A new Zorro version was released:

http://server.conitec.net/down/Zorro_setup.exe

A description of the new features can be found here:

http://manual.zorro-trader.com/new.htm

This is the 1.40 release with new Z systems and installer. It will be here for a beta test and then move to the download page if no bug is found. Subscribers will receive the new Z and plugin versions after the offical release.

That's a lot of new features! Looking forward to taking this for a test drive. Thanks for another update jcl and team.

I don't know if this is 1.40 related but I got an error 072 twice this morning that is stated as a timeout in the manual but sounds different in the log:

What have I done if I did something wrong?

I would interpret this message as a wrong lot size in the asset list - check if you entered it correctly.

I myself didn't enter or change anything in the asset list of the Zorro instance on the VPS, there are only 1.40 defaults. I think while trading Zorro uses the Assets.csv and this file was written new 2 days ago when the strategy was started. Here is its extract with the assets in question (as an image because I couldn't find ubb code that preserves the text formatting):


(the flag row of course is not included in the Assets.csv)


I can't see a difference between LotAmounts there.

Ok, then the problem is clear. There is no "CHF/JPY" in the 1.40 defaults. But I think it's in the extended list for currencies - otherwise, enter it. All used assets must be in your asset list, or else you can not trade them. All details about assets are in the manual under "Asset List".

Tip: Always [Test] a script before trading it live, and look into the log. It displays all such errors and prevents bad surprises on live trading.

What asset list do you mean? The image shows an extract of my Assets.csv (without the flag colum) that I thought to be the asset list used in live trading and that contains CHF/JPY as well as EUR/JPY. Or do you mean all assets I want to trade must be also in the AssetsFix.csv? The manual says:


If AssetsFix.csv is used only for training and testing and has no effect on live trading, how it can cause an error there?

Ah, this remark might be confusing. The AssetsFix parameters have indeed no effect on live trading, since the parameters are loaded from the broker when available. But you must still have all traded assets in AssetsFix or whatever asset list you specified in your script, just as described in the manual. If Zorro does not know your asset, it can not trade it. Or at least I suppose so. I have not yet tried trading missing assets.

Aside from the entry in the asset list you should also have price histories of those assets, or else you can not test them.

This information is so important, since I guess not only me but also some other users have dedicated Zorro installations for each purpose, one on a local system for training and testing and one on a VPS or similar for trading. For sure the local installations mostly have all the features you described above but I think often the lastly executing bots do not. So I e.g. neglected completely downloading history files and maintaining the AssetsFix file on the trading system because I thought they are not relevant for live trading. At least the latter assumption was a mistake.

Well, for the histories it is in fact sufficient when you have them on your test system, unless you need them on the VPS for the PRELOAD flag. But with this only exception, the test and the trade system should be 100% identical in ALL files. Maybe it does not matter for some files, but better do not try it out unless you are very sure.