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5 Secrets to Backtest Trading Strategies with Local Data!

2025-04-04T12:34:45Z

New Video Alert: 5 Secrets to Backtest Trading Strategies with Local Data!

📢 Exciting News! We’ve just released a brand-new video on our YouTube channel that you don’t want to miss! 🎥

In our latest video "5 Secrets to Backtest Trading Strategies with Local Data! 📊" we dive deep into how to effectively test trading strategies using local data in StockSharp Designer. Discover 5 powerful secrets that will help you achieve maximum accuracy and performance. This video is perfect for both beginners and experienced traders looking to take their trading to the next level!

💡 What You’ll Learn:

How to backtest trading strategies with local data in StockSharp Designer.
Best practices for setting up your testing environment.
Tips to improve the accuracy of your backtesting results.
How to analyze and refine your strategy for better performance.

👉 Watch the Video Now:

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Complete Guide to Trading Strategy Creation: From Start to Finish

2024-11-13T14:20:52Z

🔥 New Video: We Will Prove That You Can Create Complex Strategies Without Coding!

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Think only C# code can handle real trading challenges? We're here to bust that myth! In our latest video, we demonstrate how to build logic just as powerful as professional code using the flexible and robust blocks of Designer.

💣 What We Prove:

Blocks are not toys. They allow you to create strategies of any complexity.
Strategy setup is accessible to everyone, even if you've never programmed before.
The flexibility and power of our tools make creating complex algorithms simple and intuitive.
You'll see for yourself that building a strategy can be faster than writing code from scratch.
If you think "real strategies are only for programmers," you absolutely need to watch this!

Watch the video and see for yourself. Your stereotypes will be shattered.

⚡️The New Designer: The Next Level in Algorithmic Trading⚡️

2024-01-12T14:09:39Z

For professionals and enthusiasts of algorithmic trading, there's great news: The Designer has been released in a new version, full of improvements and innovations!

We have completely redesigned our Designer. It took a long time, and it was worth it. There are a huge number of new features, accelerations, and radically new capabilities!

For those who are receiving our newsletter for the first time - what is the Designer? It is a unique program where you can make trading robots without programming. Absolutely! Everything is done at the level of block diagrams, which even children learn.

Advantages

But let's go through the points on how the Designer differs from other platforms:

The Designer supports both cube mode and C# code. Why? Why not!? The program is convenient for both those who cannot program at all and those who have basic knowledge.
Our cubes are not just a limited set. First, they are elementary, which makes them flexible in completely different scenarios of use (they are NOT tailored to specific strategies, any strategies will do!). Secondly, you can create cubes yourself right inside the Designer. You can create cubes from code, or you can create cubes from cubes!
The Designer can download the necessary history by itself. This function is built-in. But for those who want more convenience - there is Hydra. Hydra downloads data, the Designer uses it.
The Designer is FREE❤️💥. Yes, that's right! For all private traders, we have a special tariff plan. In it, you can use one connector for free. For real trading (not demo, real trades)! Any. Stock exchange, crypto exchange, forex - it doesn't matter. You can choose any! And this is a lifetime privilege. No need for card entry or any verification. Just register on our website, install the Installer - the entry point to our platform (Assign, install and work with StockSharp Installer.), and there choose the connector that suits you.
You don't need to go through any registrations for referral programs, change one broker tariff to another. Your existing tariff with your existing broker is already compatible with our programs.
You can create your connectors. We don't hide documentation, we don't ask for money for it! All documentation is online. Moreover, the connector to the BitStamp exchange as an example is on our GitHub repository. We welcome everyone who wants to create connectors, and we are ready to help you.
Our core is completely open source. All algorithms, backtesters, data storage format, and so on - it's not closed, but open!

Let's Communicate

We have long been using an automatic bug report system from our users. As soon as you encounter an error, we know about it within a minute. We are always invisibly with you, this invisible channel between you and our error analysis system works 24/7. And don't worry, we only send system error information. Your secret data stays on your computer and nowhere else.

But what if you want to communicate? Then let's communicate! We are opening our channel - where in chat mode all users have access to our managers and developers. It's already here!

