Getting "GDAX returned an error, retrying..."

[ElscottHavoc]

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• Action taken (what you did)
  Bot was working perfectly fine on GDAX through the terminal interface and made absolutely no changes. Was processing trades correctly and gathering history from GDAX before initiating. Now, when I launch the bot it displays an error while trying to gather GDAX history.

• Expected result (what you hoped would happen)
  Should gather GDAX history and then proceed to trade.

• Actual result (unexpected outcome)
  2017-08-31 20:17:26 (DEBUG): Scanning back in the history needed...
  2017-08-31 20:17:26 (DEBUG): 2017-09-01T00:17:00+00:00
  2017-08-31 20:17:27 (DEBUG): GDAX returned an error, retrying..

This simply continues to repeat over and over again for hours upon hours without ever successfully working.

• Other information (e.g. detailed explanation, stacktraces, related issues, suggestions how to fix, links for us to have context, eg. stackoverflow, etc)

[askmike]

It seems you are importing, could you post your import config?

[ElscottHavoc]

// Everything is explained here:
// @link https://github.com/askmike/gekko/blob/stable/docs/advanced_usage/plugins.md

var config = {};

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// GENERAL SETTINGS
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.debug = true; // for additional logging / debugging

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// WATCHING A MARKET
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.watch = {

// see https://gekko.wizb.it/docs/introduction/supported_exchanges.html
exchange: 'gdax',
currency: 'USD',
asset: 'ETH',

// You can set your own tickrate (refresh rate).
// If you don't set it, the defaults are 2 sec for
// okcoin and 20 sec for all other exchanges.
// tickrate: 20
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// CONFIGURING TRADING ADVICE
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.tradingAdvisor = {
enabled: true,
method: 'DEMA',
candleSize: 60,
//number of 1m candles combined - 1 is 1m - 60 is 1 hour
historySize: 1,
//# of canldes to get history
adapter: 'sqlite',
talib: {
enabled: false,
version: '1.0.2'
}
}

// Exponential Moving Averages settings:
config.DEMA = {
// EMA weight (α)
// the higher the weight, the more smooth (and delayed) the line
short: 24,
long: 48,
// amount of candles to remember and base initial EMAs on
// the difference between the EMAs (to act as triggers)
thresholds: {
down: -0.0,
up: 0.0
}
};

// MACD settings:
config.MACD = {
// EMA weight (α)
// the higher the weight, the more smooth (and delayed) the line
short: 24,
long: 48,
signal: 8,
// the difference between the EMAs (to act as triggers)
thresholds: {
down: -0.0,
up: 0.0,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 0
}
};

// PPO settings:
config.PPO = {
// EMA weight (α)
// the higher the weight, the more smooth (and delayed) the line
short: 12,
long: 26,
signal: 9,
// the difference between the EMAs (to act as triggers)
thresholds: {
down: -0.025,
up: 0.025,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 2
}
};

// Uses one of the momentum indicators but adjusts the thresholds when PPO is bullish or bearish
// Uses settings from the ppo and momentum indicator config block
config.varPPO = {
momentum: 'TSI', // RSI, TSI or UO
thresholds: {
// new threshold is default threshold + PPOhist * PPOweight
weightLow: 120,
weightHigh: -120,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 0
}
};

// RSI settings:
config.RSI = {
interval: 14,
thresholds: {
low: 30,
high: 70,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 1
}
};

// TSI settings:
config.TSI = {
short: 13,
long: 25,
thresholds: {
low: -25,
high: 25,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 1
}
};

// Ultimate Oscillator Settings
config.UO = {
first: {weight: 4, period: 7},
second: {weight: 2, period: 14},
third: {weight: 1, period: 28},
thresholds: {
low: 30,
high: 70,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 1
}
};

// CCI Settings
config.CCI = {
constant: 0.015, // constant multiplier. 0.015 gets to around 70% fit
history: 90, // history size, make same or smaller than history
thresholds: {
up: 100, // fixed values for overbuy upward trajectory
down: -100, // fixed value for downward trajectory
persistence: 0 // filter spikes by adding extra filters candles
}
};

// StochRSI settings
config.StochRSI = {
interval: 3,
thresholds: {
low: 20,
high: 80,
// How many candle intervals should a trend persist
// before we consider it real?
persistence: 3
}
};

// custom settings:
config.custom = {
my_custom_setting: 10,
}

config['talib-macd'] = {
parameters: {
optInFastPeriod: 10,
optInSlowPeriod: 21,
optInSignalPeriod: 9
},
thresholds: {
down: -0.025,
up: 0.025,
}
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// CONFIGURING PLUGINS
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

