Execute cTrader cBot Every Hour

sonyxxx

Hi, I would like to make a trade at the beginning of the hour and sell it at the end of the hour and then repeat it until I stop the bot. How could I do that? I have this:


using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using cAlgo.API;

namespace cAlgo.Robots
{
    [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
    public class Main1 : Robot
    {
        [Parameter("Open Hour", DefaultValue = 8, MinValue = 0, MaxValue = 23)]
        public int OpenHour { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Open Minute", DefaultValue = 1, MinValue = 0, MaxValue = 59)]
        public int OpenMinute { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Close Hour", DefaultValue = 9, MinValue = 0, MaxValue = 23)]
        public int CloseHour { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Close Minute", DefaultValue = 0, MinValue = 0, MaxValue = 59)]
        public int CloseMinute { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Take Profit", DefaultValue = 6)]
        public int TakeProfit { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Take Profit2", DefaultValue = 6)]
        public int TakeProfit2 { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Stop Loss", DefaultValue = 100)]
        public int StopLoss { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Stop Loss2", DefaultValue = 100)]
        public int StopLoss2 { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Volume", DefaultValue = 1000, MinValue = 1000)]
        public int Volume { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Volume2", DefaultValue = 1000, MinValue = 1000)]
        public int Volume2 { get; set; }

        [Parameter("Seconds Before", DefaultValue = 1, MinValue = 1)]
        public int SecondsBefore { get; set; }

        private DateTime _triggerTimeInServerTimeZone;

        private DateTime _closeDateTime;

        private const string Label = "Robot";

        protected override void OnStart()
        {
            var triggerTimeInLocalTimeZone = new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day, OpenHour, OpenMinute, 0);
            if (triggerTimeInLocalTimeZone < DateTime.Now)
                triggerTimeInLocalTimeZone = triggerTimeInLocalTimeZone.AddDays(1);
            _triggerTimeInServerTimeZone = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(triggerTimeInLocalTimeZone, TimeZoneInfo.Local, TimeZone);

            _closeDateTime = new DateTime(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day, CloseHour, CloseMinute, 0);
        }

        protected override void OnTimer()
        {
            var buyOrderTargetPrice = Symbol.Ask;
            ChartObjects.DrawHorizontalLine("buy target", buyOrderTargetPrice, Colors.Blue, 1, LineStyle.DotsVeryRare);

            if (Server.Time <= _triggerTimeInServerTimeZone && (_triggerTimeInServerTimeZone - Server.Time).TotalSeconds <= 1)
            {
                PlaceStopOrder(TradeType.Buy, Symbol, 1000, buyOrderTargetPrice, Label, 100, 6);
            }
        }

        protected override void OnTick()
        {
            if (DateTime.Now > _closeDateTime)
            {
                foreach (var position in Positions)
                {
                    ClosePosition(position);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Mike

Hi, Sonny, the following code will start a trade at a set hour/min and close at a set hour/min, I have only included the core code which replaces all of your code apart from the parameters.

private DateTime _startDateTime;
private DateTime _closeDateTime;

private const string Label = "Robot";

protected override void OnStart()
{
    // get current time
    DateTime TimeNow = TradingDateTime();

    // create start date time with correct hour/min
    _startDateTime = new DateTime(TimeNow.Year, TimeNow.Month, TimeNow.Day, OpenHour, OpenMinute, 0);

    // create stop  date time with correct hour/min
    _closeDateTime = new DateTime(TimeNow.Year, TimeNow.Month, TimeNow.Day, CloseHour, CloseMinute, 0);

    // start timer with 1 minute interval
    Timer.Start(60);
}

// gets called every minute
protected override void OnTimer()
{
    var buyOrderTargetPrice = Symbol.Ask;

    if (TradingDateTime() == _startDateTime)
    {
        PlaceStopOrder(TradeType.Buy, Symbol, 1000, buyOrderTargetPrice, Label, 1000, 1000);
    }

    if (TradingDateTime() == _closeDateTime)
    {
        foreach (var position in Positions.FindAll(Label))
        {
            ClosePosition(position);
        }
    }
}

// returns server time for backtesting or local time for general trading
public DateTime TradingDateTime()
{
    if (this.IsBacktesting)
    {
        return Server.Time;
    }
    else
    {
        return TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTime.Now, TimeZoneInfo.Local);
    }
}

I have tested it and it works fine, please see backtest results below, if you have any questions please post here, try not to post any more coding questions or code snippets on this thread.

sonyxxx

Thank you, but I asked the wrong question, I would like to repeat this process automatically every hour because I always have to start the bot. I made a duplicate, but the second one never wants to start after the end of the first one.

OSECRISKFX

@"sonyxxx"#p794
Hi ,
Im interested to automate trade , timeframe hour ,
the sample about hour trading its interesting,
bot i dont know if i can put my strategy on this code
if any suggestion ,it most be hellpfull
Thnxh