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  • #21
  • Edited 12:51pm Feb 27, 2020 4:29am | Edited 12:51pm
I was looking into cAlgo couple of years ago. The biggest issue was that cAlgo was not able to work with multiple currencies, I remember there was ticket on spotware for solving this issue . Do you know if this was already done? It's unbelievable that what has got JForex for years cAlgo does not.
  • #22
  • Feb 27, 2020 6:26am Feb 27, 2020 6:26am
Quoting mcquak
I was looking into cAlgo couple of years ago. The biggest issue was that cAlgo was not able to be work with multiple currencies, I remember there was ticket on spotware for solving this issue . Do you know if this was already done? It's unbelievable that what has got JForex for years cAlgo does not.
It was available for a long time for bots and indicators. But without support for multi-symbol backtesting. They added it for backtesting in the latest version 3.7.

Here is the announcement:
https://ctrader.com/forum/announcements/22441

And here is what was added to API in this version:
https://ctrader.com/forum/ctrader-blog/22440
  • #23
  • Feb 27, 2020 6:29am Feb 27, 2020 6:29am
Quoting Ben~J
{quote} It was available for a long time for bots and indicators. But without support for multi-symbol backtesting. They added it for backtesting in the latest version 3.7. Here is the announcement: https://ctrader.com/forum/announcements/22441 And here is what was added to API in this version: https://ctrader.com/forum/ctrader-blog/22440
Thanks Ben~J, it seems like it's right time to have look into the cAlgo again
  • #24
  • Feb 27, 2020 12:53pm Feb 27, 2020 12:53pm
Quoting mcquak
I was looking into cAlgo couple of years ago. The biggest issue was that cAlgo was not able to be work with multiple currencies, I remember there was ticket on spotware for solving this issue . Do you know if this was already done? It's unbelievable that what has got JForex for years cAlgo does not.
that is not true my brother either for old or new versions
you can manipulate thousands of currencies, directly or indirectly,

when we say +sign, then the instrument was selected = cBots deals with symbol of chart. -- this happens when we use SymbolName

but assume you want to deal with five instruments "symbols" , not necessay, chart symbol among them, either directly or through looping any symbol arrays. it is possible.
  • #25
  • Feb 27, 2020 1:26pm Feb 27, 2020 1:26pm
Quoting SalmanM
{quote} that is not true my brother either for old or new versions you can manipulate thousands of currencies, directly or indirectly, when we say +sign, then the instrument was selected = cBots deals with symbol of chart. -- this happens when we use SymbolName but assume you want to deal with five instruments "symbols" , not necessay, chart symbol among them, either directly or through looping any symbol arrays. it is possible.
As I said it's couple of years already since I lately been looking into the cTrader/cAlgo, so I'm really happy that multicurrency back-testing capability is now available for use! Anyways thank you, because I would not realize that without your thread ;-).

Would you know how long usually takes "activating" an account (in order to acquire token)?
  • #26
  • Feb 27, 2020 2:28pm Feb 27, 2020 2:28pm

mcquak (https://www.forexfactory.com/mcquak)

Example-4:

we want to put pending orders on 4 symbols at the same time, (USDJPY--GBPJPY-USDZAR-USDNOK)

we will apply for the chart of EURUSD which is not among these 4 instruments.


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when we apply it to EURUSD, you will not see any pending position on EURUSD-----EURUSD chart here is just an environment or space to apply this expert "script"

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  • #27
  • Feb 27, 2020 2:30pm Feb 27, 2020 2:30pm
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  • #28
  • Feb 27, 2020 2:34pm Feb 27, 2020 2:34pm
Quoting mcquak
{quote} As I said it's couple of years already since I lately been looking into the cTrader/cAlgo, so I'm really happy that multicurrency back-testing capability is now available for use! Anyways thank you, because I would not realize that without your thread ;-). Would you know how long usually takes "activating" an account (in order to acquire token)?
regarding back testing, I do not know, I have no idea. my post about real time run.
but the best of any others back testing methods is paper and pencil---> therefore you can design any expert or indicator that within 1 millisecond test all instruments at once...here you manipulate existing data-- for example Macd values--is already available--like existence of any other parameter such as ask or bid---all are numbers archived
  • #29
  • Edited 4:17pm Feb 27, 2020 3:04pm | Edited 4:17pm
Quoting SalmanM
{quote} regarding back testing, I do not know, I have no idea. my post about real time run. but the best of any others back testing methods is paper and pencil---> therefore you can design any expert or indicator that within 1 millisecond test all instruments at once...here you manipulate existing data-- for example Macd values--is already available--like existence of any other parameter such as ask or bid---all are numbers archived
Paper and pencil? Fair enough.
I was under impression you are representing some software house/group providing services on/for Spotware platform. But that's (surprisingly) does not seem to be the case when you do not know about back-testing.

I'm sorry for disturbing your thread.
  • #30
  • Feb 27, 2020 5:23pm Feb 27, 2020 5:23pm
Quoting Ben~J
{quote} It was available for a long time for bots and indicators. But without support for multi-symbol backtesting. They added it for backtesting in the latest version 3.7. Here is the announcement: https://ctrader.com/forum/announcements/22441 And here is what was added to API in this version: https://ctrader.com/forum/ctrader-blog/22440
your post is rich, and it is absolutely appreciated
  • #31
  • Edited 5:43pm Feb 27, 2020 5:25pm | Edited 5:43pm

Example-5: How to delete all pending orders?


-you know the total number of pending orders

-you know their attributes like symbol, volume, label, etc...



hence: "label" with cAlgo is almost in the position of "magic number" with mt4.

had better to use restricted keyword foreach looping supported by C#

LOOK:




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  • #32
  • Feb 27, 2020 5:59pm Feb 27, 2020 5:59pm
Example 6: write a code that place 10 orders on EURUSD, separated by one pip, starting from reference price 1.0900?
entry prices: 1.0900 then 1.0899 then 1.0898 ….. and so on
it is simple to program it using for loop.

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  • #33
  • Feb 27, 2020 6:13pm Feb 27, 2020 6:13pm

Example 7: repeat example 6, but now the lots should start from 1000 and incremented each time by 1000,


write a code that place 10 orders on EURUSD, separated by one pip, starting from reference price 1.0900?

1rst 1.0900 (vol 1000 eur)

then 1.0899 (vol 2000 eur)

then 1.0898 (vol 3000 eur)

….. and so on


code:

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  • #34
  • Last Post: Feb 27, 2020 8:22pm Feb 27, 2020 8:22pm

Example 8: code to log only positive numbers in array.


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