https://kimchibot.com/posts/ Recent content in Posts on KimchiBot Hugo en-us Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-to-build-a-crypto-trading-bot-with-python-step-by-step/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-to-build-a-crypto-trading-bot-with-python-step-by-step/ A complete beginner’s guide to building a crypto trading bot with Python and ccxt. From zero to a working bot on Binance Futures. https://kimchibot.com/posts/ccxt-binance-futures-complete-guide/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/ccxt-binance-futures-complete-guide/ Everything you need to know about using ccxt with Binance Futures in Python. Connection, orders, positions, stop losses, and all the gotchas. https://kimchibot.com/posts/i-tortured-claude-code-into-building-me-a-trading-bot/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/i-tortured-claude-code-into-building-me-a-trading-bot/ A developer from Korea built 6 crypto trading bots using Claude Code. 4 failed. Here’s the honest story — and a guide so you can build one too. https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-to-avoid-overfitting-in-trading-bots/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-to-avoid-overfitting-in-trading-bots/ Overfitting is the #1 killer of trading bots. Here’s a practical checklist to detect and prevent it, based on real experience. https://kimchibot.com/posts/why-grid-bots-are-a-beautiful-lie/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/python-trading-bot-architecture-for-beginners/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/python-trading-bot-architecture-for-beginners/ Most trading bot tutorials show you the strategy but not the structure. Here’s how to organize a production-ready trading bot in Python. https://kimchibot.com/posts/the-backtest-looked-amazing-it-was-lying/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/the-backtest-looked-amazing-it-was-lying/ My momentum bot showed incredible returns in backtests. Then I learned about overfitting — the hard way. https://kimchibot.com/posts/trading-bot-mistakes-beginners-make/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/trading-bot-mistakes-beginners-make/ I’ve built 6 trading bots and made every mistake possible. Here are the 10 most expensive ones so you don’t have to repeat them. https://kimchibot.com/posts/backtest-vs-reality-where-dreams-die/ Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/backtest-vs-reality-where-dreams-die/ My bot showed +500U in backtests. Live trading showed +200U. Here’s every gap I found and how I closed them. https://kimchibot.com/posts/claude-code-vs-chatgpt-for-coding-trading-bots/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/claude-code-vs-chatgpt-for-coding-trading-bots/ I’ve used both AI tools to build trading bots. Here’s what each is good at, what each fails at, and which one I actually use. https://kimchibot.com/posts/building-a-trend-following-bot-that-actually-works/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/stop-loss-the-most-important-feature-you-will-get-wrong/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/stop-loss-the-most-important-feature-you-will-get-wrong/ I went from market order SL to exchange-side STOP_LIMIT and it changed everything. Here’s every mistake along the way. https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-i-pick-coins-for-my-bot-to-trade/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-i-pick-coins-for-my-bot-to-trade/ My bot doesn’t trade the same coins forever. Every 3 hours, it picks the best ones automatically. Here’s the algorithm. https://kimchibot.com/posts/websocket-vs-rest-api-i-deleted-150-lines/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/websocket-vs-rest-api-i-deleted-150-lines/ I spent weeks building a WebSocket price feed. Then I realized I didn’t need it at all. https://kimchibot.com/posts/fair-value-gaps-the-strategy-that-changed-everything/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/the-timezone-bug-that-cost-me-9-hours-of-trades/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-to-use-claude-code-to-build-a-trading-bot/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/how-to-use-claude-code-to-build-a-trading-bot/ 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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/risk-reward-ratio-the-only-number-that-matters/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/binance-api-gotchas-that-will-waste-your-weekend/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/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. https://kimchibot.com/posts/why-i-run-two-bots-not-one/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/why-i-run-two-bots-not-one/ One bot follows trends. The other trades mean reversion. Together, they cover each other’s weaknesses. https://kimchibot.com/posts/the-3am-bug-pid-lockfiles-and-duplicate-processes/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/the-3am-bug-pid-lockfiles-and-duplicate-processes/ My bot was running twice. Two instances, same account, doubling every order. Here’s how PID lockfiles saved me. https://kimchibot.com/posts/surge-detection-catching-explosive-moves/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/surge-detection-catching-explosive-moves/ When a trade moves +4% in the first 5 minutes, you need special handling. Here’s my surge detection system. https://kimchibot.com/posts/what-happens-when-your-bot-crashes-at-3am/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/what-happens-when-your-bot-crashes-at-3am/ Your bot will crash. At night. On a weekend. With open positions. Here’s how to make sure it recovers gracefully. https://kimchibot.com/posts/parameter-optimization-without-fooling-yourself/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/parameter-optimization-without-fooling-yourself/ Grid search found parameters that turned -82U into +343U. Here’s how I made sure it wasn’t just overfitting. https://kimchibot.com/posts/dry-run-the-step-everyone-skips/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/dry-run-the-step-everyone-skips/ Between backtest and live trading, there’s a step most people skip. It’s the step that catches the bugs that matter most. https://kimchibot.com/posts/leverage-the-double-edged-sword/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://kimchibot.com/posts/leverage-the-double-edged-sword/ Binance offers up to 125x leverage. I use 3x. Here’s the math behind that boring decision.