Has anybody on here used Sierra Chart to code an automated strategy? I have a specific setup I want to program to try and use. It requires a pretty fast hand to place the orders without missing the fill and I wanted to see about automating it so I can eliminate that issue. It is just a basic setup with a couple moving averages for context that I need to code. Just looking for some input on using SC for it. Thanks
Where to begin with ACSIL or spreadsheets pretty much lol. I have never done any type of automation and am looking for a good place to start. It looks like SC has a decent write up on the spreadsheets but obviously not ACSIL. I'm just trying to decide which would be the better route for me to go really.
There are several example trading programs and their source code that come with sierra chart. Check out studies1-7.cpp in the ASC_Source folder
If you have never programmed, ACSIL will probably not be for you. It's based in C/C++ btw. No worries though, SC spreadsheets will work fine for you until they won't. Spreadsheet studies, alerts, and autotrading... http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_SystemsAlerts.php Just in case... http://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=doc/doc_CreatingDLLs.html Learn by tackling something small (but useful to you). Make a sound when price is equal or less than X. Then build on that that. The SC support board is quite active and there are helpful people there. Most important, you are not alone. Dig in! Trade On!
Thanks for the input guys. I will see what I can do with the spreadsheet studies and piece everything together so I can try to get this thing somewhat automated. I at least can then use it to further backtest over a larger time frame much faster. I forgot to add earlier, I am using range bars so that should hopefully make things a little easier since it will eliminate the variations in bar size.
Hi Sc users. I am a SC newbie and have 20 charts open, each w a spreadsheet study to move values onto Excel. Issue is my Excel gets so slow since it receives new info every time a tick comes into any of the 20 charts. Is there a way to tell SC to just put values to excel every x seconds instead of real time? Thanks in advance.
Next question pertaining to coding this strategy, if I was to find someone at my school who could code C++ would they be able to help me on this project without any trading knowledge or would that be necessary?