2025.09.24

changelog.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2025.09.24:
+. Added a new config option: wait_after_initial_market_order. If specifies in seconds the amount of wait time after sending the initial market order.
+ It should help the exchanges to report correctly the recently filled market order.
+. Removed the "PAUSED" notice in the screen output that was unused.
+
 2025.09.21:
 . Fixed a bug that caused short traders to have an incorrect order size.
 

exchange_wrapper.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Broker:
         #Default values
         self.wait_time = self.broker_config.get("wait_time",.5)
         self.cooldown_multiplier = self.broker_config.get("cooldown_multiplier",2)
+        self.wait_after_initial_market_order = self.broker_config.get("wait_after_initial_market_order",2)
         self.wait_before_new_safety_order = self.broker_config.get("wait_before_new_safety_order",1)
         self.retries = self.broker_config.get("retries",5)
         self.slippage_default_threshold = self.broker_config.get("slippage_default_threshold",.03)
@@ -192,6 +193,13 @@ class Broker:
         self.cooldown_multiplier = value
         return 0
     
+    def get_wait_after_initial_market_order(self):
+        return self.wait_after_initial_market_order
+    
+    def set_wait_after_initial_market_order(self, value:float):
+        self.wait_after_initial_market_order = value
+        return 0
+    
     def get_wait_before_new_safety_order(self):
         return self.wait_before_new_safety_order
     

main.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import exchange_wrapper
 import trader
 
 
-version = "2025.09.21"
+version = "2025.09.24"
 
 '''
 Color definitions. If you want to change them, check the reference at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors

trader.py

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class trader:
             #Wait a bit longer, sometimes a recently filled market order is not updated quickly enough.
             # When that happens, the amount of base taken into account by the trader is lower than the amount bought,
             # which ends up misrepresenting the trade cost per unit of base, which causes the take profit price to skyrocket.
-            time.sleep(self.broker.get_wait_time()*2)       
+            time.sleep(self.broker.get_wait_after_initial_market_order())       
             returned_order = self.broker.get_order(first_order["id"],self.status.get_pair())
             if returned_order==self.broker.get_empty_order():
                 self.broker.logger.log_this("Problems with the initial order",1,self.status.get_pair())
@@ -1619,7 +1619,6 @@ class trader:
             line3 = ""
             if self.status.get_base_bought()!=0:
                 line3 = draw_line(mid_price,low_price,high_price,self.status.get_quote_spent()/self.status.get_base_bought())
-            p = "*PAUSED*" if self.pause==True else ""
             low_boundary_color = self.get_color("red")
             price_color = self.get_color("white")
             target_price_color = self.get_color("green")
@@ -1659,7 +1658,7 @@ class trader:
 
             safety_order_string = f"{self.status.get_safety_orders_filled()}/{self.get_color('cyan')}{concurrent_so_amount}{self.get_color('white')}/{self.status.get_no_of_safety_orders()}".rjust(27)
             prices = f"{low_boundary_color}{low_boundary}{self.get_color('white')}|{price_color}{mid_boundary}{self.get_color('white')}|{target_price_color}{high_boundary}{self.get_color('white')}|{pct_color}{pct_to_profit_str}%{self.get_color('white')}"
-            line1 = f"{p}{pair_color}{self.status.get_pair().center(13)}{self.get_color('white')}| {safety_order_string} |{prices}| Uptime: {self.seconds_to_time(self.status.get_deal_uptime())}"
+            line1 = f"{pair_color}{self.status.get_pair().center(13)}{self.get_color('white')}| {safety_order_string} |{prices}| Uptime: {self.seconds_to_time(self.status.get_deal_uptime())}"
             if self.status.get_is_boosted():
                 line1 = f"{line1} | BOOSTED"
             if self.config.get_autoswitch():