X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~yarrgweb/git?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=yarrg%2Fweb%2Fdocs;h=c84870935cb54d95cf68b30f67db34a740575c3b;hb=315da411e1e9d4c92efac97c51cfc590ee6e4560;hp=1c1ce69805fcaddcb15099b842b47746b656f585;hpb=202510fa47a7459760d6e41f6017500696e344d8;p=ypp-sc-tools.main.git diff --git a/yarrg/web/docs b/yarrg/web/docs index 1c1ce69..c848709 100755 --- a/yarrg/web/docs +++ b/yarrg/web/docs @@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ %doc> -
-This website documentation page contains information about the -database website which you may not be able to divine from the online -user interface. +Hopefully you will be able to work it without too much help, but this +documentation page contains information about the database website +which you may not be able to divine from the online user interface.
-So you should specify your vessel capacity. Currently you must -specify the actual mass and volume, as two numbers each with units. -The system understands the units t (tonnes), kg, l and kl -(kilolitres). There should be a space between the two limits, and no -space before the unit. +So you should specify your vessel capacity. You can enter things +like: +
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-Trades whose margin is less than the expected loss are never selected. -For example, if you select 1% loss per league, and plan a voyage of 5 -leagues, then any trade with a margin of less than 5.15% would be -completely excluded (5.15% not 5% because the loss works like compound -interest). Theoretically very profitable trades which are close to -the expected break-even point because of the distance can also be -rejected by the optimiser in favour of shorter distance trades with -theoretically smaller margins. +Trades whose margin is less than the expected loss are never included +in the suggested plan. For example, if you select 1% loss per league, +and plan a voyage of 5 leagues, then any trade with a margin of less +than 5.15% would be completely excluded (5.15% not 5% because the loss +works like compound interest). Theoretically very profitable trades +which are close to the expected break-even point because of the +distance can also be rejected by the optimiser in favour of shorter +distance trades with theoretically smaller margins, if it's not +possible to do both.
@@ -153,4 +179,22 @@ You can enter the value in the box either as a percentage, or as a fraction 1/divisor, eg 1/200 is the same as 0.5%; in each case it is taken as the loss for each league of the voyage. +
+ +The trading plan does not take into account accumulated profits from +each leg of the journey when applying the available capital +constraint. For example, if you specify a journey from A to B to C +and a capital limit of 10000 PoE, the trading plan will not tell you +to buy 1000 peas at A for 10 PoE each, sail them to B and sell all of +them for 20 PoE each, and then buy 2000 beans at B for 10 PoE each and +sail them to C to sell for 20 PoE each even if such a trade would in +fact be possible. In practice this is unlikely to be a problem! + <& footer &>