Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
30 Dec 2024, 10:35
I keep trying to get rid of these sample bots as they clutter up the Algo list, and
they keep coming back, and it is getting very annoying. I suspect it is syncing? How can I fix this?
Turn all syncing off, then delete the files from every computer I have cTrader installed on, then turn it back on?
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
Many thanks.
Replies
davidrob
31 Dec 2024, 03:45
( Updated at: 31 Dec 2024, 03:50 )
RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
@davidrob
firemyst
31 Dec 2024, 04:28
RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
davidrob said:
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
I don't know if that's the correct procedure or not, because I don't do any syncing. For me it's kind of pointless to run bots in the cloud since I like having email notifications, have my own “stop loss” line that I drag and drop (so the markets can't see my actual stop loss placements), etc etc.
@firemyst
davidrob
31 Dec 2024, 10:33
RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
davidrob said:
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
I don't know if that's the correct procedure or not, because I don't do any syncing. For me it's kind of pointless to run bots in the cloud since I like having email notifications, have my own “stop loss” line that I drag and drop (so the markets can't see my actual stop loss placements), etc etc.
@davidrob
davidrob
31 Dec 2024, 10:36
( Updated at: 31 Dec 2024, 10:54 )
RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
firemyst said:
davidrob said:
firemyst said:
Where do I turn syncing off/on?
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
Settings - Algo - Sync… got it…
Is the procedure I mention above the correct procedure? I must have deleted those darned bots in several places several times….
Thanks your help.
I don't know if that's the correct procedure or not, because I don't do any syncing. For me it's kind of pointless to run bots in the cloud since I like having email notifications, have my own “stop loss” line that I drag and drop (so the markets can't see my actual stop loss placements), etc etc.
The procedure seems to be working. Interesting comments, thanks. I know what you mean about keeping SL,TP, and even pending orders out of the market's eye. Your comment raises some interesting thoughts and prompts me to ask these questions:
Do you mean the cTrader cloud or any cloud such as a VPS? Can you not email notify from either?
When you adjust a cTrader (Desktop) SL line as you mention above, this creates a SL value in the trade. Is this not registered on the market as an order? Meaning either cTrader or the broker administers it? I was never very comfortable about brokers seeing my SL levels either.
@davidrob
firemyst
01 Jan 2025, 01:49
RE: RE: RE: RE: Deleting Sample Bots that keep coming back
davidrob said:
The procedure seems to be working. Interesting comments, thanks. I know what you mean about keeping SL,TP, and even pending orders out of the market's eye. Your comment raises some interesting thoughts and prompts me to ask these questions:
Do you mean the cTrader cloud or any cloud such as a VPS? Can you not email notify from either?
A VPS isn't the same. Most VPS's actually have access to a full server, the desktop, drives for saving data, everything. It's called a virtual private server for a reason - you have all functionalities as if it's your own server :-)
When you adjust a cTrader (Desktop) SL line as you mention above, this creates a SL value in the trade. Is this not registered on the market as an order? Meaning either cTrader or the broker administers it? I was never very comfortable about brokers seeing my SL levels either.
I didn't say cTrader Desktop SL line – I said “my own stoploss line”. So no, it's not registered on the cTrader servers - it's registered on my VPS. It's obviously dependent on my VPS having connectivity to the markets and since most are guaranteed to be up over 99% of the time, it's not too big a worry. I can drag/drop it like any line and it will be treated/executed as a SL line.
As a safety net, just in case my VPS does lose connectivity, I put in another cTrader registered SL that's a random 300-500 pips further away (so nobody in the markets can figure out the logic between the orders).
@firemyst
firemyst
31 Dec 2024, 00:35
In the “Algo” section on the left menu. It'll be listed “Synchronisation enabled/disabled” under all the bots
@firemyst