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Latest revision as of 19:55, 21 October 2026
- Label
- allows to assign a unique label to strategy. By default it is generated automatically.
- Slow session 1
- allows to select slow session (account) for strategy.
Mapping group
- Suffix
- if your broker uses symbols with suffix, like EURUSD.ecn, you need to put .ecn to suffix field to apply it for all instruments automatically.
- Mapping field
- used to set mapping for specific symbols (CFDs, commodities). Mapping for each instrument should be placed in a separate line in the following format: SymbolNameOnFast=SymbolNameOnSlow. For example: GDAXI=GER30.
Trading options group
- Time to start trade
- time to start searching for arbitrage signals. VPS local system time is used for this option.
- Time to stop trade
- time to start searching for arbitrage signals. VPS local system time is used for this option.
- Trade pause
- pause between opening arbitrage orders on a certain instrument.
- Min. order lifetime
- allows to set minimal trade duration.
- Emulator
- Software will generate and manage order in emulation mode, but do not open real orders.
- Allow flat candles
- Do not exclude candles with no price change from the calculations.
- Calculate second based on first
- check if you want to calculate second lot automatically based on the first one (this option takes into account contract size)
- Fill gaps in candles
- Fill in missing candles artificially using the closing price of the previous candle.
News Filter
- Check news filter
- enables news filter for the strategy.
- Trade on news
- enables trading during news period only. The rest of the time trading will be disabled.
- Don't trade on news – disables trading during news period only.
Lock management group
- Automatically close all locks
- allows to automatically close locks on selected day and time. VPS local system time is used for these options.
Force close group
You can close all open orders at a specific time.
- Disabled
- do not close orders
- End of day
- close all profitable and not profitable orders at the specified time
- Profitable
- close only all orders with profit equal or higher then Min profit value in Instruments and orders tab.
- from
- time (your VPS time) when the software will start closing orders,
- to
- time (your VPS time) when the software will stop closing orders.
Error control group
- Min dev. hold time
- This is the minimum Z-index deviation time required to open orders.
- The parameter is designed to filter out entries during highly volatile market conditions, such as arbitrage situations.
- Pause between orders
- Minimal pause between orders
- Max consecutive rejections
- allowed max number of consecutive rejections
- Max consecutive loses
- allowed max number of consecutive loses
- Max trades daily
- max number trades per day
Crypto options group
- Price based 2d lot calc
- – check if you want to calculate second lot automatically based on the first one (for crypto exchanges via API)