So, it's still a three horse race.

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Looks like it!

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A three way tie at the minute. Bittrex has made up good ground!

The race is on and Cryptsy and Poloniex are still leading. But Bittrex has closed the gap!

Don't forget to vote here:   https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=706537.0

I'll start another poll to figure out the best way to decide a tie

Hey Statdude,

Thanks for your questions!

I am assuming you are looking at the image of our GUI in the first post. leonArdo allows you to set the most important trading parameters for a particular automatic trading algorithm by clicking directly into the chart data.

The Trading Window is the blue area in the chart. This is the amount of historical data taken into consideration by the algorithm and is set by the user by dragging backwards in time in the chart. The red area inside this, for this particular example, takes up 55% of the Trading Window. This represents the buy and sell margins and can be set by adjusting the position of the red area top and bottom lines.

The Eff Margin* parameter falls out from the movement described above. This is the effective gain you can achieve should a buy/sell or sell/buy cycle get executed. The reason there is an * is that it is based on the current parameters but subject to change should the market situation change.

The Min Eff margin gives the user the opportunity to allow an automatic trading algorithm to continue trading by adapting to the new situation in the market. This is not possible with the static ping pong bot that leonArdo also supports. For that bot the buy and sell prices are fixed and if the price moves away from those then the bot does not react. The mArgin maker bot can, if the user wants it to, take a small loss in order to continue trading. The amount that you are willing to lose is set by this parameter.

Could you please clarify this question "Also, does your tool automatically move/adjust your order to be the best on the market, ignoring the first X btc if needed (sometimes not good to beat the most aggressive 0.1 btc or so in orders)? ". Am not sure what you mean here

Actually we haven't written a manual for leonArdo. It is designed in such a way that you do not need one! All of the questions you had for me are answered by the program in the form of informative mouse over tooltips!!

Watching the video can really help to let you see what the different features are: http://youtu.be/jjLbJuUsp0A

Thanks again for your questions. Its quite late here now so I will only be able to get back to you in the morning!

It looks like a two horse race thus far between Cryptsy and Poloniex for the exchange leonArdo will support next.

Make sure to vote over on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=706537.0 if you haven't already done so 

It looks like a two horse race thus far between Cryptsy and Poloniex.

Make sure to add your vote if you haven't already done so 

Added your suggestion.

One of the reasons we were quiet for a while was that we were busy setting up our company. We are determined to
build the best bitcoin trading experience possible and have a lot of ideas for the future of where we want to take leonArdo!

Check out our website here: http://www.marginsoftware.de/

Cool. Looking forward to hearing what you think!

Actually we are sure that some markets will require some custom tuning, but until we actually implement and test a particular interface it is not possible to say what the final decision will be. We could simply have an option that allows the user to specify how to handle situations such as lag. Have you a preferred way to deal with it?

Thanks for your input!

Don't worry you did not come across as argumentative, just as interested
We welcome any comments and are happy to discuss things.
leonArdo is not just an automated trading framework/bot. We also want to create one of the best manual crypto trading interfaces.
We are open to suggestions and are keen to improve leonArdo every day.
So if you like to see a feature implemented or just have further questions, let us know.

We could make it an option and thereby you could turn the feature off.
But the exchange handles the orders itself. If they are down/lagging there is nothing we can do about it.
We can improve the situation and leonArdo is a tool which was also developed to make it easier/quicker to place orders by automating things.

I would put it this way: When you place the order via leonArdo in times when there is a lot of lag at the exchange, leonArdo automates the 
"check if the order did go through and if not resubmit the order" process.

Yes and No. The state is decoupled from cryptsy.
When you or the algorithm places a trade through leonardo, leonardo makes sure that the order finds it's way into the order book.
Even if cryptsy is unresponsive at that moment. Sure we can't fix cryptsy but leonArdo tries to take out as much of the pain as possible.

To be honest we don't use Cryptsy! We have heard that it can be slow, but leonArdo will not add to that. There are also mechanisms inbuilt in leonArdo by which if Cryptsy is having difficulty it will re-try to place an order automatically. This can improve user experience.

Let's see how the vote turns out!