copier using .csv to communicate
Does it print out an exception?
If not, after you read the file in, print out a random line number (like 5) to the log and see if it prints anything.
this will at least confirm whether or not it's reading the file in.
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firemyst
28 May 2020, 07:32
RE:
ycomp said:
would it be technically possible (without great difficulty - I mean just without anything too convolulted) to create an indicator that detects if the chart's latest bar is visible?
I have a problem when I look at the chart that sometimes I don't realize it is scrolled back.
Yes.
Read this:
https://ctrader.com/forum/announcements/13492
Bars on the chart
- Chart.BarsTotal - gets the number of the bars on the chart.
- Chart.FirstVisibleBarIndex - gets the bar index of the first visible bar on the chart.
- Chart.LastVisibleBarIndex - get the bar index of the last visible bar on the chart.
- Chart.MaxVisibleBars - gets the maximum number of bars that can be shown on the chart with the current size and zoom level.
@firemyst
firemyst
06 May 2020, 09:04
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
Why do you use DateTime.SpecifyKind() function?
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
I was using it because I wanted time converted to local time.
instead, I added ".ToLocalTime()" onto the datetime objects where I needed it to convert for printing.
Thank you.
This code has been rewritten slightly and issue resolved.:-)
@firemyst
firemyst
01 May 2020, 12:25
RE:
ctid956028 said:
How to Draw an internal cbot indicator on the chart
In a cBot sometimes there is the need to draw a line on the chart which is not straight but for instance follows the closeprice on certain moments.We can do that in an indicator but not in a cBot without attaching an indicator and then then value of the indicator cannot be controlled
Is there something like the following or a viable & fast workaround?//in cBot global : [Output("Poke", PlotType = PlotType.Line)] private IndicatorDataSeries Poke { get; set; } //in cBot onStart: Poke.Visible = True; //in cBot onBar: Poke[index] = MyValue;
You can draw any line you want really. I do it all the time in cBots.
Examples from my code:
Chart.DrawTrendLine("position" + kvp.Key + "pipline", entryPriceOpenBarIndex, kvp.Value, _currentIndex, pipTextEndPoint, lineColor);
Chart.DrawHorizontalLine(key + " line", priceAmountToBreakEven, Color.Goldenrod, 2, LineStyle.Dots);
So in your case, get the value of Poke you want, and then use that value as the "y-axis" value to plot when drawing lines.
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firemyst
21 Apr 2020, 16:30
( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:22 )
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
It seems to work fine for me. This is what I get when I close partially a position
Please note that the History contains only closing deals. Hence if for example you are adding volume to a position, hence creating an opening deal. this will not be recorded. It will be recorded only when the deal closes.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
Hi @Panagiotis:
The opening details of the deal is exactly what I want -- the entry price and time where I've increased a position size.
Why is there nothing in the API to give us access to those? Are there any plans to include that in future releases of the API?
Thank you.
@firemyst
firemyst
21 Apr 2020, 14:00
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
I was wrong above. You can actually get the deal information even for open positions. See below an example on how to get all deals of an open position on modification.
using System; using System.Linq; using cAlgo.API; using cAlgo.API.Indicators; using cAlgo.API.Internals; using cAlgo.Indicators; namespace cAlgo.Robots { [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.CentralAsiaStandardTime, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)] public class NewcBot : Robot { [Parameter(DefaultValue = 0.0)] public double Parameter { get; set; } protected override void OnStart() { Positions.Modified += Positions_Modified; } private void Positions_Modified(PositionModifiedEventArgs obj) { foreach (var trade in History.Where(x => x.PositionId == obj.Position.Id)) { Print("Entry price: " + trade.EntryPrice); Print("Closing price: " + trade.ClosingPrice); } } protected override void OnTick() { } protected override void OnStop() { // Put your deinitialization logic here } } }Best Regards,
Panagiotis
Bad news @Panagiotis, this doesn't appear to work.
Here's my code:
private void Positions_Modified(PositionModifiedEventArgs args)
{
Print("args.Position.SymbolName " + args.Position.SymbolName);
Print("_p.SymbolName " + _p.SymbolName);
Print("args.Position.Id " + args.Position.Id);
Print("_p.Id " + _p.Id);
foreach (var trade in History.Where(x => x.PositionId == args.Position.Id))
{
Print("Entry price: " + trade.EntryPrice);
Print("Closing price: " + trade.ClosingPrice);
Print("Entry time: " + trade.EntryTime);
Print("Modified time: " + trade.ClosingTime);
Print("Volume: " + trade.VolumeInUnits);
Print("--------------------------------");
}
}
And the logged output in descending order:
Notice it doesn't print anything within the foreach loop even though the Position ID's match as shown:
21/04/2020 18:55:01.971 | _p.Id 40057512
21/04/2020 18:55:01.971 | args.Position.Id 40057512
21/04/2020 18:55:01.971 | _p.SymbolName AUDUSD
21/04/2020 18:55:01.971 | args.Position.SymbolName AUDUSD
When I put a breakpoint on the opening curly brace of the method within Visual Studio, it skips over the foreach loop.
