Previou​sly only avai​la​ble on cT​ra​der Web & Mo​bi​le, Copy Tra​ding fi​na​lly en​ters De​sktop with the cT​ra​der De​sktop 4.5 upda​te. Ma​nual tra​ding, in turn, now sees the Sma​rt Po​si​tion Clo​sing fea​tu​re, an upda​ted Tick Vo​lu​me In​di​ca​tor & di​re​ct in​te​ra​ction with in​di​ca​to​rs on the cha​rt. cT​ra​der Au​to​ma​te provi​des a new cBot ba​ckte​sting cha​r​ting mode, abi​li​ty to eva​lua​te ma​r​gin amount re​qui​red to open a po​si​tion, as well as the conve​nien​ce of tra​ding se​ssions.

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Copy Tra​ding

Previou​sly only avai​la​ble on cT​ra​der Web and Mo​bi​le, Copy Tra​ding is now also on De​sktop. With a thou​sand st​ra​te​gies avai​la​ble for co​pying, sma​rt fi​lte​ring, and one-cli​ck copy tra​ding sta​rt: this is a find for users loo​king to fo​llow expe​rien​ced tra​ders and earn ba​sed on their exper​ti​se.

Sma​rt Po​si​tion Clo​sing

Now users are able to clo​se some of their open po​si​tions by fi​lte​ring them by symbol, pro​fi​ta​bi​li​ty, or di​re​ction (buy or sell). This conve​nient app​roa​ch eli​mi​na​tes the need to clo​se po​si​tions one by one or all at once.

Di​re​ct In​te​ra​ction with In​di​ca​to​rs on Cha​rt

Now tra​ders can in​te​ra​ct with stan​da​rd and cu​stom in​di​ca​to​rs di​re​ctly on the cha​rt. Acce​ss all active in​di​ca​to​rs with a sing​le cli​ck. They are easy to find on pa​ne​ls in the upper left co​r​ner of the cha​rt.

Upda​ted Tick Vo​lu​me In​di​ca​tor

Now cBo​ts can also be te​sted on a Hei​kin Ashi cha​rt. This means you can test cBo​ts on di​ffe​rent cha​rt types in a risk-free envi​ron​ment be​fo​re going live in or​der to make sure they per​fo​rm as expe​cted.

Hei​kin Ashi Cha​rt Ba​ckte​sting in cT​ra​der Au​to​ma​te

Get a be​tter esti​ma​te of your tra​des’ re​su​lts with addi​tio​nal data th​rou​gh the Cro​sshair fea​tu​re. Now tra​ders can not only see Pips, Pe​rio​ds, and Pri​ce, but also Chan​ge and Gro​ss P&L.

Keep Tra​ck of Tra​ding Se​ssions in cT​ra​der Au​to​ma​te

Tra​ding Se​ssions — ano​ther long-an​ti​ci​pa​ted fea​tu​re — is now avai​la​ble when pro​g​ra​mming cBo​ts and in​di​ca​to​rs. Now al​go​ri​thms can know when exchan​ges are open or clo​sed, and find out when tra​ding sta​r​ts and ends.

You can acce​ss this fea​tu​re by using the Ma​r​ke​tSe​ssions pro​per​ty whi​ch alwa​ys con​tains all on​going ma​r​ket se​ssions.

You can read more about how this pro​per​ty wo​r​ks on our Help po​r​tal.

Ca​lcu​la​te Ma​r​gin and Account for the Ma​r​gin Ca​lcu​la​tion Type th​rou​gh the API

cBo​ts and cu​stom in​di​ca​to​rs can now de​ter​mi​ne the ma​r​gin re​qui​red to open a po​si​tion be​fo​re ope​ning it. Al​go​ri​thms can also use the fo​llo​wing API pro​per​ties:

• Po​si​tion.Ma​r​gin — to see how much ma​r​gin is re​qui​red for each po​si​tion
• Account.To​ta​lMa​r​gin​Ca​lcu​la​tion​Type — to see how ma​r​gin is ca​lcu​la​ted if seve​ral po​si​tions are open for the same symbol

The Ge​tE​sti​ma​te​dMa​r​gin() me​thod (whi​ch can be ca​lled from all Symbol and Symbo​lIn​fo obje​cts) can be used to ca​lcu​la​te esti​ma​ted ma​r​gin given two pa​ra​me​ters, na​me​ly the tra​de type (e.g., Tra​de​Type.Buy) and the or​der vo​lu​me.

Plea​se re​fer to our Help po​r​tal to lea​rn more about how our API han​dles ma​r​gin esti​ma​tions.

cBo​ts & In​di​ca​to​rs Pro​g​ra​mma​ble with Co​mple​te Symbol In​fo​r​ma​tion

Al​go​ri​thms can use ni​ne​teen new symbol pro​per​ties avai​la​ble in the API:

• Ba​seA​sset
• Quo​teA​sset
• Co​mmi​ssion
• Co​mmi​ssion​Type
• Swa​pLong
• Swa​pSho​rt
• etc.

Full List of Asse​ts Avai​la​ble in cT​ra​der Au​to​ma​te

The full list of asse​ts has been added to the cT​ra​der Au​to​ma​te API, whi​ch means tra​ders can now ea​si​ly sea​r​ch for any asset and its se​ttings di​re​ctly in a cBot or in​di​ca​tor.

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