Current Version

1.0.10:

• revealed the new buttons on the order box, that was hidden by testMode.
• testMode code in order caused NPE...

Compatibility

This Trader works with WebFunds 1.8.1 and later. Check the WebFunds README for details of the latest WebFunds. but note that this Trader does not work with WebFunds 1.7.6 and earlier, and 1.8.0 had a killer bug in it.

Getting it Going

Upgrades

You can use Plugins / UpgradesManager from within WebFunds (versions 1.8.1 and later) to install this package. Type or cut&paste the URL above into the URL box and hit Go! to download. Then, select the package and hit Install Upgrade.

Previous versions of WebFunds could not download, but once downloaded manually, you could use File / Explorer to add the package and then install it into the right place.

Structure

The contents of the distributed zip file are unzipped in the directory plugins within your WebFunds, preserving the directory structure within the zip file.

Inside the plugins directory, there will be a further tree Trader/Trader-x-y-z where x-y-z is the version number.

Restart

Then restart your WebFunds. The new Trader should be found automatically.

History

V 1.0.9

• Another fix for potential validity bug with old data including zero quantities.
• SELLs can now take fee after order termination from book.

V 1.0.8

• Atttempted to fix potential validity bug with old data including zero quantities.
• reversed strange EFCE default account orderings.

V 1.0.7

• Definition of a Limit order is changed to a Market order with a limit. The difference is that now a new order will always take the best price on offer from an existing order. Prior to now, the existing waiting order secured the benefit if two Limits crossed with excess. (Actually, this is nothing to do with Trader, it is a decision of the matching engine in the backends, so it effects all versions of Trader from this date).
• Added more options to the trade:
  • Immediate return (after trading opportunity) of order, or queuing (default).
  • All or nothing, so that order only trades if the entire can be filled in one bite. Actually, any number can be set in the request, but Trader doesn't offer that as yet. Note that such an order is currently ignored during auctions.
  • Fixed total price or fixed unit price (default). The former was the default and only case in previous Traders; it results in the unit price improving if an economic benefit is secured in some earlier trade, whilst maintaining the total price paid as a fixed quantity.
  All of the above options are experimental, and should be used with care. It will take some time to bed them in.
• Particularly, this version may not work, and is going out as a special for EFCE.
• May only work with 1.8.5 of WebFunds.

V 1.0.6

• Merged with WebFunds 1.8.0 (some incompatibility bugs existed with 1.7.6).
• Added a version number.

V 1.0.5

• Unwound a systemically recursive bug...
• Lots of cleanup on printing of numbers...
• Now handles shares.
• Market now trades pints of beer demo currency against the Glitter money. See the WebFunds cheat sheet for some explanation.
• Trader now accepts a default money listed in the market.loc file.

V 1.0.4

• Added ability to register nymous name with server.
• *new* Trader accounts are now market trading accounts.
• Book now displays nyms when presented by market.

V 1.0.3

• Reworked completion in OpenOrders a little.

V 1.0.2

• Added Help boxes to Dialogs.
• Fixes to classloader so that the data could be saved!

Trader-1.0.0 is junk and can be disposed of.