SuperTrend Algo Bots for cTrader

Supertrend is a trailing line set a multiple of average true range from price, below it in uptrends and above it in downtrends. It flips sides when price closes through it, and Supertrend bots use those flips as entries and the line as a trailing stop.

A larger multiplier places the line further from price, so it flips less often and gives back more before exiting. The ATR period sets how smoothly that distance adapts, and small values in both inputs mean more flips, losing trades and costs in sideways markets.

Some add a higher-timeframe trend check, a moving average or ADX filter to skip choppy periods, a session window, or partial exits before the line is hit. Compare whether these can be switched off, and how the bot sizes trades when the line sits far from price.

In a range, price crosses the line repeatedly, so each flip opens a trade that soon reverses, and entries arrive after part of the move has passed. Exits come only after price closes back through the line, so part of each move is handed back, and losing streaks remain possible.

Some bots here are free and others offer trials, and cTrader's knowledge base also has a sample trend cBot whose code shows how trend-following entries can be written. Backtest any of them in cTrader Windows or Mac, then run a demo instance before using real funds.