How to create hidden strategy for trading

• 05/06/2020 at 11:21 AM #130207
  kaaiii

  Hi, from how I understand it a strategy must be open to be able to use it for trading (Please correct me if this is not the case).

  Is someone able to point me in the right direction about how I can hide the logic of my strategy in an indicator (or another way) so that it’s not visible and can’t be copied by anyone and include that in my strategy.

  Any links or code/ pseudocode examples would be awesome since I can’t find too much on the subject and am completely new to the platform.

  Cheers

  Kai

  

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  05/06/2020 at 11:53 AM #130213
  robertogozzi

  This is and indicator (named Example):

  Example

  // indicator returns 1 when a crossover occurs // return close crosses over average[200]

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  // indicator returns 1 when a crossover occurs // return close crosses over average[200]

  export it so that it cannnot be modified (you can also select to enable/disable multiple copies).

  Then create you strategy:

  Signal = CALL "Example" IF Signal THEN BUY 1 Contract AT Market ENDIF SET TARGET pPROFIT 100 SET STOP pLOSS 50

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  Signal = CALL "Example" IF Signal THEN    BUY 1 Contract AT Market ENDIF SET TARGET pPROFIT 100 SET STOP   pLOSS   50

  Now you can give anyone your protected indicator (distribute only the .ITF file) + the strategy as a text file to be used as a strategy.

  The user will never know WHY that signal is generated.

   

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  05/06/2020 at 1:07 PM #130223
  kaaiii

  Thank you robertogozzi 🙂

  

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  08/24/2020 at 11:13 PM #142487
  se8astian

  Hello  robertogozzi,

  I was wondering if the indicator code could be also like this:

  Indicator Example

  // indicator returns 1 when date before end of year 2020 // return date<20201231

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  // indicator returns 1 when date before end of year 2020 // return date<20201231

   

   

   

  

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  08/24/2020 at 11:38 PM #142492
  robertogozzi

  Yes, it will return 1 when true, 0 otherwise.

  The CALLing strategy needs to check that the returned value is <> 0.

  It’s important that your protected indicator does something else and returns further data, otherwise it is useless since the strategy is readble and modifiable and the line with “CALL” could be simply deleted or commented out to skip the check.

   

  

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  01/30/2023 at 2:47 PM #208767
  wtangsiri

  Hi Robertogozzi,
  when i distribute my algo, the indicator is still unhidden, why ?

  

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  01/31/2023 at 4:04 AM #208792
  robertogozzi

  In my example above line 1 is:

  Signal = CALL "Example"

  1	Signal = CALL "Example"

  since exports both the strategy and the indicator, making it visible, you should
  replace that line with:

  Signal = 1//CALL "Example"

  1	Signal = 1//CALL "Example"

  then export both the strategy and the protected indicator, then instruct your client to edit that line and remove 1// in the ITF file.

  

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  01/31/2023 at 12:49 PM #208838
  Monobrow

  Hi guys,

   

  great post! however, I would like to know how I can limit the date that the indicator / algo is valid for? say I want it to expire in 1 week, how do I do that?

   

  thanks

  

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  01/31/2023 at 1:48 PM #208853
  Monobrow

  Dont worry, solved using date params, cheers

  

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