Automated Trading

Formerly known as cAlgo, cTrader Automate is an algorithmic trading solution, natively integrated with cTrader, and working seamlessly alongside other platform functionalities. Traders can build automated trading robots and custom indicators in the popular C# language, using the highly functional cTrader API from a platform, equipped with necessary tools to properly backtest and optimize trading strategies.

cTrader Automate.API

cTrader Automate.API is specifically designed for margin trading, and uses a human-readable format to effortlessly engage users and developers. The functionality of the API is extensive, and supports everything imaginable in the context of trading Forex and CFDs. Market data, trading history, all order types and position modification settings, as well as symbol, account, connectivity and error information are available to incorporate as much detail as possible into automated strategies.

Millions of developers are already coding in C#, so traders can access a large
and thriving community without having to learn a new programming
language for a single platform.

Offer a trading service tailored to automated traders,
and benefit from their frequent trading and high volumes
 

Productivity Tools

cTrader Automate comes with a selection of features that enable users
to develop robots and indicators in an efficient and effective manner.

In-built Code Editor

Code for robots and indicators can be written using Visual Studio, or the built-in code editor. The code editor is designed to make coding as straightforward and hassle-free as possible, including useful functionalities, such as search, auto-formatting and code completion.

Automate.API

Automate.API is a powerful API that gives you access to all the necessary functionalities for developing a robot or an indicator, including market data, prebuilt indicators and trading functions. Utilizing this API, and its robust and fully tested classes and functions, one saves a considerable amount of precious development time.

Plug & Play Automated Trading

cTrader’s ‘plug and play’ functionality allows you to load a robot or indicator (or download one from other users in the community), and click ‘play’ to instantly begin trading, without engaging into complicated installation procedures. With ‘plug and play’ you can install and run cBots in seconds.

 

Features

A wide range of features is available to support any trader or developer
in creating their automated trading strategies and custom indicators.

Visual Backtesting

cTrader provides advanced visual backtesting possibilities for testing and visualizing a cBot’s performance against a broker’s own historical tick or trendbar data, over any specified time period.

Optimization

An advanced optimization functionality lets traders find the optimal set of parameters for their cBot. Optimization runs multiple backtest procedures, and compares their performance.

Historical Data

cTrader gives access to historical data of dozens of symbols. Robots can be backtested against accurate historical data for a large number of timeframes, including raw tick data.

Trade Statistics

Review trade statistics for backtesting results, such as Net Profit, Max Balance Drawdown, Max Equity Drawdown, Winning Trades, and other useful information related to your backtest.

Backtesting History

See the entire history of your backtesting. Trace each deal and view useful information, such as the entry and close time and price, net and gross profit, volume and direction of each deal.

Deal Map

Visualize the details of executed deals on the chart. Improve strategies by identifying opening and closing moments of deals, and correlating them with underlying price movements.

 

Community

Benefit from a thriving community, composed of traders, financial experts and consultants, as well a variety
of user-submitted robots and custom indicators, fully-dedicated to supporting your algorithmic trading needs.

Forum

The cTrader forum gives you an opportunity to ask questions, discuss and share ideas, as well as collaborate with other members of the community. Improve your knowledge and expedite your development, by getting assistance and interacting with experienced community members.

Library

An extended and constantly-growing library of robots and custom indicators is available to you at any time. Stop reinventing the wheel, and make use of the work done and shared by fellow traders. Moreover, you can share your own results and display your automated trading skills.

Consultants

A growing list of consultants ensures you can always seek help with your project. Professionals from the financial industry, experienced in Automate.API and algorithmic trading, are at your disposal to help complete or refine your project.

cTrader Store [Coming Soon]

The cTrader store is coming soon. Traders will be able to make purchases of robots, indicators and other services available at the store, directly from their trading account balance. Vendors will be paid into their dedicated trading accounts. For the ultimate trader experience, transactions between brokers are also supported.