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  • #21
  • Mar 6, 2015 8:59am Mar 6, 2015 8:59am
been using ctrader for a year now, it good but i have 2 complaints tho:

1) both Ctrader and Calgo are too heavy, they consume way too much RAM, even MT4 loaded with multiple charts, indicators and EA barley consumes half the RAM of what Ctrader and Calgo use by default (empty !, no indicator, no bot, just 1 chart).

2) the impossibility to backtest/optimise a bot for tick charts (<1m) , this one is really a deal breaker, the tick chart on Ctrader is the only serious advantage has on MT4, not being able to build/run HFT bots on it is incomprehensible.
i lose money for a living
  • #22
  • Edited 8:34am Jul 23, 2015 8:07am | Edited 8:34am
Hello,
We would like to inform you about the updates and new features introduced by cAlgo since our latest post:

Optimization
Now you can use Optimization tab for determining the best parameters to use in your cBot. Two optimization methods are available: Grid that simply backtests each possible set of parameters and Genetic Algorithm that finds the optimal parameters faster. Find more information.
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Load and Save Parameters
We have added an ability to load and save cBot parameters.
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Tick data backtesting
"Tick data from Server" has been added to the list of available data modes in backtesting. Now you can test your cBots with historical spreads. Furthermore, in tick data backtesting Bid and Ask prices come asynchronously with millisecond precision.
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Timer API
If your strategy requires to perform some actions more often than OnTick happens, you may want to use Timer. Specify Interval in Timer.Start method and put your code to the OnTimer method.
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Equity Cloud
Equity Cloud and advanced snapshot tool have been added to Balance-Equity charts in backtesting and optimization.
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Refresh Data
Between invocations of user's handlers cAlgo automatically updates MarketSeries, Positions, Pending Orders, etc. If your algorithm performs long computations, you may want to refresh data explicitly. Now you can do it by executing RefreshData() method.
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GAC References
We have added ".NET Framework" tab to the Reference Manager. Now you can reference assemblies from Global Assembly Cache.
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Integration with Visual Studio
Now cAlgo is not the only way to edit your cBots and custom indicators. In Microsoft Visual Studio you can edit, build and debug your cBots and custom indicators. Use your favorite tool to develop your trading strategies.
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Historical trades access
Now it is possible to retrieve the historical trades from cBot or Indicator. The History collection contains the same items as History tab in cTrader.
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A follow up post will be published soon to inform you about the latest most exciting updates of cTrader.
cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #23
  • Jul 23, 2015 9:16am Jul 23, 2015 9:16am
Quoting cTrader
Hello, We would like to inform you about the updates and new features introduced by cAlgo
You better complete the "Connect API"; right now it cannot be used in a meaningful way -
there is one peculiar detail missing: the spot event does not carry a time stamp!? Which is ridiculous - all events must carry a time stamp; also, if there's no time stamp to the spot event, no bar data can be built from ticks. Making the API totally useless; why you even tried if you have no clue what's what? Also a personal, permanent token must be implemented for desktop apps.
If completed in this way, connect API makes cTrader/cAlgo or c whatever obsolet.. Thanks, and hurry up!
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  • #24
  • Jul 24, 2015 6:31am Jul 24, 2015 6:31am
Quoting rockit
{quote} You better complete the "Connect API"; right now it cannot be used in a meaningful way - there is one peculiar detail missing: the spot event does not carry a time stamp!? Which is ridiculous - all events must carry a time stamp; also, if there's no time stamp to the spot event, no bar data can be built from ticks. Making the API totally useless; why you even tried if you have no clue what's what? Also a personal, permanent token must be implemented for desktop apps. If completed in this way, connect API makes cTrader/cAlgo or c whatever...
Hello,
It is in our plans to include the features you described in one of our releases in the near future.
cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #25
  • Jul 28, 2015 6:42am Jul 28, 2015 6:42am
Hello,
As said in our previous post we would like to inform you about some of the many exciting updates of cTrader:

