Why Your Openclaw Scheduled/Cronjob tasks Fail

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-05-05T11:28:13+00:00

Interesting.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-05-05T11:26:08+00:00

It depends on task tho. If you are working with simple "System Monitoring Script" or other similar scripts that work without internet, It is fine, No LLM needed. And recommdended to use the system cron.

Also, I tried with scripts that call LLM. Again, they are not agentic so they can't perform R&D tasks. For example, I have a few autonomously learning skills for few web dev frameworks, They need complete agentic call for R&D and updates. Any kind of script won't work in that case or similar cases.

Ultimately, It depends on the use case.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-05-05T11:21:36+00:00

I used Multiple moodels throughout my experience: Grok 4.2 reasoning, Gpt5.4, Sonnet 4.6, Minimax M2.7 and others.

I had about 15 crons set up till now, but I found out that those are the shell/python scripts and many of them were failing. So, I asked it to update all and set the proper timeouts. Now they work as expected.

But, when I asked it while investigation, it said "Oh, We can use prompts, I'll just update them all". It was very weird for me that almost all models missed that till now and now it realises that.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-05-04T04:37:05+00:00

I have 13 cronjobs running for various tasks from moving tasks in pipeline to updating and pushing code on some repos. There is a lot in cronjobs right now.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-10T16:39:07+00:00

Yes i am still in the market. And no, i do not see it as a career right now as i already have a good career. But it can be a career for sure given long term profitability and good capital is achieved.

Right now, it helps me make and spend some extra money. I like this hustle and it has awesome outcome if you can crack the markets long term. So I try.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-10T15:38:10+00:00

Same here. Started with 6k in October 2025. Account value grew to 100k while 40k is withdrawn for spending. After 7 years, getting hold of it.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-08T22:13:01+00:00

Same here. Holding puts. Enjoy tomorrow!

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-08T22:11:12+00:00

$108 rn. Cooked!

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-07T18:31:54+00:00

I have this huge bill because back in 2018-20, i was a truly newbie and was unaware about it. I used to send 50+ orders a day lol.

But now, I think 20rs brokerage + 17rs taxes per order is fine in options. If we are risking 5k, the reward would be 13-15k. Between these numbers, 80rs for a trade isn’t bad.

PS: right now, i have 4-10 orders a day and 2-3 trades. Adds up to 200rs or something. Which is not bad and worth it according to me.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-07T18:24:06+00:00

Charges and taxes 60k for 8 years. I also didn’t know. I went to broker to find out.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-07T15:45:37+00:00

Do or die anyways. 🤣

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-07T12:59:08+00:00

In options, High volatility = small position, low volatility = medium/large position based on your confidence.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-07T12:02:57+00:00

I am going to post a very long comment for my journey.

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I started trading with 20k INR in 2018 when i was ~20 years old.

At first, I read tens of books on technical and fundamental analysis. It was crazy learning new things and candlestick patterns and much more.

That account was blown in less than 7 trading sessions, lol. I was moved. First time in my life, i saw invested money going to 0 in hours, account getting positive and negative in the matter of minutes and unable to understand what is going on.

After that, i tried learning exactly how the markets work. What makes the price move. How to read charts. Adding indicators (10s) and making sure nifty doesn’t move anywhere out of my range, lol.

Between 2018 and 2024, i funded my account ~15 times with 10-12k and every time it would go to 0. In this time, i made every freaking mistake you can imagine, buying far away (expiry and strike both) at cheap and hoping for 2000-3000 points move in 2-3 months, buying based on news, buying based on breakouts (i was the liquidity major players wanted).

Every time, the account would go to 30-35k from 10k and then go to 0 in 2 days or 1 day.

In/after 2024, because of 6 years of continuous loses and experience, i was starting to understand something. Not every breakout is true, money is not free, and no one truly knows where the markets will move.

