StrategyLab : Build. Test. Automate.

StrategyLab turns your trading ideas into tested, automated strategies inside cTrader, without writing code. You decide when a trade starts and how it is managed. StrategyLab tests your rules on past candles, shows you exactly what they would have done, and trades them live for you when you are ready. Every rule is one you picked: nothing is hidden or decided for you.

Key features

• No-code strategy builder: build entries from simple rows (timeframe, criterion, what to look for), joined with AND / OR, on any of cTrader's 26 timeframes.
• More than a dozen widely used trading concepts: moving averages, RSI, previous day, week and month levels (breakout, retest, sweep), fair value gaps, order blocks, candle shapes, candle patterns, chart patterns, range breakouts, market open breakouts and swing structure.
• Multi-timeframe and trend filter: mix timeframes in one strategy and add an optional trend filter (any, up, down or range).
• Full trade management: 12 stop loss types, up to 3 profit targets from 1R to 5R with partial closes, break-even and trailing stops.
• Risk control and guardrails: risk as % of balance, % of equity, a fixed amount or fixed lots, with limits on risk per trade, open trades, trades per day and week, and a daily loss limit.
• Smart trading filters: Asia, London and New York sessions, news blackouts, a spread filter and your own no-trade dates. Weekends and market holidays are never traded.
• Background backtesting (Incubator): test on 1 symbol or many without freezing cTrader, with spread, slippage and commission charged on every trade.
• Deep strategy analysis: win rate, profit factor, expectancy, drawdown, the equity curve, and results by weekday, session, hour and month.
• What-if testing: trade the same signals again with one change at a time (target, stop, break-even, weekday, session) and see if the change holds up on later data.
• Edge tags: every tested strategy is tagged by its result (Has an edge, Weak edge, No edge, Not enough trades), so the good ones stand out.
• Playground strategy generator: let StrategyLab generate and test many rule combinations on one symbol in the background, then suggest the strongest ones for you to review.
• Trade-by-trade charts: every trade, tested or live, on its own chart with the entry, stop, targets and what triggered it.
• One-click Go live: a tested strategy goes live with one click, after a one-time risk notice.
• Live page: open trades update in place, and each live strategy is compared with its test.
• Email alerts: 12 switches, from trades filled and targets hit to trade problems, finished tests and a daily summary.
• Missed-trade check: after a restart, StrategyLab tells you about trades it may have missed while cTrader was closed.
• Flip: turn a trade or a whole strategy the other way with the same risk.
• Share and import: send a strategy to a friend as a file or text, and import theirs.
• Strategy cookbook and full Help: step-by-step recipes and an explanation of every criterion, stop and setting.
• Safe by design: contradictory rule combinations are blocked, the plugin needs no special access rights, and your strategies and results stay on your computer.
• Dark and light themes, and a Diagnostics report to copy or email when you need support.

How it works

1. Build: pick your symbols, add your entry rows, then choose the stop, targets, risk and schedule.
2. Test: run it on history in the background and read the results, analysis and edge tag.
3. Automate: press Go live, and StrategyLab watches the market and places every trade by your rules.

Example uses

• Trade a London breakout of the previous day high on EURUSD while you are at work.
• Test a fair value gap rejection on XAUUSD 15m with a 4 hour trend filter before going live.
• Run an Asia session strategy on JP225 overnight while you sleep.

Requirements

cTrader Desktop 5.10 or newer. Live strategies trade only while cTrader is open and online, so use a computer that never sleeps or a VPS. Recommended: 6 or more processor cores and 16 GB memory.

Disclaimer:

Trading involves risk. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

• Trading is risky. You can lose some or all of the money in your account, and a loss can be bigger than a trade's planned risk (gaps, slippage, spread).
• Test results come from past prices and don't promise future results. A test can't copy live trading exactly: fills, spreads, slippage and broker rules can differ.
• You choose every strategy, its rules, its size and when it trades. Every trade, win or loss, is your own decision and responsibility.
• StrategyLab gives no financial advice and promises no profit. Its makers are not responsible for any loss, missed trade or problem.
• Live strategies trade only while cTrader is open. Check them often.
• StrategyLab is provided as is, without any warranty. Try a strategy on a demo account before you use real money.
• StrategyLab is an independent plugin for cTrader. It is not made, endorsed or supported by cTrader's makers or by your broker.