Day Trading & Forex Forum

barrychucks

Hi, are there any good CFD brokers that have an API service? ive found these guys Forex Trading Software: MetaTrader 4 API — Support has anyone used them?

rnicoll

I believe IG Markets offer an API service. Give them a call, it's not listed, but they've mentioned it as an option to go with their L2 trading service.

whipsaw

GNI Touch offers API Access
Institutional

Metatrader does not offer an API but there exist a kind of third party (set of) scripts which works similar like a real API->pls check this thread
New API MetaTrader 4 AVAILABLE - MQL4 forum


IG doesnt provide an Interface to connect retail clients to their trade environment

England765

Gft

whipsaw

Global Markets? That would be new to me.


If you mean Global Trader then you could be right

England765

GFT have a CFD API as far as I am aware

olosta

Hello,

I am may be a little late as the last message was created on 2008.
I am speaking with the GFT people, and it seems that the API concerns on the FX, and not the CFD's. Anyone can confirm ?
If somebody know very good the API, I would like to know some points :

I programmed a simple strategy that allows me to buy lots when there is a MA Crossup, and sell lots for the MA crossdown and puts some limit order (in case of big profit) ans stop orders ( in case of big lost).

The limits that I meet today in the software is :

- when the strategy stops (for any reason (disconnection, etc...)) the strategy doesn't remember that it puts a limit and a stop, so the strategy cannot cancel them.

- The strategy cannot cancel orders put manually, and it is a real problem.

- The strategy cannot stored a data when it is disconnected (same problem that upside), so the strategy cannot make a reverse order to close the actual position, and doing the reverse order. Why can I not use exitlong() and exitshort() ? Simply because, if there is a disconnection, the strategy won't remember that it is itself that has buy or short the CFD's, so it cannot exit from the trade.

- The last problem that may be the GFT's API should resolve is that I want that the platforme reconnect automatically, if there is a disconnection.

Do you think that this four points are able to be done on the GFT's API ?

Thanks

rvilar

Hi Olosta, I've been speaking to GFT people recently and they told me that I must open a real 10,000 euros account to get access to the API. I mean: I should open the real account before I could see and prove the API. I told him that a demo account should give me access to test the APIs with muy trading application, but the answer was the same.
Actually, I got the impression that the guy I was talking to was not really informed on this topic, and was improvising.
I'm planning to call again.

I seems that we're looking for the same kind of solution, so it could be useful to share our experiences here in the forum.

Rafael