FXCM announces and offers for beta testing a new feature: ability to run strategies in a cloud.
That means:
- a trader needs a computer with Trading Station only to start(stop, pause) a strategy, FXCM cloud takes care about running it 24/5.
- Once run from one computer a strategy can be managed from another computer or even phone (via Mobile Trading Station)
- FXCM servers to run strategies located in FXCM datacenters so latency will be much lower than the execution via Trading Station
- Power/network failures are least likely to happen on FXCM server than on traders computers
- Strategy generated alerts will be delivered to phones via vendor-backed push notifications.
There are more details below how to run and manage cloud strategies.
When creating a strategy, you can select one of the following options:
If you select "Remote", the strategy will start on one of the FXCM’s servers. Remote strategies will send their output – alerts and traces – back to the Trading Station. The remote strategies will keep working even when the Trading Station is closed/off.
Cloud strategies are also available, with limited functionality, in the mobile Trading Station. You cannot start a new strategy, but can perform all other operations (stop, pause, resume, change) as well as receive output (alerts and traces). Alerts are delivered to phones via the push notification service.
Right now only Android devices are supported.
Trading Station developer version can be downloaded from here
Mobile Trading Station can be downloaded from
here
Please pay attention the cloud strategies are available only on certain demo accounts.
If you already have Demo account and it does not work, please register by the link below to obtain the valid credentials.
Register
Cloud strategies are subject to additional limitations:
Performance requirements:
- Each user can have no more than 3 active strategies simultaneously.
- The "Update" method should finish work in 10 seconds, otherwise, the strategy will be terminated.
- The strategy must pass the back testing within 30 seconds.
Lua restrictions:
- All access to the operating system, files, network, external modules is disabled.
- Graphical functions (lines, labels, owner-drawn indicators, etc.) are ignored.
- Http access is allowed to a limited list of resources (including dailyfx.com and yahoo.com).
Please note that this is a beta version and it may be unstable. Report any troubles in this topic. We will appreciate your feedback. Please also feel free to request any features you would like to use. If you observe any unexpected behavior from a certain strategy, please mention the numerical strategy identifier and describe the problem.