afhacker
25 Apr 2020, 15:07

RE:

ctid956028 said:

Expand the posibilities of  backtesting with manual trading in visual mode.
This way manual strategies can be tested also.

Try our manual strategy tester: www.algodeveloper.com/product/manual-strategy-tester/

There are other free cBots which works in a similar way but with limited features, ours allows you to perform all kind of trading operations and order management.

afhacker
13 Jan 2020, 15:23 ( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:21 )

RE:

lukasz.iskier said:

I compared backtest Renko size 10 and real chart and the bricks and the dates are not the same. Why?

What impact does have the setting of the instance's to 1hour or 1tick?

The size of the brick size is set to 10, the backtesting setting for data is set to "Tick data from Server (accurate)".

I see that there are different values for:

var prevOpenPrice = MarketSeries.Open.Last(1);

Example:

GBPJPY, h1, m1, t1 - the renko values for prevOpenPrice are different. What is the reason for that?

Hi,

It differs because the counting starts from different points of time, the cTrader Renko chart is calculated on their servers and then fed to client platforms.

afhacker
07 Jan 2020, 23:55 ( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:21 )

RE:

lukasz.iskier said:

Hi,

I cloned the newest version (there is a missing reference for cargo.dll, but I changed that manually).

Now, there is no bar detection - I received no logs in the console and none transaction was made.

I guess something went wrong with new change.

I just tested it and it works fine, are you you are calling the onTick method of Renko series on each new tick?

This is the code I used:

using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Extensions.Enums;
using cAlgo.API.Extensions.Models;
using cAlgo.API.Extensions.Series;
using cAlgo.API.Internals;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;

namespace cAlgo.Robots
{
    [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.FullAccess)]
    public class RenkoBot : Robot
    {
        // Use RangeMarketSeries for Range bars
        private RenkoMarketSeries _renkoSeries;

        private MovingAverage _ma;

        [Parameter("Size (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10)]
        public double RankoSizeInPips { get; set; }

        protected override void OnStart()
        {
            _renkoSeries = new RenkoMarketSeries(RankoSizeInPips, Symbol, this);

            _renkoSeries.OnBar += RenkoSeries_OnBar;

            // You can initialize cTrader indicators 
            _ma = Indicators.MovingAverage(_renkoSeries.Close, 10, MovingAverageType.Exponential);
        }

        protected override void OnTick()
        {
            // The Renko/Range market series OnTick method must be called on each new up coming ticks
            _renkoSeries.OnTick();
        }

        // This method is called on new Renko/Range bars, you should use this method instead of OnBar method of your Robot
        private void RenkoSeries_OnBar(object sender, OhlcBar newBar, OhlcBar oldBar)
        {
            Print(oldBar.Type);
        }
    }
}

And Result:

afhacker
02 Jan 2020, 12:57 ( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:21 )

RE:

lukasz.iskier said:

Dear AlgoDeveloper,

I appreciate very much your input! I see that not only me is waiting for renko backtesting functionality in cTrader.

I tested your great work.

I tested on EURUSD and WTI. For both backtesting I set t1 (1 tick) and in backtesting settings I chose that Data: "Tick data from Server (accurate)".

In both tests, not once the code went into the 'bear' condition, the only log I received was only "BULL".:

            if (newBar.Type == BarType.Bullish)
            {
                Print("      BULL");
                //ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, Symbol.Name, 1000, string.Empty, 10, 20);
            }
            else if (newBar.Type == BarType.Bearish)
            {
                Print("BEAR");                
                //ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Sell, Symbol.Name, 1000, string.Empty, 10, 20);
            }

Can you reproduce it at your environment and give us hint how to proceed? I am using cTrader 3.6

Hi,

I fixed the issue, please clone the latest version of the library from Github.

afhacker
20 Dec 2019, 17:30

It only works if you use Tick data for backtesting, and the time frame is not important it will give you the same result on all time frames.

afhacker
01 Dec 2019, 10:30 ( Updated at: 21 Dec 2023, 09:21 )

If you need something like TradingView you can use our Chart Calendar: https://www.algodeveloper.com/product/chart-calendar/

It is a commercial product and it is not free.

afhacker
25 Nov 2019, 08:10

RE:

Yuith24 said:

 I want....market session indicator

Try this: https://www.algodeveloper.com/product/session-box/

afhacker
07 Nov 2019, 22:10

RE:

nuzakfarnas said:

Being new to forex would it be more beneficial for me to learn Ctrader platform because it is more up to date and MT4 is becoming more outdated?

I currently have no interest in trading with bots. I would rather fully understand the market so I can tweak my own strategy, rather than have a bot trade for me and not understand where my profit/loss came from.

Also which platform is better for a Forex Simulator so I can Backtest my strategies?

