Settings: the "General" section
This article is about the "General" section of the settings window: which chart the bot works with, which assets it takes, how it marks candlestick patterns and how the trading lock works. Stake, trade time and martingale are described in the article about the "Trading" section.
Where to open it
The "Settings" item in the bot's top bar. The "Bot settings" window opens. On the left there is a menu of sections: "General" and "Trading".
Changes apply after the "Save" button at the bottom of the window. "Cancel" closes the window without changes.
Almost every field has a hint. Hover over it — it says more.
Fields of the section
| Field | What it sets |
|---|---|
| The bot works with chart | Which of the platform's charts is the bot's chart. |
| Minimum payout, % | Below which payout the bot does not take an asset. |
| Remove the platform window scrollbar | Remove the extra scrollbar at the side of the page. |
| Mark candlestick patterns on the chart | Whether to outline found patterns with a frame. |
| Allow trading (lock) | Whether the bot may open its own trades. |
The bot works with chart
The platform can show several charts at once: "Chart 1", "Chart 2" and so on. From the bot's chart the bot takes the asset and timeframe for its widgets and indicator templates.
The platform does not report which chart is the main one now, so you choose it. If the chosen chart is closed, the bot takes the first open one.
If you have one chart, leave "Chart 1".
Minimum payout
The bot watches not one asset but all of those whose payout is not below this threshold. It trades them and looks for candlestick patterns on them for the "Patterns" tab.
The higher the threshold, the fewer assets are in work. The bot never takes inactive assets, whatever their payout.
Remove the platform window scrollbar
At normal zoom the trading room is sometimes a little taller than the browser window, and a scrollbar appears at the side. The checkbox lets the bot squeeze the page so the scrollbar goes away.
If the content really does not fit — for example, the browser window is very low — scrolling comes back by itself.
Mark candlestick patterns on the chart
The bot outlines with a frame the candles a pattern is made of:
- green frame — the pattern points up;
- red — down;
- grey — a pattern of uncertainty, for example a doji.
Options:
- "Only the one selected on the "Patterns" tab" — a frame appears when you press a pattern on the "Patterns" tab on the right and stays until the next press;
- "All found on the screen" — every pattern on the visible history. On a normal screen there can be several dozen;
- "Do not mark".
Frames are put only on closed candles and only on the bot's chart.
The trading lock
"Allow trading (lock)" is a lock, not a start.
- Unticked — the bot does not open a single trade of its own. The "Start" item in the top bar goes pale so that trading cannot be turned on by an accidental press.
- Ticked — the lock is removed, but trading is not running yet. It is started by "Start" in the top bar, and that is a separate decision.
By default the checkbox is ticked: the lock is removed. If you want to look at a strategy without trades first, untick it before running the strategy.
While the lock is closed, a strategy can still run: it marks on the chart with a dotted line where the bot would have entered. This is how a rule is checked without money.
The lock concerns only the bot's trades. Top-ups on your own trades are turned on with their own checkbox — "User martingale" in the "Trading" section.
What this section does not do
- It does not start trading. A removed lock only allows it. Starting is "Start" in the top bar.
- It does not change the bot's language. The bot speaks the browser's language: Russian in a Russian browser, English in any other.
Frequently asked questions
I ticked "Allow trading", but there are no trades. Press "Start" in the top bar. If it is pale, no strategy is running.
The bot does not trade an asset I see on the chart. Check its payout: it may be below the "Minimum payout, %" threshold.
There are no pattern frames at all. Check the option in "Mark candlestick patterns on the chart" and that the bot's chart is open. Frames are put only on closed candles.
What's next
- Settings: the "Trading" section — stake, trade time, number of trades.
- Martingale — top-ups after a loss and stake growth on wins.