---
id: "M:cAlgo.API.ChartRobot.Start"
kind: "method"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.ChartRobot"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Chart/Robots/ChartRobot/Start/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# ChartRobot.Start

Member of [ChartRobot](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Chart/Robots/ChartRobot/index.md).

## Start()

Starts the Robot instance.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI supported · Cloud not supported.

- Cloud: Never available in the cloud: it is only returned by members that do not work there (ChartRobots, ChartRobots.Add, ChartRobots.Item and more).

C#:

```csharp
void Start()
```

Python:

```python
chartRobot.Start() -> None
```

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var chartRobot = ChartRobots.Add("Sample Break Even");
if (chartRobot.State == RobotState.Stopped)
    chartRobot.Start();
```

Python:

```python
chartRobot = api.ChartRobots.Add("Sample Break Even")
if chartRobot.State == RobotState.Stopped:
    chartRobot.Start()
```