What's Next

In all subsequent news, we will gradually tell you about all the innovations. This letter is for everyone who is interested in the new. Stay subscribed, it will be very interesting! )

Guys, don't forget about our communication means - these are of course our mail newsletters. It's our YouTube channel (it will be filled to the brim with new videos about our new approach in algotrading). And our social media groups. Subscribe, press likes! It's very nice to receive positive emotions from you.

Ahead are New Horizons

This update opens new horizons in algorithmic trading. With the Designer, every user is already an algotrader, the intuitive logic of cubes does not require programming knowledge, which means creating your own trading strategy is available to everyone right now!.

In general, the new version of the Designer is a significant step forward for everyone involved in algorithmic trading. Start using the new features today! (for existing users: Installer update required)

Thank you all.

Hello, Hola, 你好, שלום! Our Products are Now Available in 37 Languages!

2024-05-06T16:14:29Z

We are excited to announce that our products now support 37 languages, making them more accessible to users around the world. This step is aimed at making our tools widely accessible and user-friendly, regardless of where you are or what language you speak.

Join Us in Improving Translations!

We invite the community to actively participate in improving and refining translations. If you notice inaccuracies or have suggestions for enhancements, please visit our GitHub Localization.Langs repository. Your contributions will help make our products even more friendly and understandable for users globally.

Special Announcement for Our Chinese Users:

We've launched a dedicated playlist for the Designer in Chinese to make learning and usage easier for our Chinese-speaking users. Check out the videos on our YouTube playlist!

Let's Expand Our Horizons Together!

We believe that by working together, we can create the perfect platform for everyone. Share our innovations on your local forums, chats, and websites. Your support will help attract new users and showcase the potential of our products.

Our Promise to the Community:

We promise to keep improving our software and to continue enhancing its features. The more active the community, the better our products will be. Your feedback and suggestions are extremely important to us!

Thank you for your activity and support. Together, we will make our platform the perfect tool for traders worldwide!

The S#.Designer new release - live trading the reality!

2016-12-13T16:35:33Z

Friends! Designer new version has been released.

We can say certainly that this version is most functional. There are many new features, different flavors and capabilities for each trader!
We ourselves can not wait to tell you about all the changes, let’s go:
1. The code editor in C#. Write part or even the whole strategy in C#, and Designer will act as a GUI. Nothing could be easier.

2. One’s own block – one’s own logic. We are often asked at conferences and in the comments: "Can I write my own block, describe my frequently used task?" Before, we could not say yes, but in the new version of Designer it is possible! It is enough to write your own Dll and that’s all! Your personal block is ready.

3. ETFs? Do you want your own index? And do you want to trade them like one security? We know what you want, because it is very important functionality for the competent trader: "portfolio" yield may correspond to a particular security return, but its variation can be several times lower. Create your index (portfolio), and then trade it as a single instrument! It’s conveniently!

4. Options! For those who like it hot! Designer now supports options and algorithmic option strategies, market-making and delta-hedging. Now you can sell or buy a strangle, butterfly, condor, and then get income from the value time decay or volatility of the underlying asset!

5. Instruments are in one place! All oriented to work with instruments starting with history download, storage operating and finishing with a single instrument editing is in one place. Everything is available and conveniently!

6. The real connection! In conclusion, the highlight of the show – the possibility of live trading. Connect to the market, get information on the instruments, download history, make trades, write strategies, make money – all this in the new S#.Designer.

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⚠️⚠️ Tariffs - StockSharp's new pricing policy

2023-01-20T15:21:24Z

The StockSharp team wishes everyone success in the financial markets in 2023!

Today we have prepared big changes that are important to read. Please take 10 minutes of your time and read the news to the end.

