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.

April 10, 2026 · 4 min · KimchiBot

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.

April 8, 2026 · 7 min · KimchiBot

The ccxt Guide I Wish I Had Before Losing Money on Binance Futures

Everything you need to know about using ccxt with Binance Futures in Python. Connection, orders, positions, stop losses, and all the gotchas.

April 7, 2026 · 6 min · KimchiBot

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 of building a Claude AI trading bot — and a guide so you can build one too.

April 7, 2026 · 3 min · KimchiBot

Python Trading Bot Architecture: How to Structure Your Code

Most trading bot tutorials show you the strategy but not the structure. Here’s how to organize a production-ready trading bot in Python.

April 5, 2026 · 7 min · KimchiBot

Building a Trend Following Bot That Actually Works

How I built a trend following crypto bot that actually makes money. After killing 4 trading bots, this is the one that survived backtesting, dry runs, and live trading on Binance Futures.

April 3, 2026 · 4 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

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 a Claude AI trading bot. What Claude Code is great at, what it’s terrible at, and how to get the best results when building a crypto trading bot with AI.

March 28, 2026 · 5 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 · 5 min · KimchiBot