A algorithmic trading bot which bids on players on http://hitwicket.com/
- The website is a cricket management game.
- Cricket players (virtual) are auctioned realtime on the website.
- Players have attributes which indicate their skills, age and few other things.
- Bids may be placed for a 48 hour or a 72 hour interval.
- There is a minumum selling price set for each player.
- Agent fees is a big constraint. Can be thought as brokerage fees.
- Less than 10 days - 35% agent fee
- 10-19 days - 25% agent fee
- 20-29 days - 15% agent fee
- 30 days or more - 5% agent fee
- Placing a bid cost the exact same amount,
- For selling a market cost of 5000 is placed, regardless of whether player is sold or unsold
- Start off with a fixed but decent capital.
- Scrape data off the website
- Make a trading bot to do this
- Predict the selling price of the player
- Place bid if a profit can be made
- Not get banned on this site
Note - Doing this purely as a learning project