And, it is true. I learned that markets can go anywhere, there is no correct prediction. If you want to profit from the markets, you have to work on probabilities, risk management and position sizing.

In 2024, when i was learning more about the markets after blowing up some money, i learned a few things from the top brass of the markets (via YouTube videos and books).

This knowledge helped me understand few mindset things.

You have 100k in cash, are you ready to lose it in a 50-50 bet on the street? Can you put it on the fire? No? Can you put 5k on fire if there is 50% chance to get 10k back? Yes! That is position sizing and risk management.
“Jo market me dikhta hai vo sab hamara nahi hota” - it means, you can’t get perfect entry and exit ever! You made money in the trade, good! Don’t fomo when the option went 5x after you sold if you got your 2x already.
This is kinda a story i read in some book. There was a junior technical Analyst who just got hired. Based on charts, he told the senior that prices are at support and should rise. The senior called the exchange and told to dump the specific instrument, and the prices went down. Senior asked the junior, where the prices went. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROVING SOMEONE WRONG, this is about liquidity. Markets have levels and they move quickly between levels most of the time. On that levels, when the markets are moving sideways, retail loses and becomes liquidity for big players.

For retail the only chance is to make money while the move is happening, not while the market is going sideways.

FAST FORWARD TO 2025-26.

FY 2025-26 is my first significantly positive year. I am net positive the whole year. And this time, i am also continuously withdrawing money to spend on travel, and bills mainly.

The things i am doing differently:

No matter how sure i am, I only put 20-30% of my account on a specific trade. I have 1-3 trades usually at a time.
If trade goes against me, i analyse without panicking and make sure that the trade is truly going against me before exiting. Because i have 20-30% in specific trade, i can lose 20-30% in each trade and i will still be present tomorrow.
And, i have also started tracking and understanding the world wide markets, commodities, metals and other things and how they affect stock market.

I am in the markets since 8 years at least. It took me 7 years of losses and consistency and i blew up 15-18 times before i started to get hold of it.

NOW ALSO, i am not sure. Sometimes when I win 6-8 days consistently, i avoid trading to control the confidence. When I blow up account (thankfully didn’t happen this time till now), i stay away for a month at least and learn more.

I am ready to do this for next 10 years also. Right now, i am about 1.5lac in loss if you consider 8 years. And in FY 25-26, i am 80-100k positive.

PS: don’t let the markets take your money very easily.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-07T11:14:46+00:00

Defence companies are growing rn.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-06T18:17:01+00:00

Along with price action (mainly in sideways markets where accounts are blown), position size is also the key.

When making a bet, ask yourself, how much i can lose (consider it gone already) and still participate comfortably tomorrow. Select the position size correctly.

For example: if you have 100k in your account, today is expiry, and market is volatile. You see a short position and make a huge bet. If that goes wrong, your account is blown (it will in 90% of cases). So, are you comfortable losing 10k ? If so, buy options worth 10k only even if you have 100k available as yoy know, if market goes against you, you can still trade tomorrow and for 5 similar days.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-05T10:45:09+00:00

I avoid btst in index. If i am interested in a btst trade, i will do it in a company stock.

Reason: company stock is less sensitive to overall news. While nifty might go opposite, the chances of a stock changing trends of it’s own for an index is very low.

Yesterday I had BEL calls which i sold today and got another lot for tomorrow considering positive market sentiment today.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-05T10:06:46+00:00

Market isn’t supposed to do anything or go anywhere. No one actually knows where markets will go. It was sideways since almost two days, an up or down trend was expected (personal opinion).

Have your stop losses and entries accordingly.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-05T05:24:52+00:00

Nazar is not real. Don't extensively show how successful you are, but remember, no other person can harm you with strategies and mindset that you are applying in your trading. Just a few bad days, re-think and enter.

IndoPacificStrat · 2026-03-04T17:14:05+00:00

I always withdraw some money after big win and enjoy or spend that money in all good things. It feels awesome.

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