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Strategy Coded in LUA

  • #1
  • First Post: Oct 2, 2012 5:27am Oct 2, 2012 5:27am
Hello,

I have come up with quite a great idea for an algorithmic strategy, however my coding experience in LUA is very limited. LUA is the coding language used in the FXCM platform, TSII/Marketscope. I am wondering if there are any traders/programmers out there that would be willing to help with this excellent idea.
  • #2
  • Oct 3, 2012 1:44am Oct 3, 2012 1:44am
Hi there

Drop me a PM I might be able to assist.

Ciao
  • #3
  • Oct 3, 2012 11:52am Oct 3, 2012 11:52am
You don't need to use LUA. FXCM has also C and C# based trading platforms.
  • #4
  • Oct 3, 2012 3:13pm Oct 3, 2012 3:13pm
Quoting Terraforce1
Hi there

Drop me a PM I might be able to assist.

Ciao

Hey Terraforce,

thanks for the reply. I'll send you a PM tonight, I've been really busy over the last day.
  • #5
  • Oct 4, 2012 3:36am Oct 4, 2012 3:36am
Quoting mfoste1
Hello,

I have come up with quite a great idea for an algorithmic strategy, however my coding experience in LUA is very limited. LUA is the coding language used in the FXCM platform, TSII/Marketscope. I am wondering if there are any traders/programmers out there that would be willing to help with this excellent idea.
Hi Mfoste1,

In addition to what Terraforce and Jcl365 have already said, you can get free help with programming custom functions, indicators and strategies for FXCM platforms on the FXCodebase website. If you find that you need professional assistance, you can contact FXCM's Programming Services department. And if you are more comfortable programming in languages other than .LUA, then FXCM offers the MT4 and NinjaTrader platforms which use MQL and C# respectively.

Jason
  • #6
  • Edited 8:12am Oct 4, 2012 7:59am | Edited 8:12am
Quoting Jason Rogers
Hi Mfoste1,

In addition to what Terraforce and Jcl365 have already said, you can get free help with programming custom functions, indicators and strategies for FXCM platforms on the FXCodebase website. If you find that you need professional assistance, you can contact FXCM's Programming Services department. And if you are more comfortable programming in languages other than .LUA, then FXCM offers the [url="http://www.fxcm.co.uk//automated-trading.jsp"]MT4...

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the response, however, I posted here in order to avoid having the team at FXcodebase work on it. The team is very, very poorly managed and the site is all over the place and nothing ever seems to get finished there. Most of the algos that the team works on are completely useless and I can tell immediately that the strategies will not work ever. So what happens is that a good idea comes along and the programmers are too busy working on useless ideas to finish it. Then, you get the response "your idea has been added to the development list" aka the forgotten list. I have posted requests and ideas only to check back weeks later and find that other ideas that have been posted much later than mine were already finished. I have offered to pay for the premium services, but they just said they would do it for free and post it on the site. This is not a good practice in my opinion. Why wouldn't they have let me pay for a private algo developed? Are they lower level programmers paid by FXCM? It's very mind boggling.

In regards to FXCM programming services, I had once been quoted $600 for the alteration of 15 lines of code which is a joke at best, so I could only speculate as to what a strategy developed by them would cost.
  • #7
  • Oct 4, 2012 8:18am Oct 4, 2012 8:18am
Quoting mfoste1
Hi Jason,

Thanks for the response, however, I posted here in order to avoid having the team at FXcodebase work on it. The team is very, very poorly managed and the site is all over the place and nothing ever seems to get finished there. Most of the algos that the team works on are completely useless and I can tell immediately that the strategies will not work ever. So what happens is that a good idea comes along and the programmers are too busy working on useless ideas to finish it. Then, you get the response "your idea has been added to the...
We program robots in C for the FXCM API. If you're interested, please PM me. I can't tell you beforehand what a customer specific algorithm will cost, but I can tell you that it won't be $600 for 15 lines.
  • #8
  • Oct 4, 2012 8:00pm Oct 4, 2012 8:00pm
Quoting mfoste1
I have offered to pay for the premium services, but they just said they would do it for free and post it on the site. This is not a good practice in my opinion. Why wouldn't they have let me pay for a private algo developed? Are they lower level programmers paid by FXCM? It's very mind boggling.

