Fundamentals of cAlgo

Name: Fundamentals of cAlgo
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Learn to Automate Trade Strategies on cTrader

Created byNurudeen Amedu

Last updated 9/2017

English

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What you'll learn

Automate Trade Strategies with cAlgo

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 1h 35m total length

Introduction6:02
Learn the fundamentals of cAlgo, building automated trading robots and indicators to turn trading ideas into fully automated systems, with ultra-fast fix-connected execution.
Setup cTrader and cAlgo2:39
Code Structure7:11
MarketSeries Interface2:02
Arithmetic Operations7:32
Explore basic arithmetic operations in cAlgo, including multiply, divide, and modulus, and learn to compute the average close price of the last five candles using market series references.
Introduction to Loops1:41
Making Calculation with FOR and WHILE Loop8:36
The video demonstrates calculating the average of the last five close prices using for and while loops, showing initialization, summing, and division, with code in C++ and JavaScript syntax.
Working with Arrays and the ForEach Statement5:46
Explore arrays and the for each loop in cAlgo, declaring typed arrays, populating slots, and printing each element to the log with real-world loop examples.
Getting Indicator Values7:51
Learn to retrieve indicator values in cAlgo by configuring a moving average with source and period. Then print its current value and work with parabolic SAR min and max parameters.
Placing Trades with cTrader0:08
Basic Explanation of Buy and Sell market orders with cTrader Platform
If you are already actively trading, you can skip this article
Trade Operations8:28
Open trades using digital signals with on-tick logic that runs when the market is open, using current price, moving average, and positions to enter.
Pips, Points & Slippage3:32
Trade Management6:59
Learn to implement stop loss and take profit in cAlgo using parameters and external inputs (default 50 pips), then visualize lines on the chart and tune slippage.
Trade Management II21:52
BackTesting0:04
BackTesting Our cBot5:26

Requirements

Basic Understanding of FOREX Trading

Description

cAlgo is the programming language used for development on the cTrader platform. cAlgo lets you build trading cBots and custom technical indicators using C#. With a direct access environment, cAlgo gives you:

Fast execution ideal for algorithmic trading
Advanced backtesting
Integration with cTrader
Dedicated community with forums and downloadable cBots and indicators

This course will cover all fundamental aspects of coding cBots and Indicators and we will also go through some advanced concepts provided by the cTrader environment.

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in Automated Trading