Automating Futures Robot Start and Stop Schedules

Summary

The post describes a time-based controller for starting and stopping automated domestic futures trading robots. It checks the current time and weekday, uses a status flag to avoid repeated starts, and calls platform functions to restart or stop two named robots. The author reports that the system can run normally for a day but sometimes fails, showing a connection-reset error during an API request.

The excerpt illustrates operational scheduling and a possible network or service interruption during remote control calls. It does not provide a confirmed diagnosis or a robust recovery design. Its time-window and weekday conditions also deserve careful review, since logical grouping can affect when a stop condition fires. The post gives no evidence about trading performance or whether the automation reliably handles holidays, retries, or failed API calls.

Key ideas

• The controller uses current time, weekday, and a status flag to schedule robot restarts and stops.
• API calls can fail with a connection-reset error even after periods of normal operation.
• The error is reported but not diagnosed, so its underlying cause remains uncertain.
• Time and weekday conditions should be checked for intended behavior, including operator grouping.

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