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.
144 documents
The article explains bull markets as periods when demand and optimism support rising crypto prices, and bear markets as periods when supply and pessimism dominate. It lists common signs, including trading volume, liquidity, investor confidence, and price…
This overview defines Web3 as a proposed decentralized, blockchain-based internet and contrasts it with the static information pages of Web1 and the interactive, platform-centered Web2 era. It frames user control, privacy, and reduced dependence on…
The document introduces three chart-based descriptions of crypto market behavior: directional trends, sideways trading ranges, and price channels. It characterizes uptrends by successive higher highs and higher lows, and downtrends by lower highs and lower…
The article explains how tokenization represents claims or economic rights linked to tangible and intangible assets as blockchain-based tokens. It describes fractional ownership and the use of smart contracts to automate functions such as settlement and…
The document explains the Relative Strength Index (RSI) as a measure of recent price momentum, commonly used to identify potentially overbought or oversold conditions. It describes the conventional approach of looking to buy below an oversold threshold and…
This article defines a trading system as the full set of decisions and practices surrounding a strategy, rather than entry signals alone. It recommends choosing specific markets and assets, setting measurable return goals, studying and backtesting candidate…
The article examines how algorithmic and high-frequency trading have entered cryptocurrency markets alongside institutional participation. It describes exchange colocation as a way to reduce execution latency and argues that faster access can give…
This introductory article explains crypto market sentiment as the collective mood of investors and describes how optimism or fear can affect supply, demand, and short- to medium-term price moves. It recommends treating sentiment as one input alongside…
This article explains how traders can use different chart timeframes for different tasks. Longer charts, such as daily or weekly views, can help position traders assess the broad direction; intermediate charts can support swing-trading decisions; and shorter…
This article explains how a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund differs from a futures-based fund: it holds Bitcoin while its shares give investors indirect exposure to the asset’s price. It argues that an exchange-traded product could make Bitcoin easier for…
The document explains how event-based triggers can automate actions in a cryptocurrency trading bot. Its example monitors a 30-minute RSI on BTC/USDT at KuCoin and initiates a sell-all action when RSI exceeds 70. It also describes choosing the exchange and…
The document describes a REST API for controlling a cryptocurrency trading platform from external software. It outlines tasks such as creating and managing bots, placing and tracking orders, changing strategy settings, retrieving transaction records, and…
This stock-screening proposal combines daily price movement with a weekly MACD condition and a trading-volume concentration filter. It seeks shares with an amplitude threshold above one, weekly MACD above zero, and a stated concentration measure described as…
This guide outlines practical safeguards for NFT holders, focusing on wallet custody, phishing, and marketplace fraud. It recommends controlling private keys with non-custodial wallets, keeping seed phrases offline and private, using distinct passwords,…
This guide explains crypto trend trading as an approach built around sentiment and momentum: shared beliefs can prompt buying or selling, and continued activity can sustain directional price movement. It suggests using daily or weekly charts and price…
This article outlines three automated crypto scalping rule sets built around short intraday entries and higher-timeframe trend filters. The general approach is to use trend indicators on longer charts to favor trades aligned with the broader direction, then…
This introductory guide distinguishes coins, which are native assets of blockchain networks, from tokens, which are issued through applications or services built on a blockchain. It describes coins as assets used for transactions, value storage, and network…
This article discusses holding cryptocurrencies through bear markets and adding to a position as prices fall through dollar-cost averaging (DCA). It illustrates how successive purchases at lower prices reduce the average entry price, while stressing that…
This overview introduces decentralized finance as blockchain-based financial services built from decentralized applications and smart contracts. It describes proposed advantages such as open access, user control of assets, interoperability, and reduced…
The document explains the parts of a candlestick and how its wick records the period’s high and low relative to the opening and closing prices. It treats long wicks as visual evidence that price moved away from an extreme, potentially reflecting a shift in…
The guide explains leveraged cryptocurrency trading on Binance, including the relationship between position size and margin, how to calculate leverage, and the basic steps for opening a margin account and placing a trade. It describes transferring funds into…
The document explains how to adapt automated crypto trading settings to three holding styles: day trading, swing trading, and longer term position taking. It discusses take-profit and stop-loss levels, asset selection, trade size, trailing stops, and the…
This guide presents ten broad principles for participating in cryptocurrency markets. It emphasizes limiting exposure to money an investor can afford to lose, building positions through scheduled dollar-cost averaging, researching token utility and project…
This introductory guide explains technical indicators as mathematical summaries of price and trading activity that traders use to assess market context. It groups indicators into volume, momentum, trend, and volatility categories, and suggests that widely…