Short bot error (not enough base for DCA order)->Price dipped until TP price but got stuck->manual close failed->when it finally closed, bot fired unwanted orders

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Buying a volatile currency that is missing for a running deal to DCA, will always spoil the deals statistics. I wrote about that in the article “Tricking” the stats. In the end you again won’t have enough of the currency to close the deal.

"Tricking" the stats

Let’s have some “fun” with stats of “short” (and long) deals on spot market. Assume we have 1 A worth $10. We open a “short” deal on spot market. Now we have our $10 back but no A. The price of A increases 100 % (instead of decreases) and finally 1 A would have been worth $20. The “short” deal now is at a loss of -$10. But wait, we still have our $10!? We could use the terminal and buy 0.5 A with it. Then we could add those funds to the deal and of course, the “short” bot sells the 0.5 A an…