Building a Trend Following Bot That Actually Works

After killing 4 bots, I built one that survived backtesting, dry runs, and live trading. Here’s the full breakdown.

April 3, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

Stop Loss: The Most Important Feature You'll Get Wrong

I went from market order SL to exchange-side STOP_LIMIT and it changed everything. Here’s every mistake along the way.

April 2, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

How I Pick Coins for My Bot to Trade (Automatically)

My bot doesn’t trade the same coins forever. Every 3 hours, it picks the best ones automatically. Here’s the algorithm.

April 1, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

WebSocket vs REST API: I Deleted 150 Lines and Nothing Broke

I spent weeks building a WebSocket price feed. Then I realized I didn’t need it at all.

March 31, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

Fair Value Gaps: The Strategy That Changed Everything

After trend-following, I built a completely different bot based on Fair Value Gaps. It passed a full year of out-of-sample testing.

March 30, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

The Timezone Bug That Cost Me 9 Hours of Trades

My bot was missing every trade for the first 9 hours of each day. The cause? Mixing UTC and KST in one line of code.

March 29, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

How to Use Claude Code to Build a Trading Bot (Honestly)

A practical guide to building trading bots with AI. What Claude Code is great at, what it’s terrible at, and how to get the best results.

March 28, 2026 · 5 min · KimchiBot

Risk-Reward Ratio: The Only Number That Matters

Forget win rate. A 35% win rate can make you rich. A 70% win rate can bankrupt you. Here’s the math.

March 27, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

Binance API Gotchas That Will Waste Your Weekend

A collection of Binance Futures API quirks that aren’t in the documentation. Each one cost me hours.

March 26, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

Why I Run Two Bots, Not One

One bot follows trends. The other trades mean reversion. Together, they cover each other’s weaknesses.

March 25, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot