padawan
12 Mar 2015, 06:13 ( Updated at: 19 Mar 2025, 08:57 )

RE:

Spotware said:...

No, cAlgo cannot be run under Wine.

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If you cannot use cAlgo/cTrader we can recommend you to check Spotware Connect: Open API. If you have any question regarding Open API, please contact support@ctrader.com.

Thank you for mentioning the Open API.  I think I had seen that before but may have gotten the impression it was for institutional traders.

I did look into a Windows VPS, but I believe my broker's servers are in Amsterdam, contrary to the answer here /forum/calgo-support/4587

After finally running cAlgo in MS Windows, I saw documentation to "Attach to Chart".  After recovering from cringing and reviewing forum topics like

/search?q=multiple+symbols
/forum/calgo-support/1245
/search?q=auto+start

I was considering posting in the Suggestions forum /forum/suggestions All you need to add are the following methods to the cAlgo API:
BrokerInstance signIn(Username, Password, Server, Port);  // Potentially can login to multiple [live and demo] brokers simultaneously but can start with just 1 broker
boolean subscribe(Symbol); // No more "Attach to Chart" code smell
onTick(Tick, Symbol, BrokerInstance); // Can keep tick and symbol separate or just onTick(Tick) and provide Symbol inside Tick object
boolean unsubscribe(Symbol); // Might as well allow unsubscribe
boolean signOut(BrokerInstance);

Then there will not need to be any GUI bloat if it is not wanted by the application developer.  It can be the App Dev's responsibility to auto launch a simple MS Windows executable (which is now probably also compatible with Wine). 

If the API Developers really want to help, automatically provide reconnection behind the scenes if that's already in cAlgo/cTrader, or add boolean isSignedIn() method.

The Open API looks huge already and does not even have rates or orders? https://sandbox-connect.spotware.com/draftref/GetStartAccounts.html says

And we are planning to provide with the next release following:
- price rates;
- send market order to open position;

I guess I'll just bite the bullet and improve my FIX engine.  Please post back here if these above methods are ever added.

Thanks again for your reply.

padawan
10 Mar 2015, 04:22

Hi username101,

Well, if you posted your question in the "cBot Development Support" forum and not only in this one "cAlgo Platform Support" that is shocking.

I can't click on your username and see what posts you've made so only you know.  Maybe another strange feature of this forum?  Besides the "cBot Development Support" forum, where I agree, you would expect to get help by fellow members, I did see an area to offer to pay for help "/jobs/", the main Jobs link at the top.

padawan
07 Mar 2015, 23:45

Hi username101,

This is my first day reading the Trading API documentation but I expect that you would add code to the OnTick method to test the state of your Positions /api/reference/positions and optionally ModifyPosition as documented here /api/guides/trading_api#el4 to move your StopLoss.

Regards.

padawan
07 Mar 2015, 23:10

Why does /vps/ say "If the VPS is located in London it will have low latency"?  Are all trading servers for all brokers which use cAlgo located in London?  Shouldn't that depend on the trading server location of the broker?