In regards to FXCM programming services, I had once been quoted $600 for the alteration of 15 lines of code which is a joke at best, so I could only speculate as to what a strategy developed by them would cost.
Hi Mfoste1,

The FXCodebase.com site is meant to be a free community where people can share programs. That's why they don't have a paid service. The FXCM Programming Services department is where you can get professional assistance. The minimum they charge for any job is $600, so it may not be worth it for a short program, but could be worthwhile for a more complex program. They also usually offer a way for you to get your program coded for free, if you deposit funds in your FXCM account or meet certain trading volume requirements. If you were curious about those options, you can click here for a free quote.

Jason
  • #9
  • Mar 8, 2013 10:03am Mar 8, 2013 10:03am
Hello, I enjoy LUA and do all of my coding in LUA. I have made some great algo's that work on FXCM's platform using LUA and would like to try them out on single stocks and all of the commodities so does anyone know of a stock or full commodity platform that i can import my LUA indicators (besides fxcm) into WITHOUT converting the language. Thank you
  • #10
  • Mar 11, 2013 12:48pm Mar 11, 2013 12:48pm
Hello chrisaforex!

Thanks for your post and question about LUA. I have not seen any other platforms that utilize LUA to code custom strategies, but I also haven’t seen every trading platform out there, so don’t hold me to it! Keep in mind that even if you do find another platform that utilizes LUA, the specifics of the language and API may not convert properly (e.g. the order of events, flags, strings, etc. may be different).

FXCM has a great programming team that can work on converting languages for you, or offer consulting hours, depending on what you are looking for.

Have you coded in other languages, chrisaforex? How did it go?

BB
  • #11
  • Mar 16, 2013 1:12pm Mar 16, 2013 1:12pm
Quoting jcl365
You don't need to use LUA. FXCM has also C and C# based trading platforms.
I've just registered, so can't PM yet. Have a strategy I need to code for Trade Station. Supposed to be pretty simple. Please, anyone who can help, e-mail me to talk details.

Thank you
  • #12
  • Mar 20, 2013 12:51pm Mar 20, 2013 12:51pm
Thank You Brad!

So is there anyway to simply have single stocks and all of the commodity markets go through marketscope? Like can i just buy the feed for those markets?
  • #13
  • Sep 30, 2013 3:00pm Sep 30, 2013 3:00pm
This is an old thread but thought I would try. New member and can't email others.

I have a strategy I need fixed for the FXCM trading station platform. I have the same problems as you Mfoste1 with codebase and FXCM. except FXCM didn't even reply to me after filling out their quote form twice ! The strategy I want fixed is the donchian channel break out strategy, made by codebase. Codebase people put on hold and never look at it.

The strategy has an option to allow tick data, but doen't seem to work. trades open and close after the candle closes instead of when channel is crossed.
Wondering if Mfoste1 found a reliable coder for this platform that you would recommend ? Wiling to pay, just want it fixed and no viruses.
Thanks
Neal
  • #14
  • Oct 4, 2013 10:04am Oct 4, 2013 10:04am
Thank you for the posts chrisaforex and napitt!

Chrisaforex – Marketscope accepts FX and CFD price feeds from our servers. Unfortunately there isn’t a way to integrate any other price feed.

Napitt – I apologize for the lack in response! That is quite unusual. If you would, please send the strategy to me at: [email protected] for us to look at. It sounds like the strategy was not built with intra-bar trading logic (i.e. it will only place trades at the open of a candle, not within a candle). This is likely something that can be changed, however we would need to see the code and determine if it’s possible.

Thank you again for your time and best of luck trading!


Brad
  • #15
  • Dec 19, 2023 6:08am Dec 19, 2023 6:08am
I'm new can't direct message yet. I have a LUA language indicator already made, I just need some things added to it. Can anyone do this for me? I need this done as sson as possible. Thank you
  • #16
  • Last Post: May 16, 2025 10:18pm May 16, 2025 10:18pm
HI bro maybe I can help you
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