Stand Alone cBots without cTrader environment just with cAlgo.API.dll

(How) Is it possible to use the cAlgo.API.dll completely stand alone for automated cBots without the whole cTrader graphical environment?

For very sophisticated backtesting and optimizations strategies like walk forward optimization etc. this would be very helpful. 

It would take just a piece of code (i.e. a command line app) which initializes all necessary parts of the cAlgo.API.dll, gets access to the backtest data cache (ticks, bars, etc.) and then calling the cBots Methods...

This would be great if allowing cBots to run.

Maybe it would be a solution to cTrader's massive memory leaks and traders could, finally, perform automated trading for weeks, or even months, without need to restart the app.

So far, memory leaks have shown that, the platform, as it is now, is not a feasible solution for automated trading.

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heinrich.munz said:

(How) Is it possible to use the cAlgo.API.dll completely stand alone for automated cBots without the whole cTrader graphical environment?

For very sophisticated backtesting and optimizations strategies like walk forward optimization etc. this would be very helpful. 

It would take just a piece of code (i.e. a command line app) which initializes all necessary parts of the cAlgo.API.dll, gets access to the backtest data cache (ticks, bars, etc.) and then calling the cBots Methods...

Hi there,

It is not possible at the moment. But there is a project called cTrader Console that should reach the market soon and will do exactly that.

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Stand Alone cBots without cTrader environment just with cAlgo.API.dll

PanagiotisChar said:

heinrich.munz said:

(How) Is it possible to use the cAlgo.API.dll completely stand alone for automated cBots without the whole cTrader graphical environment?

For very sophisticated backtesting and optimizations strategies like walk forward optimization etc. this would be very helpful. 

It would take just a piece of code (i.e. a command line app) which initializes all necessary parts of the cAlgo.API.dll, gets access to the backtest data cache (ticks, bars, etc.) and then calling the cBots Methods...

Hi there,

It is not possible at the moment. But there is a project called cTrader Console that should reach the market soon and will do exactly that.

Aieden Technologies

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This are very good news.

However, wouldn't it be a good idea to involve interested parts of the community in a preview of the planned project? Work flow, API, etc.

Or would it even be possible to collaborate in this project? I am an experienced C# programmer with > 10 years experience in programming all kind of trading platforms, last years focusing on cTrader.

In lack of a stand alone cTrader version, many years ago, I started to develop a cTrader emulator which lets me run cTrader bots in a standalone environment, including back testing and optimization. However, this is a lot of work for one person, and I am wondering, if anybody would be interested to collaborate with me to bring this stuff further. Maybe in an open-source Git Hub project?