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Trading Strategies

DCA, grid, momentum, and other strategies: what works, what doesn't.

strategies8 min read

The backtest that lied: same-bar re-entry artifact (part 3)

A backtest artifact made one coin look like +5,032% in a year. Fixing the same-bar re-entry bug dropped returns 30-50x and turned 5-7 winning strategies into zero.

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strategies6 min read

Survivorship bias killed my 1H bot (part 2)

Part 2 of the build-in-public bot series. A holdout test on 11 unseen coins revealed the 1H strategy barely beat a coin flip. The 4H version survived.

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strategies6 min read

I built a futures trading bot. The honest first month.

Part 1 of building a Binance futures bot in public. The strategy, the bugs that cost real money, and a first month that started down 13%. No fake P&L.

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strategies8 min read

Funding rate arbitrage bots: closest thing to free money in crypto

Funding rate arbitrage sounds like a no-brainer: collect yield, stay market-neutral. Here's what actually happens when you run it with a bot, and when it breaks.

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strategies6 min read

Using a trading bot to pass a crypto prop firm challenge

Can a trading bot pass a crypto prop firm challenge? Yes, if you pick the right firm and configure the bot for their rules, not just for profit.

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