// do you want Gekko to simulate the profit of the strategy's own advice?
config.paperTrader = {
enabled: false,
// report the profit in the currency or the asset?
reportInCurrency: true,
// start balance, on what the current balance is compared with
simulationBalance: {
// these are in the unit types configured in the watcher.
asset: 1,
currency: 100,
},
// how much fee in % does each trade cost?
fee: 0.25,
// how much slippage/spread should Gekko assume per trade?
slippage: 0.05,
}

config.performanceAnalyzer = {
enabled: true,
riskFreeReturn: 5
}

// Want Gekko to perform real trades on buy or sell advice?
// Enabling this will activate trades for the market being
// watched by config.watch.
config.trader = {
enabled: true,
key: 'keyekyeyekwykwywkey',
secret: 'secretsecretsecretsecr',
username: '', // your username, only required for specific exchanges.
passphrase: 'passpasspasspass' // GDAX, requires a passphrase.
}

config.adviceLogger = {
enabled: true,
muteSoft: true // disable advice printout if it's soft
}

config.pushover = {
enabled: false,
sendPushoverOnStart: false,
muteSoft: true, // disable advice printout if it's soft
tag: '[GEKKO]',
key: '',
user: ''
}

// want Gekko to send a mail on buy or sell advice?
config.mailer = {
enabled: false, // Send Emails if true, false to turn off
sendMailOnStart: true, // Send 'Gekko starting' message if true, not if false

email: '', // Your Gmail address
muteSoft: true, // disable advice printout if it's soft

// You don't have to set your password here, if you leave it blank we will ask it
// when Gekko's starts.
//
// NOTE: Gekko is an open source project < https://github.com/askmike/gekko >,
// make sure you looked at the code or trust the maintainer of this bot when you
// fill in your email and password.
//
// WARNING: If you have NOT downloaded Gekko from the github page above we CANNOT
// guarantuee that your email address & password are safe!

password: '', // Your Gmail Password - if not supplied Gekko will prompt on startup.

tag: '[GEKKO] ', // Prefix all email subject lines with this

        //       ADVANCED MAIL SETTINGS
        // you can leave those as is if you
        // just want to use Gmail

server: 'smtp.gmail.com', // The name of YOUR outbound (SMTP) mail server.
smtpauth: true, // Does SMTP server require authentication (true for Gmail)
// The following 3 values default to the Email (above) if left blank
user: '', // Your Email server user name - usually your full Email address 'me@mydomain.com'
from: '', // 'me@mydomain.com'
to: '', // 'me@somedomain.com, me@someotherdomain.com'
ssl: true, // Use SSL (true for Gmail)
port: '', // Set if you don't want to use the default port
}

config.pushbullet = {
// sends pushbullets if true
enabled: false,
// Send 'Gekko starting' message if true
sendMessageOnStart: true,
// disable advice printout if it's soft
muteSoft: true,
// your pushbullet API key
key: 'xxx',
// your email, change it unless you are Azor Ahai
email: 'jon_snow@westeros.org',
// will make Gekko messages start mit [GEKKO]
tag: '[GEKKO]'
};

config.ircbot = {
enabled: false,
emitUpdates: false,
muteSoft: true,
channel: '#your-channel',
server: 'irc.freenode.net',
botName: 'gekkobot'
}

config.telegrambot = {
enabled: false,
emitUpdates: false,
token: 'YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN',
botName: 'gekkobot'
}

config.twitter = {
// sends pushbullets if true
enabled: false,
// Send 'Gekko starting' message if true
sendMessageOnStart: false,
// disable advice printout if it's soft
muteSoft: false,
tag: '[GEKKO]',
// twitter consumer key
consumer_key: '',
// twitter consumer secret
consumer_secret: '',
// twitter access token key
access_token_key: '',
// twitter access token secret
access_token_secret: ''
};

config.xmppbot = {
enabled: false,
emitUpdates: false,
client_id: 'jabber_id',
client_pwd: 'jabber_pw',
client_host: 'jabber_server',
client_port: 5222,
status_msg: 'I'm online',
receiver: 'jabber_id_for_updates'
}

config.campfire = {
enabled: false,
emitUpdates: false,
nickname: 'Gordon',
roomId: null,
apiKey: '',
account: ''
}

config.redisBeacon = {
enabled: false,
port: 6379, // redis default
host: '127.0.0.1', // localhost
// On default Gekko broadcasts
// events in the channel with
// the name of the event, set
// an optional prefix to the
// channel name.
channelPrefix: '',
broadcast: [
'candle'
]
}

config.candleWriter = {
enabled: true
}

config.adviceWriter = {
enabled: true,
muteSoft: true,
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// CONFIGURING ADAPTER
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.adapter = 'sqlite';

config.sqlite = {
path: 'plugins/sqlite',

dataDirectory: 'history',
version: 0.1,

dependencies: []
}

// Postgres adapter example config (please note: requires postgres >= 9.5):
config.postgresql = {
path: 'plugins/postgresql',
version: 0.1,
connectionString: 'postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432', // if default port
database: null, // if set, we'll put all tables into a single database.
schema: 'public',
dependencies: [{
module: 'pg',
version: '6.1.0'
}]
}

