cooldown_seconds

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How long, in seconds, the bot pauses trading after hitting max_consec_losses consecutive losses.

This field has no environment variable — to change it, edit the default in src/config.py or construct BotConfig yourself.

What it does

When the consecutive-loss check fires, the bot sets a wall-clock deadline:

self._cooldown_until = now + self.cfg.cooldown_seconds
log.warning("Hit %d consecutive losses → cooldown %ds", ...)

On every subsequent loop iteration, one of the early gates blocks trading until the deadline passes:

elif now < self._cooldown_until:
    reason = f"Cooldown ({int(self._cooldown_until - now)}s left)"

While active you will see (at most every 30 s) ⏸ Cooldown (212s left) in the log. During the cooldown the candle stream and result checker keep running — only new trade entries are blocked; pending trades still resolve and still train the model.

This is distinct from two other pauses:

• min_wait_between_trades: a fixed pause after every trade.
• The adaptive cooldown (src/trading/strategy.py): 120–300 s extra spacing between trades when the recent-10 win rate drops below 40%/30%.

Valid values

Any non-negative integer (seconds). 0 makes the loss-streak trigger a no-op pause (the counter still resets). Typical values: 300–1800 (5–30 minutes). Longer cooldowns also let market conditions change before the bot resumes.

Examples

# src/config.py
cooldown_seconds: int = 900             # 15-minute pause after a loss streak

from src.config import BotConfig
cfg = BotConfig(ssid="...", cooldown_seconds=900)

Interactions

• max_consec_losses — the trigger; its counter resets when the cooldown starts.
• PO_MAX_DAILY_LOSS — separate, longer-acting daily dollar stop.

See also

• Risk management guide
• Config reference index

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