Tradebot daemon for MtGox Written in PHP
Another complete refactor of the code. This version now uses a different method for making trades. Now instead of trying to manage each order, which was a hassle btw, I have opted to use a EMA/SMA convergence divergence methodology. This is not gauranteed to make profit on every trade but it attempts to predict the price change based on the EMA of the percent change for the last 25 trades. This appears to be working with limited success and would appreciate if some more experienced programmers would contribute to this project. :)
What to expect from the new version.
- Cleaner code.
- A more standard trading algorithm
- Not much else :\
Sorry for changing the code so drastically every version. I don't have very much experience with writing trading alogrithms.
This software does not come with any gaurantees at all, use at your own risk.
I have not made any money using this script due to the constant fine tuning done but it should work in theory. If you have any complaints or criticism about the bot please contribute them in a positive manner by actually contributing to this project. If you would like to show your appreciation just send me a donation (remember I've lost money during the fine tuning of this bot).
Dependencies
- PEAR Package System_Daemon
- PHP5 CLI
- MtGox Account
As of version 2.0 the bot no longer pays attention to BTC balances you will need to have a USD balance when starting the bot
To get started simply get your API access key and secret from the mtgox website and enter them
in the config.json file where it says key and secret under the mtgox object.
once you've configured your bot go to your terminal and drop into the bot directory and run the follwing command
$ php daemon.php
This will spawn the daemon install a service and start writing to a log file. After running this for the first time you will now be able to stop and start the service as any other system daemon by using the following commands.
$ service mtgox start
to start
and
$ service mtgox stop
to stop
WARNING: you may get a ton of PEAR warnings just disregard these.
Gimme your monies!
bitcoin address: 1J4muBrfJrkr7tjeDuPTwBGgaG5wASWtYn
Thank you.