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firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 08:13
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
They've added a new “ProtectionType” parameter that @Spotware has provided no documentation, answers, or anything else about to numerous posts in the forum that have asked about it.
I'll update my thread:
https://community.ctrader.com/forum/cbot-support/46002/
as soon as, or if ever, I find/receive an answer.
@firemyst
firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 08:11
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
Numerous people have been posting and asking about it, and @Spotware has yet to respond to anything.
I would suggest you keep track of this thread:
https://community.ctrader.com/forum/cbot-support/46002/
as I'll update my post as soon as I find/receive an answer.
@firemyst
firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 08:08
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
I don't think you've read the API documentation carefully, because there's only two types of API calls for the ATR:
- AverageTrueRange AverageTrueRange(int periods, MovingAverageType maType);
- AverageTrueRange AverageTrueRange(Bars bars, int periods, MovingAverageType maType);
and your code does neither.
For either one, you need to provide the moving average type, of which you haven't done so in your code.
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firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 07:41
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
Well unless you post some code, or messages from the logging tab, how do you expect anyone to help you?
It's like going up to a mechanic and saying you're car doesn't work today, but did yesterday. How do you expect him to fix it without you showing them the car?
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firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 07:40
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
RE: RE: Ctrader bot ignores code and blown my account!
Dennis1 said:
firemyst said:
Why haven't you run your bot locally and do a “back test” for the dates Dec 16th - 20th to see if anything happens that you can pin point?
Run your backtest against tick data and see what happens.
Of course I have run the backtest over those days. It shows that bot didn't open any trades since none of the entry criteria have been met. Yet on live account it went wild and made 1166 trades in 40mins!
What protection do you have built into your bot? For instance:
- do you check spreads before you bot opens a position?
- do you have anything that checks for x-number of losing trades and to stop your bot if it reaches that threshold?
- do you have anything that checks for x-number of losing pips and to stop your bot if it passes that threshold?
While this doesn't help you to resolve what happened, these are a few suggestions to build safety-nets into your algos as it doesn't seem like you have any to prevent your bot from blowing an account again .
As a programmer you need to consider such things when programming algorithms for the unpredictable markets, regardless of how sound your strategy may be.
@firemyst
firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 07:34
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
I don't believe you can do a “push” notification, but you can send emails and telegram messages from calgo.
Otherwise, See this page for more info:
https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-id/managing-ctid/notifications/
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firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 06:42
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
If you're not using the standard MACD from cTrader in your code, you need to add a reference to the file you are using in cTrader:
- click on Algo m enu
- click on your bot/indicator
- once code is shown, at top of screen click “References”
- add your reference
@firemyst
firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 06:37
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
Well unless you post some code, or messages from the logging tab, how do you expect anyone to help you?
It's like going up to a mechanic and saying you're car doesn't work today, but did yesterday. How do you expect him to fix it without you showing them the car?
@firemyst
firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 06:35
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
RE: RE: Parameter stopLossPips and takeProfitPips in PendingOrder
ysftrades said:
PanagiotisCharalampous said:
Hi all,
You just need to use the new parameter called protectionType and set explicitly what the protection type is.
public TradeResult PlaceStopOrder(TradeType tradeType, string symbolName, double volume, double targetPrice, string label, double? stopLoss, double? takeProfit, ProtectionType? protectionType)Best regards,
Panagiotis
Hi Panagiotis,
Thank you for sharing that.
This a new parameter that is added.
I looked up the Help section to try and understand what does the ProtectionType parameter do.
I understand that they are three values to choose from; ProtectionType.None, ProtectionType.Relative and ProtectionType.Absolute
I couldn't understand what is their effect. Could you be kind enough to elaborate what do they do to an order or position?
Thank you
Seems like even @Panagiotis doesn't know since there's been no response… he's been awfully quiet. Wonder if he's still around or on vacation or something?
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firemyst
25 Jan 2025, 09:59
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
RE: RE: Help with error code
jaydcrowe1989 said:
Thank you. I have submitted a report. Surely the error code must mean something? Why isn't there a list of error codes somewhere?
Who are you expecting the list to be from?
Can you guarantee it's a Spotware cTrader error and not
- a Microsoft one? They control the underlying operating system and .Net architecture that could be throwing the error code back to cTrader.
- Who's the hardware provider you're running your software on? Dell? HP? It could have been one of their drivers that threw the error code to Microsoft's OS that bubbled up to cTrader.
- Do you have an nVidia graphics card? Intel graphics? AMD? It could have been a video card error depending on what was trying to be displayed.
My point being - hardly any hardware/software provider is going to publish a list of all the possible error codes their product will throw. Half the times, you won't even know what's throwing/causing the underlying error (because of the way some errors “bubble up” through various hardware/software components to even know which vendor's error codes you'd have to research. For instance, Dell could have thrown one error, which was received by Windows .Net and given another error, which cTrader captured and reported as a third error code.
@firemyst
firemyst
25 Jan 2025, 09:48
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:17 )
Maybe you should consider posting your code and/or other information that will help people.
Seriously, how do you expect anyone to be able to help if you don't show your algorithm's code? There could be all sorts of bugs in it.
You might also be testing on 1 minute bars for data whereas your bot reacts to every tick, and thus you actually should be testing on tick-data.
@firemyst
firemyst
25 Jan 2025, 09:45
( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:17 )
Easy.
You go to another broker's website, like Fusion Markets, (who also support cTrader) and sign up.
It really is that simple.
@firemyst
firemyst
25 Jan 2025, 09:39
All brokers differ because they have different price feeds.
Open an account with another broker like ThinkMarkets and you'll see that their trading platform differs from cTrader brokers by several points either side as well.
Same with Oanda.
What's important is that the candles and pricing moves the same.
@firemyst
firemyst
26 Jan 2025, 08:15 ( Updated at: 14 Feb 2025, 18:19 )
You've provided nothing to show people what's happening versus what you expect to happen.
You also need to provide code samples that replicate the problem because for all we know, there's an issue with your code.
@firemyst