Requesting multiple pairs from bot

Spotware
03 Feb 2014, 11:57

I read that this functionality is available and used the MarketData.GetSeries("XXXXXX", TimeFrame) function but my backtest crashed and gave me a message that this is 'not yet' available for backtests.

Is this function available during live trading?

We have plans to support GetSeries in backtesting. You are able to use it during live trading.

You can vote for this feature there: http://vote.spotware.com/forums/229166-ideas-and-suggestions-for-ctrader-and-calgo/suggestions/5435043-multi-currency-backtesting.

Also is there a way of knowing the status of the market data coming in, ie whether it is historical or live ticks? NinjaTrader for example uses the boolean 'Historical' keyword, does CBot have anything similar?

MarketSeries object contains historical data. However last item in MarketSeries is a live trendbar. You can also read current prices from Symbol object.

abfc123
04 Feb 2014, 19:37

RE:

Spotware said:

I read that this functionality is available and used the MarketData.GetSeries("XXXXXX", TimeFrame) function but my backtest crashed and gave me a message that this is 'not yet' available for backtests.

Is this function available during live trading?

We have plans to support GetSeries in backtesting. You are able to use it during live trading.

You can vote for this feature there: http://vote.spotware.com/forums/229166-ideas-and-suggestions-for-ctrader-and-calgo/suggestions/5435043-multi-currency-backtesting.

Also is there a way of knowing the status of the market data coming in, ie whether it is historical or live ticks? NinjaTrader for example uses the boolean 'Historical' keyword, does CBot have anything similar?

MarketSeries object contains historical data. However last item in MarketSeries is a live trendbar. You can also read current prices from Symbol object.

Thanks for your reply.

Re the test for whether the last tick was historical or live, I still don't see if there is any function that I can use to test.

I don't want to call MarketData.GetSeries("XXXXXX", TimeFrame) on historical data just live ticks.

Do I need to write my own test using date functions?

Thks

shatch
20 May 2014, 01:33

RE:

Spotware said:

I read that this functionality is available and used the MarketData.GetSeries("XXXXXX", TimeFrame) function but my backtest crashed and gave me a message that this is 'not yet' available for backtests.

Is this function available during live trading?

We have plans to support GetSeries in backtesting. You are able to use it during live trading.

You can vote for this feature there: http://vote.spotware.com/forums/229166-ideas-and-suggestions-for-ctrader-and-calgo/suggestions/5435043-multi-currency-backtesting.

Also is there a way of knowing the status of the market data coming in, ie whether it is historical or live ticks? NinjaTrader for example uses the boolean 'Historical' keyword, does CBot have anything similar?

MarketSeries object contains historical data. However last item in MarketSeries is a live trendbar. You can also read current prices from Symbol object.

Hello,

Can you please confirm that cAlgo Demo backtesting will allow you to trade multiple currency pairs as part of your cBot strategy. This will be a critical factor to determine if I will leave MetaTrader.

Thank you

Steve

Spotware
20 May 2014, 09:32

RE: RE:

shatch said:

Spotware said:

I read that this functionality is available and used the MarketData.GetSeries("XXXXXX", TimeFrame) function but my backtest crashed and gave me a message that this is 'not yet' available for backtests.

Is this function available during live trading?

We have plans to support GetSeries in backtesting. You are able to use it during live trading.

You can vote for this feature there: http://vote.spotware.com/forums/229166-ideas-and-suggestions-for-ctrader-and-calgo/suggestions/5435043-multi-currency-backtesting.

Also is there a way of knowing the status of the market data coming in, ie whether it is historical or live ticks? NinjaTrader for example uses the boolean 'Historical' keyword, does CBot have anything similar?

MarketSeries object contains historical data. However last item in MarketSeries is a live trendbar. You can also read current prices from Symbol object.

Hello,

Can you please confirm that cAlgo Demo backtesting will allow you to trade multiple currency pairs as part of your cBot strategy. This will be a critical factor to determine if I will leave MetaTrader.

Thank you

Steve

cAlgo backtesting doesn't support multi-symbol cBots. We plan to support such functionality in the future.