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Board Trading Discussion
Re: HAL 10K - PHP Open source Trading bot
by
yahma
on 10/01/2014, 18:26:46 UTC
I left the bot running all night with default settings and I've lost almost 20% of the amount I had. Apparently it's selling low and buying high, always:

http://i.imgur.com/0SKCo7m.jpg

What should I change in the settings to stop this behaviour? Is there any reason for this?

Can't say for sure, but it looks like a lag due to the order-queue/lag at Gox is causing your trades to be delayed slightly, which is enough to cause serious problems.  It does look like the bot is trying to buy when the short MA crosses over the long MA, and vice versa.. just by the time the trade executes its too late.