Correcting Allocation Dates

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Correcting Allocation Dates

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There are 347 IFTs in the database that take effect on weekends or holidays. This is obviously incorrect and causes other bugs, such as a broken fantasyTSP account or missing allocation change markers on your FantasyTSP graph.

First I fixed the code that was allowing IFTs to be effective on weekends or holidays. The code will automatically roll the effective date forward to the next trading day *from now on*.

This bug affected IFTs as early as 2010-01-01 and as recently as 2020-06-12.

Now, I am fixing the database. The script only takes like 5 minutes. But it changed a LOT of values and it might break something. But I tested it thoroughly and I'm backing up the allocation tables first. Pretty sure this is gonna work (at least up to par with government software quality standards).

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mjedlin66 wrote: (at least up to par with government software quality standards).
Oh, hell. Thanks for the heads up. Now I know to be ready to handle the flood of complaints that are no doubt about to come in. :wink:
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It's done. Here's a before and after, using cryptonite's fantasyTSP as an example.

Cryptonite had an IFT on 6/7/2020, which was a Sunday. This caused an error in his balance which i manually fixed before, but notice there was also no red marker on his graph on 6/8 showing an IFT. Now, his IFT date has been corrected to 6/8/2020.
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Hi Matt...not sure if this is related but my return percentage for 6/18/2020 looks off. I am invested as 15% L2030 , 15 % F, 70 % G. For the day L2030 was -0.07%, F +0.14%, G 0.00. The combined return shows -0.01%. Just eye balling this I would have expected to have seen a slight positive return?

The actual dollar calculation in my TSP Balance Sheet By Chart Range account looks correct and shows an increase from close 6/17 to close 6/18 and matches the TSP.Gov values. However the FantasyTSP Balance Sheet By Chart Range incorrectly shows a decrease which is likely why there is a negative value for the daily return.

When I calculate the percentage from the dollars my account, the account increased was +0.012 for the day, so I think I should have seen a +0.01% increase to my return.

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OH SNAP!! Does this mean my December 2018 IFT that was submitted and never executed, and subsequently caused me to drop double-digits through the end-of-the year flash crash, will be fixed and my phantom loss will be erased???

Won't help with this monstrous 2020 screw-up that I'm still clawing back from :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Wow man, thanks for all your work on this. Y'all have a great weekend.

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Can you correct some of my mistakes on the real TSP site too?

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Navig8tor wrote:OH SNAP!! Does this mean my December 2018 IFT that was submitted and never executed, and subsequently caused me to drop double-digits through the end-of-the year flash crash, will be fixed and my phantom loss will be erased???

Won't help with this monstrous 2020 screw-up that I'm still clawing back from :lol: :lol: :lol:
It doesn't look like it. I don't see a december 2018 IFT for you. It's possible it got deleted a long time ago :/
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You know what, I think I have my facts wrong - I was up 13-some percent, got caught up in an ill-timed IFT sometime in mid-September 2018, rode it WAY down and back up until I was in the +5-6% range. I remember IFT'ing to the G-fund thinking, "Well, ruined my return for the year but 5% is better than being in the hole." But, in the hole is where I went because the IFT didn't cycle. Looking back at my stats, I may have actually IFT'd sometime right before or right after Thanksgiving 2018 rather than December as I originally thought.

I promise it happened - I'm sure there is a post on here somewhere in which I was griping about it. I remember it because it was the second time it happened (since I joined in 2010) and it hosed me out of a positive return FOR THE YEAR. The first time - not a big deal - KING fixed it. That one there never did get corrected.

Not a big deal - don't waste any more time looking for it. It's just a game. But - THANKS FOR CHECKING to begin with!!

Oh yeah, there was also the time I had like a 54% return in the L-Income IN ONE DAY after I went into it for a "safety move" to beat the "G." :lol: :lol: :lol: <<< I picked up about 200 "followers" over the next couple days - they have all since departed :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Do any of the recent changes explain why the 5, 15, 30, et cetera, day leader boards are all at 0.00%?

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NotSoGood wrote:Do any of the recent changes explain why the 5, 15, 30, et cetera, day leader boards are all at 0.00%?
Probably. Give it time.
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Fund Prices2024-03-28

FundPriceDayYTD
G $18.15 0.05% 1.05%
F $19.08 -0.06% -0.74%
C $82.21 0.11% 10.55%
S $82.43 0.30% 6.92%
I $42.57 -0.24% 5.95%
L2065 $16.38 0.02% 8.37%
L2060 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2055 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2050 $32.73 0.01% 6.95%
L2045 $14.91 0.02% 6.58%
L2040 $54.38 0.02% 6.22%
L2035 $14.34 0.02% 5.79%
L2030 $47.67 0.02% 5.38%
L2025 $13.15 0.03% 3.43%
Linc $25.61 0.03% 2.82%

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