cTrader Algorithmic Trading School

Everybody starts as a beginner, you need to understand the basics before you can move forward, time and effort will reward you with the skills you require. Do you have many ideas that you want to automate with an Algorithmic Strategy or pull data from the internet, but you do not have the funds to pay developers? We offer Free training videos to help you learn Microsoft C# using Visual Studio for the cTrader trading platform. 

• Why not start by reading our blog on How To Build an Algorithmic Trading Strategy 

"Learn How to Create Your Own Trading Algorithms Using Microsoft.NET C# & cTrader"

At BlackRock, Machines Are Rising Over Managers to Pick Stocks

Laurence D. Fink, the chief of BlackRock, has become convinced that the company must bet big on the power of machines., be it Aladdin, the firm’s risk management platform; robot-advisers; big data; or even artificial intelligence.  Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times | March 28th, 2017

Video Tutorials To Help You Succeed

We have many video lessons to help you with your algorithmic trading, just click on one of the links below to get started.

cTrader Algorithmic Trading Platform Introduction

An overview of the cTrader algorithmic trading platform.

Introduction to Using Microsoft Visual Studio with cTrader

An introduction on how to integrate and use Microsoft Visual studio with cTrader for your programming.

Microsoft C# Coding Standards & Design Considerations for Algorithmic Trading

We show you how to write clean and well-structured code when you build your automated trading systems.

How to Write a cTrader Risk Management Robot with Visual Studio

Now you can learn how to build your own automated risk management robots using Microsoft Visual Studio and C#.

Debugging Your Automated Strategy (cBot) With Visual Studio

Do you want to learn how to identify and fix bugs in your code the easy way? We will show you how to create automated trading systems the smart way using Microsoft Visual Studio.

How to Write a Simple Moving Average Strategy with Visual Studio

We will show you how to write a simple moving average trading system using cTrader and Microsoft Visual Studio.

How To Code a Trailing Stop for a cTrader cBot

We will show you how to code your own trailing stop into your automated trading robots (cBots) for the cTrader trading platform.

How To Code A Break-even Stop Loss With cTrader

We will show you how to easily code a Breakeven stop loss to your existing automated strategy.

Download a Classic Moving Average Crossover Strategy

We have created an automated trading and signal system that uses two moving averages, this is a proven strategy used by many traders.