From 8389c1d520e0b70f79fc2ce72b4840b0f9e96700 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:06:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify loss per league feature --- yarrg/web/docs | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/yarrg/web/docs b/yarrg/web/docs index fc1bd0f..564aadc 100755 --- a/yarrg/web/docs +++ b/yarrg/web/docs @@ -157,14 +157,15 @@ to do.

-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.

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