05-24-2018, 05:43 PM
Well, at least you didn't spend a ton of money on Gekko like you could have with those paid bots.
I actually had RSI Bull Bear ADX make profitable trades for me. But I was trading $200 so I wasn't going to brag about $10 gains. I since changed the parameters because I was using the UI and it doesn't save the candle size (that affects performance a lot) info and it has been making losing trades since. I think the original settings were 8 minute candles but that made it impossible to check if the bot is performing properly with a free TradingView account.
I switched over to paper trading now via command line, on 5 minute candles, still saw it made some bad trades. It seems like the bot was trading in bull trend when it was bear but I can troubleshoot it now because it is on 5 minute candles. I literally turned on debugging for the strat as I type this. Hopefully I will get more info on the issue.
Ultimately, I personally feel like I learned a lot with the Gekko Trading Bot. I always seen it as a tool to trade for me when I'm not at my computer. It also doesn't have emotions and doesn't trade earlier (I do that too often) than I'm supposed to. But making it work brings up a whole new set of challenge that I'm only beginning to tackle.
I actually had RSI Bull Bear ADX make profitable trades for me. But I was trading $200 so I wasn't going to brag about $10 gains. I since changed the parameters because I was using the UI and it doesn't save the candle size (that affects performance a lot) info and it has been making losing trades since. I think the original settings were 8 minute candles but that made it impossible to check if the bot is performing properly with a free TradingView account.
I switched over to paper trading now via command line, on 5 minute candles, still saw it made some bad trades. It seems like the bot was trading in bull trend when it was bear but I can troubleshoot it now because it is on 5 minute candles. I literally turned on debugging for the strat as I type this. Hopefully I will get more info on the issue.
Ultimately, I personally feel like I learned a lot with the Gekko Trading Bot. I always seen it as a tool to trade for me when I'm not at my computer. It also doesn't have emotions and doesn't trade earlier (I do that too often) than I'm supposed to. But making it work brings up a whole new set of challenge that I'm only beginning to tackle.
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