Try this: https://www.algodeveloper.com/product/manual-strategy-tester/

You can easily test your strategy on cTrader back tester.

afhacker
07 Nov 2019, 22:08

You can add all those alert types just with a single line of code, try my alert library: https://ctrader.com/algos/show/1692

afhacker
05 Nov 2019, 12:16

Production-ready tooltip control for chart objects (Not controls and for now, it only works if the chart object is interactive):

namespace cAlgo.API.Extensions.Controls
{
    public class ChartObjectTooltip : CustomControl
    {
        #region Fields

        private readonly Border _border;

        private readonly Chart _chart;

        private readonly ChartObject _chartObject;

        private double _lastMouseX, _lastMouseY;

        #endregion Fields

        public ChartObjectTooltip(Chart chart, ChartObject chartObject)
        {
            _chart = chart;
            _chartObject = chartObject;

            _border = new Border
            {
                BackgroundColor = "#3F3F3F",
                BorderColor = "#969696",
                BorderThickness = 1,
                CornerRadius = 5
            };

            AddChild(_border);

            _chart.ObjectHoverChanged += Chart_ObjectHoverChanged;
            _chart.MouseMove += Chart_MouseMove;
        }

        #region Properties

        public Color BackgroundColor
        {
            get
            {
                return _border.BackgroundColor;
            }
            set
            {
                _border.BackgroundColor = value;
            }
        }

        public Color BorderColor
        {
            get
            {
                return _border.BorderColor;
            }
            set
            {
                _border.BorderColor = value;
            }
        }

        public Thickness BorderThickness
        {
            get
            {
                return _border.BorderThickness;
            }
            set
            {
                _border.BorderThickness = value;
            }
        }

        public CornerRadius CornerRadius
        {
            get
            {
                return _border.CornerRadius;
            }
            set
            {
                _border.CornerRadius = value;
            }
        }

        public ControlBase Content
        {
            get
            {
                return _border.Child;
            }
            set
            {
                _border.Child = value;
            }
        }

        #endregion Properties

        #region Methods

        private void Chart_ObjectHoverChanged(ChartObjectHoverChangedEventArgs obj)
        {
            if (obj.IsObjectHovered && obj.ChartObject == _chartObject)
            {
                UpdateCoorinates();

                IsVisible = true;
            }
            else
            {
                IsVisible = false;
            }
        }

        private void Chart_MouseMove(ChartMouseEventArgs obj)
        {
            _lastMouseX = obj.MouseX;
            _lastMouseY = obj.MouseY;

            if (IsVisible)
            {
                UpdateCoorinates();
            }
        }

        private void UpdateCoorinates()
        {
            var extraDelta = 10;
            var width = Width;
            var height = Height;
            var left = _chart.Width - _lastMouseX > width + extraDelta ? _lastMouseX + extraDelta : _lastMouseX - width - extraDelta;
            var right = _chart.Height - _lastMouseY > height + extraDelta ? _lastMouseY + extraDelta : _lastMouseY - height - extraDelta;

            Margin = new Thickness(left, right, 0, 0);
        }

        #endregion Methods
    }
}

afhacker
05 Nov 2019, 12:14

RE:

mark.lite said:

Hi!

I love TradingView for the Economic calendar shown directly on the chart.

This is soo convenientand saves me from setting alerts in third party applications...

 

Why wouldn't you add this feature? I already see calendar in my Broker's cTrader mobile version - it is integrated, which means that this shouldn't be too hard to drop the same data to cTrader Desktop....

cTrader rocks! Because it evolves.

 

---- Please vote it up! ----

 

Regards.

Try this: https://www.algodeveloper.com/product/chart-calendar/

It's similar to the TradingView economic calendar and displays the events on your chart, the indicator contains the events from 2007 to now.

afhacker
04 Nov 2019, 20:09

That's awesome! and very helpful.

afhacker
23 Oct 2019, 21:15

RE: RE:

bishbashbosh said:

afhacker said:

Put your code on a separate class library project and compile it with Visual Studio, then reference the compiled library to your indicator/cBot.

That's how you can use any of the new C# features but if you put your code inside indicator/cBot project then for compiling cTrader compiler will be used which will fail as it doesn't support the new features.

I see. So the choice is either all-in-one solution or new C# - gotcha.

You can put all the projects on a single solution, you don't have to create separate solutions unless you have to.

afhacker
18 Oct 2019, 16:00

RE: RE:

matt_graham_92@hotmail.com said:

Panagiotis Charalampous said:

Hi Matt,

Can you please provide more information about this issue? What is the problem and in which version do you experience it, 3.5 or 3.6?

Best Regards,

Panagiotis

I have a cbot that I can not use due to the update. It will not open any positions! There is a major bug on cTrader 3.6 Automate API, which doesn't execute the code on each new upcoming bar. I am waiting for next update to have this issue solved, hopefully!

Hey Mat, I already reported the issue, its Renko chart OnBar method bug.

afhacker
16 Oct 2019, 00:15

Put your code on a separate class library project and compile it with Visual Studio, then reference the compiled library to your indicator/cBot.

That's how you can use any of the new C# features but if you put your code inside indicator/cBot project then for compiling cTrader compiler will be used which will fail as it doesn't support the new features.

afhacker
09 Oct 2019, 18:10

If you are a Mac user you have two options, either rent a VPS or use VirtualBox and install Windows on it.

afhacker
09 Oct 2019, 16:45

You can also use the library I wrote: https://github.com/afhacker/Connect

It has a console tester app, which you can use for testing different API commands.

My lib also supports Rx, which you can use for receiving the API messages on an IObservable stream.

afhacker
23 Sep 2019, 14:50

If you are looking for on chart economic calendar you can try our Chart Calendar indicator: https://www.algodeveloper.com/product/chart-calendar/

It can load historical events data on your chart from 2007 to now.

afhacker
20 Sep 2019, 21:03

You can have any time frame, tick number, Renko and range box sizes on cTrader with our Custom Period Chart indicator.

afhacker
16 Sep 2019, 20:18

There are lots of great S/R and S/D indicators on cTDN developed by the community free and paid if those indicators aren't good enough you can always develop the one based on your rules and criteria.

No need for Spotware to spent time and resource for developing indicators, let them work on platform and API.