Trigger Buy After Moving Above MA and Meets the 150 pips Requirements

amusleh
25 Aug 2021, 15:46

Hi,

Please check the simple moving average example cBot: cAlgo API Reference - SimpleMovingAverage Interface (ctrader.com)

The example cBot opens a buy position if faster MA cross upward the slower MA and a sell position if faster M<A cross downward the slower MA.

If you need something more complicated you can post a job request or ask one of our consultants to develop your cBot.

Fron
25 Aug 2021, 16:46

RE: Yo

amusleh said:

Hi,  

Please check the simple moving average example cBot: cAlgo API Reference - SimpleMovingAverage Interface (ctrader.com)

The example cBot opens a buy position if faster MA cross upward the slower MA and a sell position if faster M<A cross downward the slower MA.

If you need something more complicated you can post a job request or ask one of our consultants to develop your cBot.

I have already build serveral bot with crossing MA's I was asking, my question is, what API do i  use to trigger a buy in a  cbot after its  price crosses 150 pips above that MA. 

amusleh
25 Aug 2021, 18:17

Hi,

You just have to subtract the current price from MA value:

using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using System;

namespace cAlgo.Robots
{
    [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
    public class SimpleMovingAverageSample : Robot
    {
        private double _volumeInUnits;
        private SimpleMovingAverage _simpleMovingAverage;

        [Parameter("Source", Group = "MA")]
        public DataSeries MaSource { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Period", DefaultValue = 9, Group = "MA")]
        public int MaPeriod { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Volume (Lots)", DefaultValue = 0.01, Group = "Trade")]
        public double VolumeInLots { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Stop Loss (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10, Group = "Trade")]
        public double StopLossInPips { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Take Profit (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10, Group = "Trade")]
        public double TakeProfitInPips { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Label", DefaultValue = "Sample", Group = "Trade")]
        public string Label { get; set; }

        public Position[] BotPositions
        {
            get
            {
                return Positions.FindAll(Label);
            }
        }

        protected override void OnStart()
        {
            _volumeInUnits = Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(VolumeInLots);
            _simpleMovingAverage = Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(MaSource, MaPeriod);
        }

        protected override void OnTick()
        {
            if (BotPositions.Length > 0) return;

            var priceDistanceFromMa = Bars.ClosePrices.LastValue - _simpleMovingAverage.Result.LastValue;
            var priceDistanceFromMaInPips = priceDistanceFromMa * (Symbol.TickSize / Symbol.PipSize * Math.Pow(10, Symbol.Digits));

            if (priceDistanceFromMaInPips >= 150)
            {
                ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, SymbolName, _volumeInUnits, Label, StopLossInPips, TakeProfitInPips);
            }
        }
    }
}

Fron
26 Aug 2021, 03:06

RE: Brotha

amusleh said:

Hi,

You just have to subtract the current price from MA value:

using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using System;

namespace cAlgo.Robots
{
    [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
    public class SimpleMovingAverageSample : Robot
    {
        private double _volumeInUnits;
        private SimpleMovingAverage _simpleMovingAverage;

        [Parameter("Source", Group = "MA")]
        public DataSeries MaSource { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Period", DefaultValue = 9, Group = "MA")]
        public int MaPeriod { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Volume (Lots)", DefaultValue = 0.01, Group = "Trade")]
        public double VolumeInLots { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Stop Loss (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10, Group = "Trade")]
        public double StopLossInPips { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Take Profit (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10, Group = "Trade")]
        public double TakeProfitInPips { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Label", DefaultValue = "Sample", Group = "Trade")]
        public string Label { get; set; }

        public Position[] BotPositions
        {
            get
            {
                return Positions.FindAll(Label);
            }
        }

        protected override void OnStart()
        {
            _volumeInUnits = Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(VolumeInLots);
            _simpleMovingAverage = Indicators.SimpleMovingAverage(MaSource, MaPeriod);
        }

        protected override void OnTick()
        {
            if (BotPositions.Length > 0) return;

            var priceDistanceFromMa = Bars.ClosePrices.LastValue - _simpleMovingAverage.Result.LastValue;
            var priceDistanceFromMaInPips = priceDistanceFromMa * (Symbol.TickSize / Symbol.PipSize * Math.Pow(10, Symbol.Digits));

            if (priceDistanceFromMaInPips >= 150)
            {
                ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, SymbolName, _volumeInUnits, Label, StopLossInPips, TakeProfitInPips);
            }
        }
    }
}

 

You are Amazing brotha thank you! Not a pro at Csharp but working on it ! Big Step for me! Realized I need to learn more Math.pow and its works !