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Algo Trading Guides

Practical guides for setting up, optimising, and understanding trading bots.

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The AI in your AI trading bot is a 7-day backtest

Every exchange shipped an AI bot feature. Bybit's Aurora AI backtests seven days and hands back 18 presets. Here's what the word is really doing in that sentence.

#ai-trading#trading-bots
guides8 min read

Is Pionex safe? The custody trade-off nobody mentions

Is Pionex safe? No API key sounds safer than 3Commas, but it means Pionex holds your funds outright. What FinCEN registration and its licenses actually cover.

#pionex#custody-risk
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Is Pocket Option rigged? Wrong question to ask

Traders worry Pocket Option manipulates binary options prices. The real problem is the payout math itself: negative expected value even on an honest coin flip.

#binary-options#pocket-option
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Security checklist for self-hosted trading bot deployments

Over 21,000 exposed bot instances were found running without authentication in 2026. This is what I lock down on my own VPS before a bot goes anywhere near real money.

#self-hosted#vps-security
guides8 min read

3Commas DCA bot settings for a $1,000 account: what actually works

Running a 3Commas DCA bot on $1,000? Most default settings will drain your account quietly. Here are the settings that don't.

#3commas#dca-bot
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New crypto bot platform? Run these checks first

40% of AI trading startups from 2024 are already gone. Before depositing on a new crypto bot platform, here are the questions worth asking.

#crypto-bots#platform-risk
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Getting Started with Algo Trading in 2025: A Practical Guide for Non-Quants

You don't need a quant background to run trading bots. Here's the honest path from zero to your first automated strategy, without blowing your account.

#beginner#algo-trading