cTrader Max open trades code

Victor

Max open trades
Hi, guys.. I have to modify a bot to set a maximum trades of whatever number I give it.

At the moment it opens max one trade but I want to be able to tell the bot to have 3 open trades at the same time...

Is there a way to do it?

using System;
using cAlgo.API;
using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
using cAlgo.Indicators;

namespace cAlgo.Robots
{
    [Robot(AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
    public class ThreeBarInsideBar : Robot
    {
        int upClose;
        int upCloseBefore;
        int insideBar;
        int downClose;
        int downCloseBefore;
        int counter =0;
        Position position;
        
        [Parameter(DefaultValue = 10000)]
        public int Volume { get; set; }
        
        [Parameter("Stop Loss (pips)", DefaultValue = 10)]
        public int StopLoss { get; set; }
    
        [Parameter("Take Profit (pips)", DefaultValue = 10)]
        public int TakeProfit { get; set; }

        protected override void OnBar()
        {    
            if(Trade.IsExecuting){
                return;
            }
            if(MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Close.Count-1] > MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.High.Count-2]){
                upClose = 1;
            }else{
                upClose = 0;
            }
            
            if(MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Close.Count-3] > MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Close.Count-4]){
                upCloseBefore = 1;
            }else{
                upCloseBefore = 0;
            }
            
            if((MarketSeries.High[MarketSeries.Close.Count-2] < MarketSeries.High[MarketSeries.Close.Count-3])
            &&(MarketSeries.Low[MarketSeries.Close.Count-2]> MarketSeries.Low[MarketSeries.Close.Count-3])){
                insideBar = 1;
            }else{
                insideBar = 0;
            }
            
            if(MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Close.Count-1] < MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Low.Count-2]){
                downClose = 1;
            }else{
                downClose = 0;
            }
            
            if(MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Close.Count-3] < MarketSeries.Close[MarketSeries.Close.Count-4]){
                downCloseBefore = 1;
            }else{
                downCloseBefore = 0;
            }
            
            if(counter == 0){
                if(upClose == 1 && insideBar == 1 && upCloseBefore == 1){
                    Trade.CreateMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy,Symbol,Volume);
                }
                if( downClose == 1 && insideBar == 1 && downCloseBefore == 1){
                    Trade.CreateMarketOrder(TradeType.Sell,Symbol,Volume);
                }
            }
        }

        protected override void OnPositionOpened(Position openedPosition)
        {
            position = openedPosition;
            counter = 1;
            Trade.ModifyPosition(openedPosition, GetAbsoluteStopLoss(openedPosition, StopLoss), GetAbsoluteTakeProfit(openedPosition, TakeProfit));
        }
        
        protected override void OnPositionClosed(Position position)
        {    
            counter=0;
        }
        
        private double GetAbsoluteStopLoss(Position position, int stopLossInPips)
        {
            return position.TradeType == TradeType.Buy
                ? position.EntryPrice - Symbol.PipSize * stopLossInPips
                : position.EntryPrice + Symbol.PipSize * stopLossInPips;
        }
        
        private double GetAbsoluteTakeProfit(Position position, int takeProfitInPips)
        {
            return position.TradeType == TradeType.Buy
                ? position.EntryPrice + Symbol.PipSize * takeProfitInPips
                : position.EntryPrice - Symbol.PipSize * takeProfitInPips;
        }
    }
}

Sebastian

You just need to create a method that checks how many trades are open and returns the number.

private int TradesOpen()
{
       int positions = Positions.FindAll("", SymbolName).Length;
       return positions;
 }

This will return the number of trades open for the symbol being traded.

Victor

@"Sebastian"#p4124

Hi Sebastian. I will try to add it and let u know how it goes.

Thanks a lot for your reply!

Victor

@"Sebastian"#p4124

Hi again, man.

I am trying to implement it but still, I am not sure how to utilize the function to let the algo know it can trade up to X count of open trades.

Still opening only one.
Could you gift me 10 min of your time to explain that to me, please?

Mike

Here is some pseudocode.

IF TradesOpen > x
Open New Trade
ELSE
Do Nothing

If you need help in actually writing your code either use our coding service or post here.

You can also make an attempt at implementing the code and post a snippet here, not all your code.

Victor

@"Mike"#p4233 I appreciate a lot your help. Will attempt the code now.

Thanks a lot