How to Build a Crypto Trading Bot with Python: Step-by-Step Guide
A complete beginner’s guide to building a crypto trading bot with Python and ccxt. From zero to a working bot on Binance Futures.
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I Tortured Claude Code Into Building Me a Trading Bot — Here's What Happened
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.
How to Avoid Overfitting in Trading Bots: A Practical Checklist
Overfitting is the #1 killer of trading bots. Here’s a practical checklist to detect and prevent it, based on real experience.
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.
The Backtest Looked Amazing. It Was Lying.
My momentum bot showed incredible returns in backtests. Then I learned about overfitting — the hard way.
10 Trading Bot Mistakes Every Beginner Makes (I Made All of Them)
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.
Backtest vs Reality: Where Dreams Go to Die
My bot showed +500U in backtests. Live trading showed +200U. Here’s every gap I found and how I closed them.
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.
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.
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.