Prereqs

Trading strategies or algorithms are called Responses in TradeLink.

You should be familiar with c# programming, and completed (or be able to) the c# tutorials, especially the HelloWorld example.

You will need to install:

• TradeLink (follow quick start install guide)
• a CsharpIde
• Responses.zip
• Sample TickData.

You can find these on the downloads page

Details

Here are sections to this lesson.

1. LessonBoxHello - Adapt 'Hello World' example to Response programming.
2. LessonIndicators - Create an indicator using Test-Driven Design
3. LessonTradingRules - Merge Hello Response and your indicator to form trading rules.
4. LessonParamPrompt - Prompt trader for trading parameters.
5. LessonTrading - Trade and test your idea

Next Steps

• Modify included examples, Download Responses.zip from Downloads page
• Checkout the full response documentation
• Checkout the components to get ideas or accomplish basic stuff
• Identify problems or unexpected behavior through debugging
• Incorporate advanced indicators from TA-LibCore project