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Explain entries, exits, position sizing and safeguards in everyday language. Trader View guides the build; Coder View lets developers inspect and edit the C# source.
AI coding agent for cTrader
Xen AI for cTrader: build cBots and indicators
Turn your trading rules into a cTrader cBot, custom indicator or dashboard using plain English. Xen AI helps you check requirements, generate code, repair build errors and refine your project from backtest results.
Why use Xen AI?
Develop your trading ideas
Start with the rules you want to test. Xen brings specification, coding and build checks into one cTrader workflow, so you can make focused changes as your project develops.
Catch gaps before writing code
Review requirements for missing rules or contradictions. Defining how a strategy should behave makes the finished cBot easier to check.
Work through compiler errors
Compile cBots and indicators from Xen, inspect build output and ask AI to repair errors. Download compiled .algo files for use in cTrader.
Learn from your backtests
Upload a cTrader backtest report to explore weaknesses and possible next steps. Run backtesting and optimisation in cTrader, then use Xen to help interpret the results.
Build from a visual idea
Use a screenshot of a panel or dashboard to explain the interface you want. Refine its controls and behaviour in stages rather than describing every visual detail from scratch.
Improve tools you already use
Bring an existing cBot or indicator into the workflow to understand its logic, investigate an error or request a specific change.
Plain languageDescribe the tool you need
cTrader focusedBuilt around cTrader development
IterativeRequest changes and refinements
Code ownershipReview and test generated output
What is Xen?
Why use Xen AI?
General AI assistants can write code, but they may lack the workflow and platform context needed for a practical trading project. ClickAlgo Xen is designed specifically to help create, understand and improve software for modern trading platforms, with a dedicated workflow for cTrader.
You can explain an indicator, automated strategy or utility in everyday language. Xen translates those instructions into code, helps you work through revisions and can explain how individual parts operate. This makes it useful to experienced developers who want to prototype faster and to traders who are learning how algorithmic systems are structured.
What you can create
What you can build
Xen can help structure a wide range of cTrader projects when the requirements are specific, testable and broken into clear steps.
Indicators and alerts
Create chart studies, signal logic, multi-timeframe calculations, visual markers and configurable alerts.
Automated cBots
Prototype entry, exit, position-sizing and trade-management rules as an automated cTrader strategy.
Panels and dashboards
Build interfaces that organise execution controls, account information, risk data and strategy statistics.
Risk utilities
Develop position-size calculators, exposure controls and account-protection tools around documented rules.
Code debugging
Ask Xen to investigate build errors, explain likely causes and propose focused changes to existing code.
Strategy conversion
Use clearly documented logic as a starting point for recreating compatible tools from another platform.
A better AI workflow
Build in small, testable stages
The quality of generated code depends heavily on the quality of the instructions. A disciplined workflow produces clearer output and makes errors easier to identify.
1
Define one objective
Start with the platform, tool type and exact purpose instead of asking for an entire complex system at once.
2
Specify the rules
Provide calculations, inputs, chart behaviour, trade conditions and examples with no important decisions omitted.
3
Generate and compile
Review the code, compile it in the appropriate cTrader environment and report errors precisely.
4
Test and refine
Test each agreed behaviour, request focused changes and repeat until the prototype matches the specification.
Example instruction
Write clear trading rules
A useful prompt describes the indicator or cBot, its parameters, calculation rules, visual output and alert behaviour. Adding acceptance tests gives the AI a clearer target.
Example: “Create a cTrader indicator that marks a bullish signal when a 40-period simple moving average crosses above a 100-period simple moving average. Add configurable pop-up and sound alerts, plot both averages and prevent repeated alerts on the same bar.”
Use AI responsibly
Review and test the code
Xen can accelerate development, but it cannot prove that a strategy is safe, robust or profitable.
Frequently asked questions
Getting started with Xen AI
Do I need to know C# to use Xen?
You can begin by describing a tool in plain language, so advanced coding experience is not required. Basic knowledge of cTrader, trading logic and testing will still help you assess whether the output behaves correctly.
Can Xen modify my existing cBot or indicator?
Yes. You can use existing code as context and request explanations, debugging help or focused improvements. Keep a backup and test every modification independently.
Can Xen guarantee a profitable strategy?
No. Xen assists with software creation and code analysis. It cannot predict future markets or guarantee performance, and generated tools should be researched and tested carefully.
What if my project is too complex for an AI workflow?
Break the system into smaller components or use ClickAlgo's custom cTrader coding service for professional scoping and development.
Start building with Xen AI
Describe a focused idea, generate the first version and refine it through a guided AI development workflow.