We have made tariffs that will be available from 02.02.2023. You can already subscribe on pre-sale with the link where licenses were previously located - https://stocksharp.com/products/pricing/ Let's go through the most important theses:

All connectors (stock, forex and crypto) are now equal to a single policy. This means that they have a single price level, and they are available in a free option (tariff for free). Speaking even easier, then crypto connectors are available in the free version !
The free version and Designer Pro do not provide the use of connectors in API. The API level itself is available as before as open source codes on GitHub, as well as the graphic component in Nuget packages. But connectors will only be supported in Designer or Terminal.
In the case of Designer or Terminal you will not have restrictions with free connectors, as in the case of API. Moreover, licenses with a link to the computer are removed and you can use connectors on an unlimited number of your machines.
Training videos are provided free of charge for Designer Pro and API Pro plans in order to provide the maximum amount of training material. By subscribing to the tariff, you get all the necessary materials for the successful development of the platform. In the future, video training will only be replenished, and you will already have access to new lessons.
Tariffs are based on a subscription system, and renewal for the next year with a discount of up to 50%.
Business tariff provides unlimited access to direct market access (DMA) connections, like FIX FAST Plaza, etc. It does not restrict regular connectors either. In addition to it, there is a product MatLab that provides integration of our platform with the popular MatLab product.
Connections to MetaTrader are available in a free version, like other similar Forex connectors.
Hydra Sources in its free version only offers market-date history, without connection to real-time trading. If you need real-time history accumulation, then the minimum tariff for this is Designer Pro.
Market making strategies are available as open source and on a free plan.
For IT developers who make custom robots in C#, connectors is able to connect for demo trading. Currently, these are Binance, Bitmex, Deribit, FXCM, LMAX. Oanda, Kucoin, PrizmBit, Rithmic.
The purchase of individual components and products is possible, the store provides, as before, the purchase of individual StockSharp products at the indicated prices. But we tried to make the tariff scale so that it would be much more profitable than a separate purchase by product.

We are well aware that a number of changes may be inconvenient for some of our users. Therefore, we ask them to download the currently latest version uploaded into Nuget (or fix the version in their code, which make limit possible updates). An update to the new version of the whole platform will be published on Nuget in a week.

For all customers who have previously purchased training, connectors or other products from us, please write to info@stocksharp.com and you will be given the option to upgrade to your chosen plan at the price of renewal. The promotion is valid until 02/28/2023.

For all those who want to subscribe initially to the tariff:

we offer a 30% discount if you pay before 01/02/2023 for pre-sale.
if paid before 02/28/2023, 10% discount

Thanks for reading. We hope you appreciate our changes, which have made our connectors and other products as affordable as possible for most customers.

S#.Shell - the new version!

2018-10-11T17:43:42Z

Friends, today we are announcing the new version of our framework S#.Shell.
We have updated and improved it, brought into compliance with all the features of our platform.

In addition, we would like to separately note a completely new super feature of the updated S#.Shell.
We have added the support for schemas written in S#.Designer. Run strategies written in S#.Designer in simple and fast S#.Shell on your computer or remote server!

We also kept improving the existing features of our product:

Complete source code. Perfect for creating customized algo strategies for someone or for yourself.
Support for all StockSharp platform connections: Quik, SmartCom, Plaza II CGate, FIX/FAST, Crypto Exchange (+30 at the moment), etc.
Flexible user interface
Strategy testing (statistics, equity, reports).
Save and load strategy settings.
Launch strategies in parallel.
Detailed information on strategy performance (orders, transactions, position, revenue, logs, etc.). Everything is simple and easy to understand.
Launch strategies on schedule.

You can get S#.Shell along with our training courses or simply bought for 490$!

Designer - new version available

2018-03-22T16:49:39Z

Friends!

Yesterday we published the newest version of Designer. The previous release was more than half a year ago, so this is a remarkable event.[laugh]

No reason the list what we implemented for the release. Shortly - VERY much. We get every day dozen messages (via build in message system) bug reports, suggestions and questions. What and how we can fix or improve user experience. Therefore, the main spend of time was to eliminate errors or improve the previously done. And preparations for the new training course of Designer.

Top coolest features:

1) Number 1 crypto exchanges. We've put inside all crypto connectors. Sure, they will be available only for crowd campaign members.

2) Connectors search pane. Here is how it work:

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3) We more put portfolio optimization. Not you can specify set of securities for the optimization as a parameter.

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4) Beautiful in-build equity mini-charts in optimization result table:

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5) Group visual cubes and strategies into your own folders:

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Of course, this it not finish! We will move forward! We are waiting for your messages, suggestions, questions.