Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
30 Dec 2024, 10:35
I keep trying to get rid of these sample bots as they clutter up the Algo list, and
they keep coming back, and it is getting very annoying. I suspect it is syncing? How can I fix this?
Turn all syncing off, then delete the files from every computer I have cTrader installed on, then turn it back on?
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
Many thanks.
Replies
davidrob
31 Dec 2024, 03:45
( Updated at: 31 Dec 2024, 03:50 )
RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
@davidrob
firemyst
31 Dec 2024, 04:28
RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
davidrob said:
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
I don't know if that's the correct procedure or not, because I don't do any syncing. For me it's kind of pointless to run bots in the cloud since I like having email notifications, have my own “stop loss” line that I drag and drop (so the markets can't see my actual stop loss placements), etc etc.
@firemyst
davidrob
31 Dec 2024, 10:33
RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
davidrob said:
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
I don't know if that's the correct procedure or not, because I don't do any syncing. For me it's kind of pointless to run bots in the cloud since I like having email notifications, have my own “stop loss” line that I drag and drop (so the markets can't see my actual stop loss placements), etc etc.
@davidrob
davidrob
31 Dec 2024, 10:36
( Updated at: 31 Dec 2024, 10:54 )
RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
firemyst said:
davidrob said:
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
I don't know if that's the correct procedure or not, because I don't do any syncing. For me it's kind of pointless to run bots in the cloud since I like having email notifications, have my own “stop loss” line that I drag and drop (so the markets can't see my actual stop loss placements), etc etc.
The procedure seems to be working. Interesting comments, thanks. I know what you mean about keeping SL,TP, and even pending orders out of the market's eye. Your comment raises some interesting thoughts and prompts me to ask these questions:
Do you mean the cTrader cloud or any cloud such as a VPS? Can you not email notify from either?
When you adjust a cTrader (Desktop) SL line as you mention above, this creates a SL value in the trade. Is this not registered on the market as an order? Meaning either cTrader or the broker administers it? I was never very comfortable about brokers seeing my SL levels either.
@davidrob
firemyst
01 Jan 2025, 01:49
RE: RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
davidrob said:
The procedure seems to be working. Interesting comments, thanks. I know what you mean about keeping SL,TP, and even pending orders out of the market's eye. Your comment raises some interesting thoughts and prompts me to ask these questions:
Do you mean the cTrader cloud or any cloud such as a VPS? Can you not email notify from either?
A VPS isn't the same. Most VPS's actually have access to a full server, the desktop, drives for saving data, everything. It's called a virtual private server for a reason - you have all functionalities as if it's your own server :-)
When you adjust a cTrader (Desktop) SL line as you mention above, this creates a SL value in the trade. Is this not registered on the market as an order? Meaning either cTrader or the broker administers it? I was never very comfortable about brokers seeing my SL levels either.
I didn't say cTrader Desktop SL line – I said “my own stoploss line”. So no, it's not registered on the cTrader servers - it's registered on my VPS. It's obviously dependent on my VPS having connectivity to the markets and since most are guaranteed to be up over 99% of the time, it's not too big a worry. I can drag/drop it like any line and it will be treated/executed as a SL line.
As a safety net, just in case my VPS does lose connectivity, I put in another cTrader registered SL that's a random 300-500 pips further away (so nobody in the markets can figure out the logic between the orders).
@firemyst
davidrob
03 Jan 2025, 02:43
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
firemyst said:
davidrob said:
The procedure seems to be working. Interesting comments, thanks. I know what you mean about keeping SL,TP, and even pending orders out of the market's eye. Your comment raises some interesting thoughts and prompts me to ask these questions:
Do you mean the cTrader cloud or any cloud such as a VPS? Can you not email notify from either?
A VPS isn't the same. Most VPS's actually have access to a full server, the desktop, drives for saving data, everything. It's called a virtual private server for a reason - you have all functionalities as if it's your own server :-)
Ok, thanks, the terminolgy in my question was not too good. Understand VPS as you describe, but would you consider a Vps to be in “the cloud”?
When you adjust a cTrader (Desktop) SL line as you mention above, this creates a SL value in the trade. Is this not registered on the market as an order? Meaning either cTrader or the broker administers it? I was never very comfortable about brokers seeing my SL levels either.
I didn't say cTrader Desktop SL line – I said “my own stoploss line”. So no, it's not registered on the cTrader servers - it's registered on my VPS. It's obviously dependent on my VPS having connectivity to the markets and since most are guaranteed to be up over 99% of the time, it's not too big a worry. I can drag/drop it like any line and it will be treated/executed as a SL line.
Ok on your SL lines… so I assume you wrote your own Bot which takes its value from the SL line, assume there is an event triggered when the line value changes which your bot responds to, and uses that value internally to watch the price, and issues the SL order when internally triggered ? Am I reading you correctly? Or perhaps you are setting the SL manually for individual trades on your VPS ?
As a safety net, just in case my VPS does lose connectivity, I put in another cTrader registered SL that's a random 300-500 pips further away (so nobody in the markets can figure out the logic between the orders).
Aahhh, thanks this comment, I have believed in a “Catastrophic SL” which trails price. Nice to have a confirmation. Your comments are really helpful.
@davidrob
firemyst
03 Jan 2025, 05:19
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
Ok, thanks, the terminolgy in my question was not too good. Understand VPS as you describe, but would you consider a Vps to be in “the cloud”?
No. It's not in the cloud. The VPS is located in a specific data center in a specific country with a specific IP address for trading the markets.
Ok on your SL lines… so I assume you wrote your own Bot which takes its value from the SL line, assume there is an event triggered when the line value changes which your bot responds to, and uses that value internally to watch the price, and issues the SL order when internally triggered ? Am I reading you correctly? Or perhaps you are setting the SL manually for individual trades on your VPS ?
Both. I wrote code that displays my own line on the charts, which I can drag, drop, and do everything else like you can with the normal SL/TP lines in cTrader.
I can move it manually; I can have a bot move it; again, just like the SL/TP lines in cTrader. :-)
@firemyst
davidrob
03 Jan 2025, 06:35
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
firemyst said:
Ok, thanks, the terminolgy in my question was not too good. Understand VPS as you describe, but would you consider a Vps to be in “the cloud”?
No. It's not in the cloud. The VPS is located in a specific data center in a specific country with a specific IP address for trading the markets.
Ok on your SL lines… so I assume you wrote your own Bot which takes its value from the SL line, assume there is an event triggered when the line value changes which your bot responds to, and uses that value internally to watch the price, and issues the SL order when internally triggered ? Am I reading you correctly? Or perhaps you are setting the SL manually for individual trades on your VPS ?
Both. I wrote code that displays my own line on the charts, which I can drag, drop, and do everything else like you can with the normal SL/TP lines in cTrader.
I can move it manually; I can have a bot move it; again, just like the SL/TP lines in cTrader. :-)
I get it. Thanks for clarifying. Appreciate it.
@davidrob
firemyst
31 Dec 2024, 00:35
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
@firemyst