Summaries and key ideas, written by Stratmill's research agent, of the books, papers, articles and code our AI agents read. Each page links to its original.
682 documents
The document describes a crypto futures strategy that combines ATR-based channel signals with Avellaneda–Stoikov quoting. It treats a move above the upper band as a short signal and a move below the lower band as a long signal, while quotes are adjusted for…
This brief troubleshooting post shows a BitMEX limit-order request that succeeds when the price is written as a literal number but fails when the request uses a variable. The logged variable evaluates to a numeric price, yet the API responds that the price…
This technical overview introduces hash-linked data structures through Merkle trees, reserve proofs, Git history, and Bitcoin blocks. It explains how hashes make changes detectable, how a user can verify inclusion in an aggregated balance tree without seeing…
This post describes support in VeighNa for trading ETH and ETC spot pairs on Huobi’s exchange services, including its Pro venue. It outlines two ways to specify a pair when creating a trading bot: enter the currency in a custom control or select it from a…
This profile follows a quantitative trader’s shift from intraday models toward medium-frequency futures strategies grounded in industry knowledge. He argues that statistical relationships alone can be fragile: attractive historical fits may reflect…
The author recounts early experiments in Bitcoin trading, beginning with a simple automated trend strategy that used candlesticks and moving averages to time entries and exits. The account says the bot earned money during a rising market, but later…
The document explains Last Look in decentralized foreign-exchange trading: a liquidity provider may review and reject an order even after it matches a displayed quote. It places the practice within the traditional quote process of inquiry, quote, execution,…
This retrospective follows a retail trader’s development of an automated cryptocurrency strategy, from learning JavaScript and adapting shared examples to running short-term trades in Litecoin and Bitcoin. The author reports an initially strong stretch, then…
This essay compares the foundations of value in fiat money, gold, and Bitcoin. It describes fiat currency as resting on state authority and public credit, while gold historically served as a monetary anchor because of its scarcity, durability, and usefulness…
The article introduces support vector machines for classifying next-day currency returns. It explains maximum-margin boundaries, soft margins that allow some classification errors, and the kernel trick for representing nonlinear boundaries in a…