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hichem 21 Nov 2013, 12:40

cBots API Help
Event based Robot Control
Hi! I'm not sure what are you trying to achieve but deriving from a Base robot will not create two robots. The derived robot will inherit from...

jeex 21 Nov 2013, 12:12

cTrader Algo
Two questions
How can i make semi transparant area's (like clouds) with cAlgo? Are Renko charts on the wish list?

jeex 21 Nov 2013, 12:02

cBots API Help
Event based Robot Control
I like this project. this way it's possible to combine several semi-automatic strategies. Can an indicator induce such a signal as well? Time f...

Cerunnos 21 Nov 2013, 11:00

cBots API Help
Indicators will never give reliable robots
Many successful traders work with price action. They are looking for engulfing bars, pin bars, big belts, inside bar combos etc. But trading without i...

jeex 21 Nov 2013, 10:30

cBots API Help
Indicators will never give reliable robots
That's why i focus on one time frame and use the a smaller and larger one for tweaking the enter and exit moments. Like m15 - h1 - h4 if trading o...

Spotware 21 Nov 2013, 10:20

cTrader Algo
Maximum number of instances in a robot
rkokerti said: Can you please explain what means "separate threads or timers"?  Last night the robot worked perfectly, but a fe...

atrader 21 Nov 2013, 09:59

Indicators API Help
Multi time frame Ichimoku indicator
gedet said: Thanks for the response I really appreciate the help. You are right about DOM I added the code in the calculate method, how...

epps11 20 Nov 2013, 23:28

cBots API Help
HFT Scalper
jeex said: We just threw the towel... This EA is a lab rat. It will only work in a lab, not in real time. So we stopped developing on this projec...

Kate 20 Nov 2013, 23:23

cBots API Help
Indicators will never give reliable robots
5 to 20 candles on one timeframe are hundreds candles on another timeframe :)

jeex 20 Nov 2013, 19:37

cBots API Help
Indicators will never give reliable robots
I built sort of an experiment by entering trades at a complete random moment and direction (long or short that is), with fixed SL and TP end all the s...

jeex 20 Nov 2013, 19:30

cBots API Help
HFT Scalper
We just threw the towel... This EA is a lab rat. It will only work in a lab, not in real time. So we stopped developing on this project. It's a co...

jeex 20 Nov 2013, 19:17

Indicators API Help
Multi time frame Ichimoku indicator
Nice job here. Talking about ichimoku kinko: How can you make these semi transparant clouds with cAlgo?  

jeex 20 Nov 2013, 19:01

Indicators API Help
Multi time frame Ichimoku indicator
Nice job here. Talking about ichimoku kinko: How can you make these semi transparant clouds with cAlgo?  

gedet 20 Nov 2013, 14:57

Indicators API Help
Multi time frame Ichimoku indicator
Thanks for the response I really appreciate the help. You are right about DOM I added the code in the calculate method, however the problem...

hichem 20 Nov 2013, 12:54

Indicators API Help
Wick Doji or not
I think one should compare the upper part of the wick, the lower part of the wick and the body of the candle to calculate the ratio. jeex said:...

jeex 20 Nov 2013, 12:45

Indicators API Help
Wick Doji or not
Over the past years, on the H1 timeframe (over 17,000 candles), the average candle length was 0.00221. The average body length was 0.00107 = 44% of th...

hichem 20 Nov 2013, 12:35

Indicators API Help
Wick Doji or not
I think the most direct way to determine that is to calculate the ratio between the wick and the body of the candle. To be more precise one should tak...

jeex 20 Nov 2013, 12:26

Indicators API Help
Wick Doji or not
Does anyone have an algorithm for determining a doji, i.e. a long wick with practicaly no body?  

atrader 20 Nov 2013, 10:44

Indicators API Help
Multi time frame Ichimoku indicator
You don't need DOM for this. Just use Symbol instead of MySymbol. Remove this: MySymbol = MarketData.GetMarketDepth(Symbol); MySymbol.U...

Spotware 20 Nov 2013, 09:55

Suggestions
Save backtesting reports
Thank you for the suggestion. Backtesting reports are in our plans. We will consider your requests as well.

Spotware 20 Nov 2013, 09:47

Suggestions
79% Fib level
Custom Fibonacci levels are currently under implementation.

Spotware 20 Nov 2013, 09:46

Suggestions
Partial Close and Comments in cAlgo
Order comments and partial close have been implemented and will be available in the next releases. There will be many more additions to the API.&...

Spotware 20 Nov 2013, 09:38

Indicators API Help
Two indicators
This is not possible. Indicators can either be overlay or underlay. But you can manually add more indicators on the chart.

weesoh 19 Nov 2013, 19:31

cBots API Help
Any equivalent function in cAlgo similar to RefreshRates in MT4?
In MT4, there is a function called RefreshRates which is very useful.  I cannot find a similar function in cAlgo.  Does anyone have any clue...

amiscell 19 Nov 2013, 18:25

Suggestions
Save backtesting reports
It would be great if we had the ability to save the backtesting reports, both as a file (HTML?), and also potentially within the program, so that we c...

MaRCHeW 19 Nov 2013, 09:28

Suggestions
Custom time frames in cTrader and cAlgo
Add possibility to create a custom timeframes in cTrader and cAlgo. For example 8 min., 34 min. 610 min., 7 hours etc.

jeex 18 Nov 2013, 22:03

cBots API Help
HOW TO : Turn an indicator into a robot
All might be nice for people, but we are talking about robots. A robot acts on the values provided by the function Calculate (in the  indicato...

hichem 18 Nov 2013, 15:34

cBots API Help
Debug cAlgo Robot in Visual Stuio
If the mcd object is declared in the base class then you should not redeclare it in the derived class. Remove this line private MacdHistogram mac...

fzlogic 18 Nov 2013, 15:30

cBots API Help
Debug cAlgo Robot in Visual Stuio
fzlogic said: hichem said: pparpas said: I am in the process of finding the best possible automated platform that covers my needs. By usi...

hichem 18 Nov 2013, 15:15

cBots API Help
Debug cAlgo Robot in Visual Stuio
Hi, if you want to debug the MacdHistogram indicator you should add the .dll that contains the implementation of the MacdHistogram in your Visual Stud...
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