@debut/plugin-genetic-shutdown

Debut plugin, to speed up the genetic algorithm process. Allows you to discard configurations with bad metrics at an early stage.

Working Principle

The plugin makes a control slice of the statistics every 30 days. If one of the default conditions describing the configuration as bad is met during that time, the strategy variant is disabled and stops performing further calculations, which saves resources.

Default disconnection conditions

Relative drawdown greater than 35%. Absolute drawdown is over 35% Potential drawdown is over 35% No orders after 200 candles in current timeframe

Install

npm install @debut/plugin-genetic-shutdown --save

Setup

It is recommended to initialize the plugin in a Meta file of the strategy, only for the WorkingEnv.genetic environment Example implementation in meta.ts file

import { geneticShutdownPlugin } from '@debut/plugin-genetic-shutdown';
// ...
// custom shutdown method
const shutdown = (stats: StatsState, state: ShutdownState) => ...

const meta: DebutMeta = {.
    // ...
    async create(transport: BaseTransport, cfg: MyStrategyOptions, env: WorkingEnv) {
        const bot = new SpikesG(transport, cfg);

        //specific environment plugins
        if (env === WorkingEnv.genetic) {
            // The second shutdown argument can be omitted if the standard shutdown conditions work for us
            bot.registerPlugins([geneticShutdownPlugin(cfg.interval, shutdown)]);
        }
        // ...
    }

Customizing shutdown conditions

ShutdownState - allows to get number of deals or profits at the beginning of period (or end of previous period). And also the number of candlesticks at the moment in the current period.

const shutdown = (stats: StatsState, state: ShutdownState) => {
    const totalOrders = stats.long + stats.short;

    // add conditions for at least 5 trades within 30 days
    if (state.prevOrders && totalOrders - state.prevOrders < 5) {
        return true;
    }

    // Add a condition to limit maximal margin (e.g. for Grid strategies)
    if (stats.maxMarginUsage > 10000) {
        return true;
    }

    return stats.relativeDD > 80 || stats.absoluteDD > 30;
};