Run cBots in cTrader
Now you can run cBots in cTrader. Just drag the cBot from the cBots tab located in Market Watch to one of your charts, configure your parameters and press play.
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Advanced Take Profit
You can now set up to 4 Take Profit levels for a position. Each take profit level can be set to close a part of the position's volume.
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Tick Charts
Tick Charts are now available. You can view either a 1-tick chart or an aggregated tick chart of up to 55 ticks. Tick charts can be used with any chart type and any indicator.
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Email Alerts
You can now receive Email alerts for various events, like a pending Order that has been Filled. Emails will be sent to the Email account you used when registering your cTrader ID.
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New Time Frames
You will now find all the Time Frames that you will ever need. We added m6, m7, m8, m9, m20, m45, 2h, 3h, 6h, 8h, D2 and D3.
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Equity Cloud
You can see the account's previous minimum and maximum equity along with balance in the performance tab.
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Fair stop-out
This new feature prioritizes freeing up margin over position profit and loss. cTrader's new stop-out method protects trader margins and increases the lifespan of a trader's balance. The rudimentary process used by some other outdated platforms is to liquidate positions once stop-out levels are reached starting with the most unprofitable position. Unfortunately this method works against traders when they are at risk of having their balance wiped out.
Our new stop-out algorithm closes positions in descending order of margin used, so that as each position is closed, traders have a better chance at securing what they can from their remaining deals. Stop-outs are never a pleasant occurrence for the trader, but the least we can do is ensure they have maximum chances of recovery.
The stop-out feature is one of the many trader-centric features we have introduced to cTrader over the years. It encompasses our entire company philosophy, to put the trader first.

CFDs on equities
The range of markets for cTrader has been expanded with the addition of CFDs on Equities. cTrader brokers can now choose to offer their investors access to more than 10,000 of the most popular stocks.
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Single Sign on
Signing into cTrader ID now signs the user into all Spotware products running on that machine plus it gives you access to Mirror trading in addition to other features like Email Alerts and Cloud Workspaces.
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Cloud Accounts
Trading accounts are automatically stored in the cloud, after logging into your cTrader ID. No need to remember account numbers or passwords anymore. A cloud icon indicates cloud-stored accounts.
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Lots / Units Switch
You can select if you want to trade using Lots or units for each symbol using the Lots selector in MarketWatch.
Lots - i.e. 3 Lots of EURUSD
Units - i.e. 300k of EURUSD
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cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #26
  • Jul 28, 2015 7:43am Jul 28, 2015 7:43am
Looks good! Are settings also stored in the cloud or do I have to drag these around different machines?



Quoting cTrader
Hello, As said in our previous post we would like to inform you about some of the many exciting updates of cTrader: Run cBots in cTrader Now you can run cBots in cTrader. Just drag the cBot from the cBots tab located in Market Watch to one of your charts, configure your parameters and press play. {image} Advanced Take Profit You can now set up to 4 Take Profit levels for a position. Each take profit level can be set to close a part of the position's volume. {image} Tick Charts Tick Charts are now available. You can view either a 1-tick chart or...
  • #27
  • Jul 29, 2015 4:42am Jul 29, 2015 4:42am
Is here anyone who know or who be able to code someting like attached indi?

We can drag SL line and indi calculate lot size according of assumed risk (percentage or value)
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File Type: ex4 Stop Loss Calculator_1.0.ex4   13 KB | 417 downloads
  • #28
  • Jul 29, 2015 6:42am Jul 29, 2015 6:42am
Quoting 50percent
Hands down cAlgo is the best tool out there. It's built for backtesting, and that, I believe is the way to trade. The backtest functions as a calculator, and diagnosis. At a snap, you can check your strategy and adapt it daily. Now with cAlgo optimization, I really don't see any challenger. MT4? Try doing a backtest on that. Then try optimizing!
Why? Is the backtesting feature of MT4 that bad? I´m new in coding EA´s and just coding my first one in mql4. I backtest it, if it works, with mt4.
Should i give up mql and start c#? (Thought this one is much more complex...)

Best regards
  • #29
  • Nov 16, 2015 5:01am Nov 16, 2015 5:01am
Quoting BataviaTrade
Looks good! Are settings also stored in the cloud or do I have to drag these around different machines? {quote}
Hello,
We recommend you to save your workspaces, where you can set up and save different platform layouts that you can use from multiple accounts and any computer.
A saved workspace includes:

  1. Open charts (including any options or indicators applied to the charts)
  2. Chart templates
  3. Favourite symbols
  4. Preferences (QuickTrade settings, layout selection, sounds on/off, etc)

A prerequisite to have the ability to save a workspace is to have a cTID.

cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #30
  • Nov 19, 2015 3:32am Nov 19, 2015 3:32am
Quoting cTrader
{quote} Hello, We recommend you to save your workspaces, where you can set up and save different platform layouts that you can use from multiple accounts and any computer. A saved workspace includes: Open charts (including any options or indicators applied to the charts) Chart templates Favourite symbols Preferences (QuickTrade settings, layout selection, sounds on/off, etc) A prerequisite to have the ability to save a workspace is to have a cTID.
Thank you. But what I mean, say, if a save a workspace on my computer, log off, next day I log in on my laptop, will I be able to open that last saved workspace?

With other words, where exactly are workspaces stored? on server of cTrader, or any device I happen to work on (pc or laptop).
  • #31
  • Nov 30, 2015 7:21am Nov 30, 2015 7:21am
You will be able to use your Workspace on any device which uses cTrader Desktop. Workspaces are saved in the cloud.
As a further clarification, you won't be able to access workspaces on cTrader Web that you created on cTrader Desktop and the opposite.

