Frustrating automation.

[whimsies]

I am 95% automated, I find it is more fun than profit and make enough for coffee and a sandwich each day. Just keep plugging away I made my first bot as a variation of a Dallas bot. Also read through some of peterle old posts for ideas

[mcgoo]

I am 95% automated, I find it is more fun than profit and make enough for coffee and a sandwich each day. Just keep plugging away I made my first bot as a variation of a Dallas bot. Also read through some of peterle old posts for ideas

Thanks for the replies. I am getting a clearer picture now. 3 figures a month would do me. I have had weeks of success here and there but something always seems to change. My manual trading is still plagued by 2 things as far as I can see..1. FOMO and 2. Determining an entry point .I think they are related and affect each other. Both appear to be reflected in my automation but the odd technical glitch here and there really throws your focus.Hopefully I have got some sort of stability now and can focus on strategy.Thanks again

[ShaunWhite]

I am 95% automated, I find it is more fun than profit and make enough for coffee and a sandwich each day. Just keep plugging away I made my first bot as a variation of a Dallas bot. Also read through some of peterle old posts for ideas

Thanks for the replies. I am getting a clearer picture now. 3 figures a month would do me. I have had weeks of success here and there but something always seems to change. My manual trading is still plagued by 2 things as far as I can see..1. FOMO and 2. Determining an entry point .I think they are related and affect each other. Both appear to be reflected in my automation but the odd technical glitch here and there really throws your focus.Hopefully I have got some sort of stability now and can focus on strategy.Thanks again

Automation glitches are part and parcel of the game unfortunately...but over time they'll be a wash. How much time depends on whether you're exposed to the risk of even money winners or 500/1 losers.

I couldn't find a good example quickly but this is the chart from a strategy I played with.....that big dip/recovery almost looks like a footy CS market. A losing glitch....and then 130 markets later, a winning glitch.

This chart is a classic too of the first 40 or 50 looking great then.......grrrrrr

[mcgoo]

Interesting Shaun. You do really have to adopt a belt and braces approach when writing bots.
I had one bot that made $67 over 477 markets and then turned horribly. Not sure why. Grrrr indeed

[poklius]

This is one of my beauties that said fcuk it after 12k markets and 29k trades Greyhounds, fun little game...

[ShaunWhite]

At least when automation turns sour you don't have to go through a whole load of psychoanalysis to find out if the problem is you. Taking the primative meat-based robot out of the equation and leaving it to the silicon is quite liberating.

[spreadbetting]

Here's one of my bots from this week, worst part is I know where it went wrong and have been meaning to plug it for months

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[jimibt]

Here's one of my bots from this week, worst part is I know where it went wrong and have been meaning to plug it for months

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... a stich in time - lol

[Jukebox]

There's nothing like a flooded bedroom in December to remind you of the hole in the roof you meant to fix in August.

[ShaunWhite]

Here's one of my bots from this week, worst part is I know where it went wrong and have been meaning to plug it for months

We might disagree on politics (and so what if we do), but we share the same pains trying to make a living