The problem with Lobster is not too few features,

The problem with Lobster is not too few features, but too many.

A hot take: Lobster is a rather redundant scaffolding.

If you know about computers, you don't want to use Lobster (I'm lazy).

If you don't know about computers, you can't use Lobster.

This isn't a human problem, it's Lobster's problem. Its mechanism is designed to give even experts a headache: hooks within hooks, lifecycle callbacks that can be written as a tree, state stored in memory that disappears on reboot. Purely acting as a nanny for AI.

To write a conditional order, you first need to register three callbacks, then manually manage a keep-alive state machine.

Claude Code/Codex or even using Cline for customization is great.

No need to learn Lobster's self-invented lifecycle theology. Just use the simplest code to build a custom framework, then handle position settlement, hardcoded rules, and require manual confirmation for restarts.

Advanced features can be learned gradually by applying open-source frameworks. Starting with Lobster right away is too risky.

You can start directly with Claude Code + broker APIs (there are many open-source frameworks available), hardcoding risk controls. Lobster is a trap for beginners and a burden for veterans.

不奋东西

The little lobster 🦐 almost sent me to the grave!

It is recommended that those without a programming background should not play with quantitative trading.

Play in a simulated account first.

Play with someone monitoring.

Have circuit breaker rules.

You must close your position on the expiration date!

Even with all these, uncertainty can still lead to risks.

Please, both of you, spread this widely.

@Longbridge Community Admin@Options Pro

After finishing debugging the program last night, I told openclaw to turn off the QQQ agent and went to sleep. Before sleeping, it asked me if I wanted to fix a bug, and I said yes.

As a result, I woke up this morning to a huge shock. There were still 7 QQQ contracts expiring today that I needed to exercise. Now I have been forced to exercise them, spending nearly 300,000 to become a shareholder of QQQ.

I was really lucky!!! The risk was exposed before a bigger problem occurred.

I was still groggy when I first woke up this morning. I sent it to Doubao, and it calculated that it would cost over 3 million, which scared me awake instantly.

After reviewing,

1. The management of the little lobster was not strict enough. After fixing the bug, it restarted the program.

2. There was a bug in the program. The positions were not persisted, nor were they synchronized with the broker. After a restart, it didn't know what positions existed. Because the risk control rules in memory also disappeared after the restart, this incident occurred.

I am really scared in hindsight. Fortunately, the program has been improved. If it were the old program buying 40-50 contracts, and I had to exercise them now, I would be done for.