// Mongodb adapter, requires mongodb >= 3.3 (no version earlier tested)
config.mongodb = {
path: 'plugins/mongodb',
version: 0.1,
connectionString: 'mongodb://mongodb/gekko', // connection to mongodb server
dependencies: [{
module: 'mongojs',
version: '2.4.0'
}]
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// CONFIGURING BACKTESTING
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

// Note that these settings are only used in backtesting mode, see here:
// @link: https://github.com/askmike/gekko/blob/stable/docs/Backtesting.md

config.backtest = {
daterange: 'scan',
batchSize: 50
}

// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// CONFIGURING IMPORTING
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

config.importer = {
daterange: {
// NOTE: these dates are in UTC
from: "2017-01-01 00:00:00"
}
}

// set this to true if you understand that Gekko will
// invest according to how you configured the indicators.
// None of the advice in the output is Gekko telling you
// to take a certain position. Instead it is the result
// of running the indicators you configured automatically.
//
// In other words: Gekko automates your trading strategies,
// it doesn't advice on itself, only set to true if you truly
// understand this.
//
// Not sure? Read this first: #201
config['I understand that Gekko only automates MY OWN trading strategies'] = true;

module.exports = config;

[ElscottHavoc]

This is the only file I've altered. Poloniex is returning an error also when trying to run the bot.

[askmike]

Strange, for me it works fine:

➜  gekko git:(develop) ✗ node gekko -ic c3.js

    ______   ________  __    __  __    __   ______
   /      \ /        |/  |  /  |/  |  /  | /      \
  /$$$$$$  |$$$$$$$$/ $$ | /$$/ $$ | /$$/ /$$$$$$  |
  $$ | _$$/ $$ |__    $$ |/$$/  $$ |/$$/  $$ |  $$ |
  $$ |/    |$$    |   $$  $$<   $$  $$<   $$ |  $$ |
  $$ |$$$$ |$$$$$/    $$$$$  \  $$$$$  \  $$ |  $$ |
  $$ \__$$ |$$ |_____ $$ |$$  \ $$ |$$  \ $$ \__$$ |
  $$    $$/ $$       |$$ | $$  |$$ | $$  |$$    $$/ 
   $$$$$$/  $$$$$$$$/ $$/   $$/ $$/   $$/  $$$$$$/

  Gekko v0.5.6
  I'm gonna make you rich, Bud Fox. 


2017-09-01 14:14:46 (INFO): Setting up Gekko in importer mode
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (INFO): 
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (INFO): Setting up:
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (INFO):    Candle writer
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (INFO):    Store candles in a database
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (INFO): 

2017-09-01 14:14:46 (WARN): The plugin Trading Advisor does not support the mode importer. It has been disabled.
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (WARN): The plugin Advice logger does not support the mode importer. It has been disabled.
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (WARN): The plugin Trader does not support the mode importer. It has been disabled.
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (WARN): The plugin Performance Analyzer does not support the mode importer. It has been disabled.
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (DEBUG):  No end date specified for importing, setting to 2017-09-01 13:14:46
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (DEBUG):  Scanning back in the history needed...
2017-09-01 14:14:46 (DEBUG):  2017-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
2017-09-01 14:14:47 (DEBUG):  Scanning backwards...2017-09-01T13:11:25.973Z
2017-09-01 14:14:47 (DEBUG):  Scanning backwards...2017-09-01T13:09:56.378Z
2017-09-01 14:14:48 (DEBUG):  Scanning backwards...2017-09-01T13:00:09.147Z
2017-09-01 14:14:48 (DEBUG):  Scanning backwards...2017-09-01T12:41:31.416Z

When you say:

Now, when I launch the bot it displays an error while trying to gather GDAX history.

What exactly are you doing with Gekko? What command are you running etc?

[ElscottHavoc]

Odd...so I deleted the folder and pulled a fresh copy from GitHub, copy and pasted my config file and now it seems to be running fine.

I'm really not sure what the problem was.

[askmike]

great stuff!

[Dedicated62]

Hate to tag onto an old thread, but I'm getting this error on Windows 10...and I did download the ZIP again into a new folder and the manual import still gives me error. The length of records is changing on "Scanning Back", meaning it doesn't fail import command line in the same place each time. It fails in the UI too. I'm attaching the screenshots

[greenbigfrog]

@Dedicated62 unless I'm completly mistaken, this is in no way related to the issue described here. YOu should rather open a new issue.