So again it's not going to work because the foreach loop is querying the History object, which won't have the "deals" at least until the overall position is closed.
Any other ideas on how to get the "Deal Information" while the position is still open?
Thank you.
@firemyst
firemyst
21 Apr 2020, 12:29
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
I was wrong above. You can actually get the deal information even for open positions. See below an example on how to get all deals of an open position on modification.
using System; using System.Linq; using cAlgo.API; using cAlgo.API.Indicators; using cAlgo.API.Internals; using cAlgo.Indicators; namespace cAlgo.Robots { [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.CentralAsiaStandardTime, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)] public class NewcBot : Robot { [Parameter(DefaultValue = 0.0)] public double Parameter { get; set; } protected override void OnStart() { Positions.Modified += Positions_Modified; } private void Positions_Modified(PositionModifiedEventArgs obj) { foreach (var trade in History.Where(x => x.PositionId == obj.Position.Id)) { Print("Entry price: " + trade.EntryPrice); Print("Closing price: " + trade.ClosingPrice); } } protected override void OnTick() { } protected override void OnStop() { // Put your deinitialization logic here } } }Best Regards,
Panagiotis
Oh that's awesome! Thank you @Panagiotis!
Thanks for the code sample!
I'll give it a try and see what I can do. Assume no news is good news. :-)
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firemyst
21 Apr 2020, 12:01
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
Indeed History provides the information of closed deals only and you need to filter by position id. Deals associated with open positions are not available in History.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
Great! Good to know.
So my question is how am I able to get all the "Deal" information while the position is open?
I would like to draw lines on the chart and do other calculations based on those with my bots.
Thank you,
@firemyst
firemyst
21 Apr 2020, 11:23
RE:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi firemyst,
Deal information is available through History. Each entry represents a deal.
Best Regards,
Panagiotis
@Panagiotis:
See my original post. I tried that:
Similarly:
HistoricalTrade ht = History.FindLast(String.Empty, Symbol.Name)
only provides the overall information, not each modification.
That only brings back the overall trade, it doesn't appear to bring back every entry price/time along the way. The labels on my trades are empty.
Then I tried:
HistoricalTrade[] ht = History.FindAll(String.Empty, _s.Name, _p.TradeType);
but that doesn't seem to supply historical information on a trade until the overall position closes.
I want all the deal/trade information while the positions are still opened.
Am I missing something?
Thank you.
@firemyst
firemyst
09 Apr 2020, 09:14
( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:21 )
RE: RE: RE:
calgodemo said:
firemyst said:
calgodemo said:
Hey all,
At the bottom of the ctrader window where it shows 'Current Time', the time, then the timezone, my time is incorrect.
I have everything set to UTC-5 (NY, East coast - the same as my local system time which also says UTC-5), however the time itself is an hour behind, or in my case Central Standard Time.
Is it not updating for daylight savings? if my bot/indicator codes use the same timeframe will this affect execution at all?
Many thanks!
CaD
Can you post a screen capture please showing the time differences?
As of this posting, it is nearly 2am in NYC, yet my ctrader instance is trying to tell me it's still winter.
Thanks!
CaD
It's doing the same for me. I'm currently located in Perth Australia (UTC + 8), and I know the US East Coast is 12 hours behind. So it's 2:12pm here Thursday, meaning it's now 2:12am your time Thursday morning.
When I set my cTrader to UTC - 5, it's incorrect for me as well showing:
This is for @Panagiotis and Team @Spotware to respond to as to why it's happening.
@firemyst
firemyst
08 Apr 2020, 17:25
RE:
Tj11 said:
You could use the construction :
public TimeSpan timePassed;
protected override void OnTimer()
{
timePassed = timePassed + Timer.Interval;//example seconds
if (timePassed.Seconds > 10)
{
}
}
Good start of a work around. However, the biggest drawback is the timer event would have to be set to go off at the smallest common interval.
For instance, if you want an event to happen every 5 seconds and 30 seconds, you have to set the timer event to either 1 or 5 seconds; if you set it at 2, 3, 4, or something else, one of those 5/30 second events will be 'late'.
Similarly, if you want an event to happen every 30 seconds and another at 4 minutes (240 seconds), you have to set the timer event to occur at 1, 5, 10, 15, or 30 second intervals.
The next thing is change the ">" to ">="
:-)
@firemyst
firemyst
28 May 2020, 12:33 ( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:22 )
RE:
douglascvas said:
I don't believe there's a ways to do it at the moment. All you can do is read the swap after it happens.
@Panagiotis can confirm.
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