Plans
How to upgrade plan
To upgrade your subscription, you simply go to Subscriptions from the top-right menu in Tradetron and click Upgrade plan/renew. This will redirect you to the pricing page where in you select your higher subscription and make the full payment. Once the payment is successful and the new subscription is activated, the existing subscription will automatically be refunded on Pro-rata basis.Few readersHow to downgrade plan
Downgrading your current subscription cannot be done automatically. You will have to either wait for the subscription to expire or contact us so that we can forcefully downgrade your subscription into Free subscription. Then, once this is done, you can re-subscribe to the plan of your choice.Few readers
Strategies
How to add custom Python code to Strategy
Even though our condition builder is extremely powerful and we are quite certain that most strategies can be built using that, there are scenarios where algo traders would like to use their existing code / logic / data source to create strategies. For such cases, we have a advanced feature where we can incorporate the python code within our strategy builder. To read/write variables which are you using in your code, we have a custom functions called GetVar and SetVar. Once you have the custom cPopularDifferent deployment Types
Paper Trading : A paper trade is simulated trading which allows investors to buy and sell securities without risking real money. Live – Offline : Assume your broker is not algo enabled. No worries. Once the strategy is ready to take a trade we will reach out to you or your broker using a wide gamut of communication methods (whatsapp, email, voice call). And then leave the rest to you and broker to take forward in whatever manner you are comfortable with. Live – Auto one-click : YFew readersHow is my Profit and Loss % calculated?
Tradetron calculates the Profit and loss based on 2 formulas The numerator in both cases is the profit/loss of the strategy for the period selected ; the denominator is the margin calculated by Tradetron and the suggested capital as setup by the strategy creator. The reason for this is a creator might require a buffer of unused margin to take the strategy properly and not considering that buffer might inflate the % returns. On the other hand, it might be poFew readers
What situations my strategy can get blocked ?
Your strategy can get blocked if : If you are a free user and you dont login to Tradetron in the last 15 days, your strategy will be blocked If your strategy has taken more than 400 trades in a day, it will be blocked. This is to protect your account from possible errors in repair continuous conditions which could lead to an endless loop and unlimited trades. (This is only applicable for live offline and paper trade execution types) If your subscription has expired, all your straFew readersWhat risks are unique to automated trading?
Mechanical failures. The theory behind automated trading makes it seem simple: Set up the software, program the rules and watch it trade. In reality, however, automated trading is a sophisticated method of trading, yet not infallible. There is also the potential for a power loss, computer crash, or some other system quirk that could stop your algorithm from running or cause an anomaly. Monitoring. Although it would be great to turn on the computer and leave for the day / week, automated traFew readersHow do I edit my profile?
Click on the profile menu on top right of the page once you log in, and click on profile and you will be able to change the profile pic, background pic, description which will all show on your user profile page. You can also choose to link your social media accounts and also your twitter feed.Few readers