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TickVolume

Summary

The Tick Volume indicator shows number of ticks for each bar.

Remarks

Tick Volume is the number of ticks per bar.

Signature

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public abstract interface TickVolume

Namespace

cAlgo.API.Indicators

Examples

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 using cAlgo.API;
 using cAlgo.API.Indicators;
 namespace cAlgo.Robots
 {
     // This sample cBot shows how to use the Tick Volume indicator
     [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC, AccessRights = AccessRights.None)]
     public class TickVolumeSample : Robot
     {
         private double _volumeInUnits;
         private TickVolume _tickVolume;
         [Parameter("Volume (Lots)", DefaultValue = 0.01, Group = "Trade")]
         public double VolumeInLots { get; set; }
         [Parameter("Stop Loss (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10, Group = "Trade")]
         public double StopLossInPips { get; set; }
         [Parameter("Take Profit (Pips)", DefaultValue = 10, Group = "Trade")]
         public double TakeProfitInPips { get; set; }
         [Parameter("Label", DefaultValue = "Sample", Group = "Trade")]
         public string Label { get; set; }
         public Position[] BotPositions
         {
             get
             {
                 return Positions.FindAll(Label);
             }
         }
         protected override void OnStart()
         {
             _volumeInUnits = Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(VolumeInLots);
             _tickVolume = Indicators.TickVolume();
         }
         protected override void OnBar()
         {
             if (Bars.Last(1).ClosePrice > Bars.Last(2).ClosePrice)
             {
                 ClosePositions(TradeType.Sell);
                 if (_tickVolume.Result.Last(1) > _tickVolume.Result.Last(2))
                     ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, SymbolName, _volumeInUnits, Label, StopLossInPips, TakeProfitInPips);
             }
             else if (Bars.Last(1).ClosePrice < Bars.Last(2).ClosePrice)
             {
                 ClosePositions(TradeType.Buy);
                 if (_tickVolume.Result.Last(1) > _tickVolume.Result.Last(2))
                     ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Sell, SymbolName, _volumeInUnits, Label, StopLossInPips, TakeProfitInPips);
             }
         }
         private void ClosePositions(TradeType tradeType)
         {
             foreach (var position in BotPositions)
             {
                 if (position.TradeType != tradeType) continue;
                 ClosePosition(position);
             }
         }
     }
 }
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 import clr
 clr.AddReference("cAlgo.API")
 # Import cAlgo API types
 from cAlgo.API import *
 # Import trading wrapper functions
 from robot_wrapper import *
 class Test():
     def on_start(self):
         self.volumeInUnits = api.Symbol.QuantityToVolumeInUnits(api.VolumeInLots)
         self.tickVolume = api.Indicators.TickVolume()
     def on_bar_closed(self):
         if api.Bars.Last(1).ClosePrice > api.Bars.Last(2).ClosePrice:
             self.close_positions(TradeType.Sell)
             if self.tickVolume.Result.Last(1) > self.tickVolume.Result.Last(2):
                 api.ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Buy, api.SymbolName, self.volumeInUnits, api.Label, api.StopLossInPips, api.TakeProfitInPips)
         elif api.Bars.Last(1).ClosePrice < api.Bars.Last(2).ClosePrice:
             self.close_positions(TradeType.Buy)
             if self.tickVolume.Result.Last(1) > self.tickVolume.Result.Last(2):
                 api.ExecuteMarketOrder(TradeType.Sell, api.SymbolName, self.volumeInUnits, api.Label, api.StopLossInPips, api.TakeProfitInPips)
     def get_bot_positions(self):
         return api.Positions.FindAll(api.Label)
     def close_positions(self, tradeType):
         for position in self.get_bot_positions():
             if position.TradeType != tradeType:
                 continue
             api.ClosePosition(position)

Properties

Result

Summary

The resulting time series of the calculation.

Signature

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public abstract IndicatorDataSeries Result {get;}

Return Value

IndicatorDataSeries