Whether a trading bot makes money depends on the strategy it runs, the costs it pays, and the market it meets. A factual look at the variables that decide the outcome — and how to evaluate them before automating.
Behavioral research documents how fear, greed, and loss aversion push traders off their plans. A factual look at the main emotional failure patterns and what rule-based automation does about them.
A crypto trading bot is software that places trades on an exchange according to a defined strategy. This explainer breaks down the components: signals, execution, API keys, and what runs where.
Four statistics summarize most of what matters about a trading strategy. What Sharpe ratio, win rate, maximum drawdown, and uptime each measure, what they hide, and how to read them together.
A practical walkthrough for starting crypto futures trading: how futures differ from spot, what to set up on the exchange, how leverage and liquidation work, and how automation fits in.
Spot trading exchanges coins for money; futures trading trades contracts that track prices. A plain comparison of ownership, leverage, shorting, funding rates, and which market automated strategies use.
Exchange API keys separate trading permission from withdrawal permission for a reason. Here is what each permission allows, why automated trading never requires withdrawal access, and how to check your setup.
Sub-accounts are separate accounts under one main exchange account, each with its own balance, positions, and API keys. What they are for, how transfers work, and why automated trading uses them.
AI trading uses statistical models to inform or adapt trading decisions — from signal generation to market-regime detection. What the term actually covers, how it differs from simple bots, and how to evaluate AI strategies.
Backtesting replays a strategy's rules against historical data to estimate how it would have performed. What backtests can show, where they mislead, and why live-verified results are the higher standard.
Copy trading lets you follow an existing trading strategy so its trades are replicated in your own account automatically. Here is how it works in crypto, what the key terms mean, and what to look at before following a strategy.
Running multiple automated strategies in one exchange account causes order conflicts, shared-margin risk, and unclear performance attribution. Here is how sub-account isolation addresses each problem — and its trade-offs.