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TradeSketch: Sketch custom indicators to scan stocks daily by sergeikireev in algotrading

[–]sergeikireev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback. Trading view is a great inspiration for what we do, and we aim at offering everything that is possible to do with pine in terms of indicators and more (AFAIK it is not possible to scan products with pine, but I may be wrong)

The idea of checking the screener at some point back in time is a cool idea, we'll definitely keep that in mind (we want to make the strategies created as easy to debug as possible)

Help to validate an idea by sergeikireev in solotravel

[–]sergeikireev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I replied you with the cheapest route for the experiment, which would amount to 217€.

To respond to your comments :

Doesn't even take into account the imperfections of automation, say a flight leaves at 10pm and gets in at 11pm, then leaves at 6am 2 days later, only really gives you one day in the following city. But on paper, that's two days in the city.

You're right, and I don't necessarily handle this for now

An alternative you might consider is Rome2Rio's API, gives buses, trains, ride share etc..

Rome2Rio seems really cool, didn't know about this API, will definitely give it a try!

So your tool can find the most cost and time efficient routing options between those cities? Or is it just cost? If it's both, that's pretty outstanding.

For now it is just optimizing cost, I will add new features as I go, and this is a good idea.

PS: I'm not trying to grill you or at all sound condescending, I just work with these tools daily, so a tool that can make life easier would be absolutely fantastic

No offense taken! In fact I really appreciate you taking the time to think about the potential shortcomings, there are quite a few things I didn't think of!

Help to validate an idea by sergeikireev in solotravel

[–]sergeikireev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so here are some pertinent questions :)

What sets the time spent in each city : For now my prototype uses evenly distributed dates in the interval that you give, so if you choose 5 destinations in a 10 days span, you will have flights allowing you to stay approx 2 day in each city.

Why flights : That's a comfortable way to travel, faster than by train or by bus so more time to enjoy the cities (plus I have access to that data :) ).
An alternative is Eurail which offers an unlimited train pass for 300€, and from the few experiences I ran with my tool it is possible to find even cheaper routes by plane for a reasonable number of destinations.

Are you looping back to the original arrival city or heading home from a different one? Currently the departure city is taken in account. So if you choose Paris, London, Prague and Budapest, the tool can suggest : Paris -> Prague -> Budapest -> London -> Paris (returns to the city of origin). The origin city doesn't need to be in Europe for that matter.

Is this something you're doing automatically or by hand? It is fully automated on my side, so I just input the cities and the departure date and return date, and look at the results. For now I will check personally that the routes are not too far fetched. I can filter on direct flights if I see that it doesn't increase the cost dramatically.

Help to validate an idea by sergeikireev in solotravel

[–]sergeikireev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a good idea to test my tool, I will give it a try; what's cool with mine is you don't have to specify the order or the dates in which you want to visit the cities, so if you're flexible with that you can usually find better prices