Quoting BataviaTrade
{quote} Thank you. But what I mean, say, if a save a workspace on my computer, log off, next day I log in on my laptop, will I be able to open that last saved workspace? With other words, where exactly are workspaces stored? on server of cTrader, or any device I happen to work on (pc or laptop).
cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #32
  • Dec 7, 2015 11:19am Dec 7, 2015 11:19am
Hello,
I saw this thread and I wonder...
How do I implement the following code:
http://ctdn.com/forum/calgo-reference-samples/543

into the robot I am using?
  • #33
  • Dec 8, 2015 1:19pm Dec 8, 2015 1:19pm
Quoting cTrader
You will be able to use your Workspace on any device which uses cTrader Desktop. Workspaces are saved in the cloud. As a further clarification, you won't be able to access workspaces on cTrader Web that you created on cTrader Desktop and the opposite. {quote}
Thank you for your repons. That is very valuable.
  • #34
  • Dec 10, 2015 3:39am Dec 10, 2015 3:39am
Does anybody knows how to save the following file as .algo?
https://github.com/abhacid/Martingale_Forex
  • #35
  • Sep 2, 2016 11:44am Sep 2, 2016 11:44am
Quoting archishard
Does anybody knows how to save the following file as .algo? https://github.com/abhacid/Martingale_Forex
would you explain what is this
  • #36
  • Sep 2, 2016 11:46am Sep 2, 2016 11:46am
I have an EA in both Calgo and MT4, i take back test in CAlgo (accurate), but when i use the same settings in mt4, it gives me different results, what's the reason, and to what platform should i trust??
  • #37
  • Sep 4, 2016 11:26pm Sep 4, 2016 11:26pm
Quoting She1
{quote} would you explain what is this
Hi She1, the simplest way to get this robot into cAlgo is to is to use the creators link from GitHub to cTDN where you can download the .algo file which will can be opened by cAlgo with doing any thing technical. Here is the link: http://ctdn.com/algos/cbots/show/225

Typically downloaded files would go to the "Downloads" folder, so we need to move it to C:\Users\YOU\Documents\cAlgo\Sources\Robots once that is done, you will see it in cAlgo, ready for you to use.
cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #38
  • Sep 5, 2016 4:27am Sep 5, 2016 4:27am
Quoting cTrader
{quote} Hi She1, the simplest way to get this robot into cAlgo is to is to use the creators link from GitHub to cTDN where you can download the .algo file which will can be opened by cAlgo with doing any thing technical. Here is the link: http://ctdn.com/algos/cbots/show/225 Typically downloaded files would go to the "Downloads" folder, so we need to move it to C:\Users\YOU\Documents\cAlgo\Sources\Robots once that is done, you will see it in cAlgo, ready for you to use.
Oh, i meant what is that EA, i am a coder and know how to do such things, LOL,
thanks, can you answer my other question which is more important, i have back test growing $1k to $450M in less than 3 months, but, i can't trust the result, because when I use the same settings and EA with another platform like MT4, it gives different results, which platform should we trust?
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...12#post9053412
  • #39
  • Sep 5, 2016 6:39am Sep 5, 2016 6:39am
Quoting She1
{quote} i have back test growing $1k to $450M in less than 3 months, but, i can't trust the result, because when I use the same settings and EA with another platform like MT4, it gives different results, which platform should we trust? http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...12#post9053412
Hi She1,

We misunderstood the point of the question, sorry about that. Thanks for the extra explanation and we read your other post too.

1. You will get different results if different data exists on the server, that can be from different price feeds, different technology providing the prices. How different are the results?
2. Does the other platform you are comparing against belong to the same broker as the cAlgo you used to run this backtest? Are you comparing the same broker?

Also consider cTrader servers store every tick, other platforms emulate tick data from 1 minute trandbars which would be a strong factor into differences. cTrader has different execution practices and that is factored in to the back testing too.

Basically they are completely different platforms in terms of the underlying technology too.

I hope our comments help you to understand this better.
cTrader & cAlgo - The New Standards in FX Trading
  • #40
  • Sep 5, 2016 7:56am Sep 5, 2016 7:56am
Quoting cTrader
{quote} Hi She1, We misunderstood the point of the question, sorry about that. Thanks for the extra explanation and we read your other post too. 1. You will get different results if different data exists on the server, that can be from different price feeds, different technology providing the prices. How different are the results? 2. Does the other platform you are comparing against belong to the same broker as the cAlgo you used to run this backtest? Are you comparing the same broker? Also consider cTrader servers store every tick, other platforms...
I tried both platform of the same broker, and selected every tick also in MT4
in MT4 back test fails:/
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