cTrader Automate
Create, customize and deploy algorithmic trading strategies with powerful automation tools designed to help you respond to market opportunities with precision.
cTrader Automate
Algorithm Engine
Algorithm Active
Monitoring market
Automated
Configurable
Unlock the power of algorithmic trading.
Build and run automated trading strategies with tools designed to simplify strategy development, testing, optimization and execution.
Fast Execution
Automated strategies can react to predefined market conditions without requiring manual intervention, helping you respond to opportunities quickly.
Backtesting & Optimization
Test strategies against historical data, evaluate their behaviour and fine-tune parameters before deploying them in a live environment.
Advanced Risk Management
Implement rules such as stop-loss, take-profit and position sizing to define how your automated strategy manages positions and exposure.
From strategy to automation.
Turn your trading rules into an automated workflow with a simple process designed around testing, refinement and deployment.
Create
Build Your Strategy
Define the trading rules, indicators and conditions that your automated strategy should follow.
Test
Backtest & Optimize
Use historical market data to evaluate your strategy and adjust its parameters before putting it to work.
Deploy
Automate Trading
Deploy your cBot and allow your predefined rules to monitor market conditions and manage trades automatically.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about cTrader Automate and algorithmic trading.
A cBot analyses indicators or other parameters that it has been programmed to use. Once predefined rules are met, it can take actions such as entering, exiting or modifying a trade.
A cBot can also contain rules for managing open positions, including Stop Loss, Take Profit, trailing stops and other risk-management features.
Yes. MQL4 indicators and Expert Advisors can be converted to C# for use with cTrader. If you need assistance, you can work with a developer familiar with cTrader and algorithmic trading.
There is no single best way to select a cBot. Research how the strategy works and consider whether its approach matches your trading style and objectives.
You can evaluate factors such as the strategy's methodology, historical results, risk characteristics, developer information and user feedback.
After installing the cBot, select the instrument you want it to run on and start the cBot. When the predefined conditions are met, it will perform the programmed actions. You can stop the cBot whenever you choose.
Yes. Multiple cBots can be run at the same time, including multiple bots operating on the same instrument.
Yes. If you have a clearly defined trading strategy, you can automate its rules through a cBot. The strategy should have clear conditions and rules that can be translated into code.
Custom indicators can include modified versions of standard trend and momentum indicators such as MACD, RSI, Heiken Ashi and Ichimoku.
They can also include adjusted volatility indicators such as Bollinger Bands, Donchian Channels, Keltner Channels and Average True Range.
Other custom indicators can be based on Support and Resistance, Pivot Points, Harmonics, Polynomial Regression, Fibonacci and other methodologies.
You can get started by creating your account, completing the required registration information and launching the trading platform.
Expert Support
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Our local and international teams are here to support you on a 24/5 basis in more than 20 languages, while our wide range of payment methods gives you greater flexibility when it comes to deposits and withdrawals.
Guidance When You Need It
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Explore cTrader Automate and build a trading workflow around your strategies, rules and risk preferences.