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Plugin.Backtesting

property · Plugin · cAlgo.API

DesktopCLICloud

Provides access to cBot backtesting from plugins, including custom backtesting data sources.

Environment behaviour

CLI — not supported. Plugins cannot run in the CLI: ctrader-cli runs cBots only.

Cloud — not supported. Plugins cannot run in the cloud: it runs cBots only.

Definition

public Backtesting Backtesting {get;}

api.Backtesting: Backtesting

Returns Backtesting

Examples

if (AlgoRegistry.Get("Sample Trend cBot", AlgoKind.Robot) is not RobotType robotType)
    return;
var settings = new BacktestingSettings { StartTimeUtc = new DateTime(2025, 1, 1), EndTimeUtc = new DateTime(2025, 2, 1), Balance = 10000 };
var process = Backtesting.Start(robotType, "EURUSD", TimeFrame.Hour, settings);
process.Completed += args => Print("Backtesting completed, error: {0}", args.Process.BacktestingError);

from System import DateTime
algoType = api.AlgoRegistry.Get("Sample Trend cBot", AlgoKind.Robot)
if algoType is None:
    return
settings = BacktestingSettings()
settings.StartTimeUtc = DateTime(2025, 1, 1)
settings.EndTimeUtc = DateTime(2025, 2, 1)
settings.Balance = 10000
process = api.Backtesting.Start(RobotType(algoType), "EURUSD", TimeFrame.Hour, settings)
process.Completed += lambda args: api.Print(f"Backtesting completed, error: {args.Process.BacktestingError}")