Building a Working Trading Bot in 1 Hour With Claude Code

I wrote the entry/exit logic of my Claude AI trading bot in about an hour. The strategy itself wasn’t the hard part — the structure around it was. Here’s what I had to build after to make a Claude trading bot survive live data.

April 21, 2026 · 6 min · KimchiBot

17 Days of Live Trading: A Drawdown, a Recovery, and What I Learned

My bot’s first three weeks of live trading were rough. A deep early drawdown forced me to think hard about whether the strategy or the structure was at fault. Here’s what I changed and why.

April 18, 2026 · 5 min · KimchiBot

I Killed 4 Trading Bots So You Don't Have To

I built 6 trading bots. 4 of them are dead. Grid bot, RSI scalper, momentum bot, lead-lag bot — each died for a different reason. Here’s what killed them.

April 15, 2026 · 6 min · KimchiBot

The Exchange Didn't Close My Position. It Got Worse From There

My bot tried to close a SHORT position. Binance rejected the order. The bot thought it succeeded. The position bled -121U before I woke up.

April 15, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

When Market Close Fails: Exchange API Nightmares at 3 AM

My bot tried to close a position. The exchange said no. Three times. Here’s what happens when market close fails and how to survive it.

April 10, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

Orphan Orders: The Bug That Opens Positions You Didn't Ask For

My bot left a stop loss order on the exchange after closing a position. Hours later, it triggered and opened an unintended trade. Here’s what caused it and how I fixed it.

April 10, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

I Let AI Pick My Trading Strategy — Here's What Happened

I gave Claude Code my trading data, my prior failures, and my constraints, and asked it to suggest a strategy from scratch. Here’s how the experiment was set up and what the results actually told me.

April 10, 2026 · 6 min · KimchiBot

I Built 6 Trading Bots With Claude Code — Here's What Happened

A developer from Korea built 6 crypto trading bots using Claude Code. 4 failed. Here’s the honest story of building a Claude AI trading bot — and a guide so you can build one too.

April 7, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

Why Grid Bots Are a Beautiful Lie

Grid bots look perfect on paper. Buy low, sell high, automatically. Here’s why I killed mine after a week.

April 6, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

The Backtest Looked Amazing. It Was Lying.

My momentum bot showed incredible returns in backtests. Then I learned about overfitting — the hard way.

April 5, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

What Happens When Your Bot Crashes at 3 AM

Your bot will crash. At night. On a weekend. With open positions. Here’s how to make sure it recovers gracefully.

March 22, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot