Build a cTrader cBot From Your Trading Rules

A cBot is an automated program that responds to market conditions and can place or manage trades according to rules in its code. cTrader calls this program a cBot. If you search for a cTrader EA, the closest cTrader concept is a cBot, while EA is the formal MetaTrader term.

The rules can cover a full automated strategy or a narrower trade management job. For example, a cBot can limit open positions, apply a stop loss, or manage a trailing stop while the trader keeps control of entries.

Start with a written specification: the signal, bar timing, order direction, volume rule, protective stops, and the conditions that block a new trade. Pineify converts that specification into one editable C# source file with a Robot class, parameters, lifecycle methods, and cTrader Algo API calls.

The coding workflow checks the file for C# syntax and API compatibility. If the compiler returns an error with a source location, ask the agent to repair that failure without changing the trading idea. Repeat the check after each material revision.

A useful first prompt could request a EURUSD cBot that evaluates a 20-period and 50-period exponential moving average after each bar closes. It opens a buy position when the fast EMA crosses above the slow EMA, opens a sell position on the opposite cross, and allows only one labeled position on that symbol.

The same prompt can request configurable volume, a 20-pip stop loss, a 40-pip take profit, a 2-pip maximum spread, and an optional trailing stop. Those numbers define test inputs, not an expected return. Change them only after you understand how they affect trade frequency and risk.

A cBot does not have to choose entries. It can act as a cTrader trade manager that applies rules to positions you identify. State exactly which positions it may touch, how it finds them, and what should happen when a broker rejects a modification.

For trailing stops, cTrader can update a position stop as price moves in its favor when trailing stop is enabled. A custom rule may instead move the stop only after a defined threshold. Specify which behavior you want, the trigger distance, and whether the rule applies to every matching position or only positions created by this cBot.

Read the generated parameters, signal timing, order labels, position filters, volume conversion, and stop logic. Then build the project in cTrader. Pineify can help interpret and repair compiler diagnostics, but it does not run the cTrader build or backtest for you.

Run the cBot against historical data in cTrader and inspect the trades, logs, costs, and failure cases. Test again on unseen periods and a demo account before considering live use. Backtest results describe a historical simulation and do not guarantee future performance.