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Offline guillaumezur

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gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« on: October 27, 2017, 09:09:58 PM »
hey guys, newcomer here and i feel lost even after spending a week reading the forum or checking all i could on youtube.
So far i have two pairs configured for gunbot on kraken, in 7hours no trade was found which i guess is quite common.
However i have absolutely no idea how to add pair, which one to choose.Is there any tutorials for beginners?

i also got this error message every few minutes, is it normal?
https://gyazo.com/9e59f29edcc6c43480a9ee86820ceb82

i am asking because on the telegram group i read that today was a good day for finding trades so it seems that my configuration is clearly not optima and probably event not workingl. I am trading the default kraken pairs eth and litecoin vs btc

"kraken": {
         "XLTCXXBT": {
            "strategy": "bb"
         },
         "XETHXXBT": {
            "strategy": "bb"

TRADING_LIMIT": 0.001,
         "PERIOD": 5,
         "BUYLVL1": 0.6,
         "BUYLVL2": 2,
         "BUYLVL3": 70,
         "SELLLVL1": 0.6,
         "SELLLVL2": 2,
         "SELLLVL3": 70,
         "BUYLVL": 2,
         "SELLLVL": 2,
         "EMA1": 24,
         "EMA2": 12,
         "GAIN": 0.6,
         "HIGH_BB": 40,
         "LOW_BB": 40,
         "PP_BUY": 1e-8,
         "PP_SELL": 0.12345678,
         "STDV": 2,
         "SMAPERIOD": 20,
         "LASTPOINTS": 5,
         "AVGPOINTS": 250,
         "AVGMINIMUM": 1e-8,
         "GUNTHY_API": false,
         "PANIC_SELL": false,
         "DOUBLE_UP": false,
         "STOP_LIMIT": 10,
         "BUY_ENABLED": true,
         "BUY_LEVEL": 0.1,
         "MIN_VOLUME_TO_BUY": 0.0001,
         "MIN_VOLUME_TO_SELL": 0.0001
« Last Edit: October 27, 2017, 10:06:47 PM by guillaumezur »

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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2017, 08:11:36 AM »
hey guys, newcomer here and i feel lost even after spending a week reading the forum or checking all i could on youtube.
So far i have two pairs configured for gunbot on kraken, in 7hours no trade was found which i guess is quite common.


i also got this error message every few minutes, is it normal?
https://gyazo.com/9e59f29edcc6c43480a9ee86820ceb82
not to worry, kraken will throw these sometimes. maybe set the bot on a longer period. read up on how to do this in the version instructions on github.

i am asking because on the telegram group i read that today was a good day for finding trades so it seems that my configuration is clearly not optima and probably event not workingl. I am trading the default kraken pairs eth and litecoin vs btc
you are of course aware that in these high versions BB strategy is buggy? I recommend looking at the real BB in the given time against the calculated BB from bot and adjust accordingly. When I want to buy at low BB40 I adjust the bots BB to about 1. This is not a direct conversion, it's only an approximation, which may bring you bags under circumstances. better learn to use stepgain.

However i have absolutely no idea how to add pair, which one to choose.Is there any tutorials for beginners?

Open config and do:

"kraken": {
         "XLTCXXBT": {
            "strategy": "bb"
         }, HIT ENTER HERE AND PASTE YOUR CHOSEN PAIR, ADD STRATEGY AND SAVE
         "XETHXXBT": {
            "strategy": "bb"

A list of Kraken pairs with notation (Krak is a bit particular about this, so don't fuck this up).

"XETCXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XZECXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"DASHXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XETHXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XXRPXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XXMRXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"EOSXBT": {"strategy":"whatever" },
"GNOXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"BCHXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XXDGXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XICNXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XXLMXXBT": {"strategy":"whatever" },
"XREPXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" },
"XLTCXXBT": {"strategy": "whatever" } NOTE: NO COMMA IN THE LAST ROW, INSERTING A COMMA HERE MEANS DEATH

Replace "whatever" with the strategy of your choice, don't use BB, as it's buggy. Which pairs to select? Always use sideways and uptrend pairs. Check regularly and adjust pairs if needed, at least have a look at it once a day. Never use downtrend pairs or steep uptrend.


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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2017, 01:38:44 PM »
Hi. I tried to configure Kraken pairs with v7.0.2 GUI and it doesn't work well.

For exemple :
XBT-BCH seems to work : the bot scans oportunity, calculate bb and so on.
XBT-XLTC seems to work : the bot scans oportunity but doesn't calculate nothing with bbstepgain strategie.
XBT-LTC doesn't work : the bot starts and then nothing... No scan.

A put my conf file in attachment.

A tried to enter pairs like XBTXXLTC with the GUI but the GUI doesn't accept this kind of pair.

Can someone help me with a exemple of a valid conf for kraken ?

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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2017, 06:28:21 AM »
Try using BTC-BCH, BTC-LTC etc.

Since 7.0.1 a feature was added to unify the pair syntax. See https://github.com/GuntharDeNiro/BTCT/wiki/Configuring-Gunbot#pairs

Having said that, it misses a couple of pairs in my case, but it generally works.

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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2017, 07:33:26 AM »
702 has a universal pair notation, different from Kraks somewhat special notation. Also different from previous bot version, where you needed to amtch the exchanges notation exactely.

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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2017, 05:44:32 PM »
I tried simple setup with one pair BTC-LTC or BTC-LCH and the bot doesn't work. It stops after lauching with no error and only 2 lignes in the log :
  Loading config...
  Loading exchange - kraken


Any idea ?

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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2017, 11:18:44 PM »
I tried simple setup with one pair BTC-LTC or BTC-LCH and the bot doesn't work. It stops after lauching with no error and only 2 lignes in the log :
  Loading config...
  Loading exchange - kraken


Any idea ?

Yes that does indeed happen, and I saw other people reporting it as well. I am not sure yet what causes this. However, after retrying enough times, it takes off (I also added some pairs I think). This definitely needs further investigation by the developers.

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Re: gunbot choice of pairs on kraken, bot is not buying anything
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2018, 06:51:16 PM »
Hi, all.

I was getting the same Log message
"Loading config...
  Loading exchange - bittrex"

Krypto helped me out over the telegram forum, he pointed out that this could be an API Key's issue. Thanks, bud!

So, I did create a new API key on Bittrex, replaced keys and got a 404 error. I did try running GunBut again but this time I got a different message in the Log window " Something like: this key is not supported..." Then, I started the whole process all over again from the Dashboard, I did not import any new config but created a new set up, then under Settings I deleted the Key that gave me the errors and added my original API Key (which is my license Key). Added a couple of new pairs under Setups, Ran the Bot from the Dashboard and now it's working! Make sure you use the new nomenclature BTC-XYZ, no underscore.

I'm testing it now with different strategies and seems solid. Hope this helps.

I'm running GunBot 7.0.2 in a Contabo VPS | 4Core/12BG of RAM | Windows 2016.

Best of luck everyone!

Respectfully,
Lucky Luigi