About KimchiBot

I’m a developer from South Korea on a mission: use AI to build trading bots that generate enough passive income to retire early.

That’s the FIRE dream — Financial Independence, Retire Early. Instead of index funds and rental properties, I’m taking the degenerate path: building a Claude AI trading bot that runs on Binance Futures with real money.

This blog is the honest, unfiltered journal of that experiment. Every trade is real. Every loss is published. Every bug in my Claude trading bot is documented.

The Scoreboard So Far

  • 6 bots built with Python + Claude Code
  • 4 killed (Grid, RSI Scalper, Momentum, Lead-Lag)
  • 2 running live on Binance Futures with real money
  • April 2026: +394U net profit, -527U max drawdown, 5,299 trades
  • Fees ate 42% of gross profits — nobody tells you this part

What Makes This Blog Different

Most trading bot content falls into two categories: fake gurus showing Lamborghinis, or dry tutorials that stop before the hard part.

This blog is neither. Here you’ll find:

  • Real Binance account data — not backtests, not simulations, actual PnL from live trading
  • Every failure documented — the bot that lost -121U while I slept, the 4 strategies I had to kill, the -527U drawdown
  • The full AI development process — I built everything with Claude Code. The good, the bad, and the “why did it generate that”
  • Monthly live reports — transparent performance tracking with no numbers hidden

Why “KimchiBot”?

“Kimchi premium” is a well-known term in crypto — the price difference between Korean and international exchanges. I’m Korean, I build bots, and I thought it was funny.

The FIRE Math

Can trading bots actually fund early retirement? I don’t know yet. That’s what this experiment is about.

What I do know:

  • My bot averages +23U/day over the first 17 days of live trading
  • Fees and slippage eat almost half of gross profits
  • One bad week can wipe out a month of gains
  • The out-of-sample backtest shows 3 profitable quarters out of 4

Is it enough? Is it sustainable? Follow along and we’ll find out together.

Contact

Got questions? Found a bug in my logic? Want to share your own bot stories?

Find me on X (@kimchibot_x) or GitHub.

Disclaimer: Nothing on this site is financial advice. Trading crypto with leverage is risky. I share my experience for educational purposes only. Don’t trade money you can’t afford to lose.