April 2026 Live Trading Report
Real Binance numbers from April 2026. 5,299 trades, +394U net profit, -527U max drawdown. Full breakdown by day, coin, and cost.
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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.
Some Coins Will Always Kill Your Bot. Here's How I Ban Them
Some coins hit your stop loss on every single FVG trade. I built a filter that bans them automatically. The results were dramatic.
Why My Bot Loses 67% of Trades and Still Makes Money
Two out of three trades are losses. My equity curve still goes up. Here’s why win rate is the most overrated metric in trading.
One Year of Out-of-Sample Testing: Did the FVG Bot Survive?
I tested my Fair Value Gap bot on 4 quarters of data it had never seen. 3 out of 4 were profitable. Here are the exact numbers.
The Coin Scanner: How My Bot Picks 8 Coins Every 3 Hours
My bot doesn’t trade fixed coins. Every 3 hours it scans all Binance Futures pairs, filters by volatility, backtests each one, and picks the top 8. Here’s the full algorithm.
My Backtest Lied to Me. Here's How I Caught It
If your live bot doesn’t match your backtest, your backtest is fiction. Here’s the comparison tool I built and the bugs it caught.
I Let AI Pick My Trading Strategy — Here's What Happened
I gave Claude Code my trading data, my failures, and my constraints. Then I asked it to design a strategy from scratch. The result outperformed everything I’d built manually.
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.
Your Trading Bot Is Overfitting. Here's How to Prove It
Overfitting is the #1 killer of trading bots. Here’s a practical checklist to detect and prevent it, based on real experience.