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Daily Loss Lockout: The Slow-Drawdown Defense Most Bots Skip (And Regret)
Slow-drawdown days bypass cascade and freefall gates because no single moment shows red. Daily loss lockout is the day-scale floor that pauses new entries when realized P&L crosses a threshold. Gate 3 of the nine-gate framework: detection, threshold tuning, reset behavior, and a real-world example.
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When Bullish Institutional News Meets Bearish Tax Policy: A Same-Day Bot Diary
On May 7 2026, two crypto headlines landed on the same desk: Kraken parent Payward committing $600M to stablecoin infrastructure (institutional bullish) and South Korea confirming a 22% crypto tax (retail bearish). The market priced one and not the other. Here is how a paper-trading bot saw the day in real numbers.
Per-Coin Freefall Protection: Stopping a Single-Coin Liquidation Before It Eats Your Capital
When one alt crashes 20% in 5 minutes, your DCA bot dumps 4× capital into a falling knife. Per-coin freefall protection blocks safety orders during single-coin liquidations. Gate 2 of the nine-gate framework: detection mechanics, threshold tuning by coin tier, and what the gate doesn't catch.
Cascade Detection: How to Stop a Bot Wipeout in Real Time
A coordinated stop-loss cascade can wipe a bot fleet in 20 minutes. Cascade detection is the first defense — count red bots, fire pause threshold, hysteresis on resume. Gate 1 of the 9-gate framework, with implementation recipe.
Why Most Crypto Trading Bots Fail (And How to Build One That Doesn't)
An estimated 60-90% of retail crypto trading bots are net-negative within 90 days. The cause is almost always defensive: missing gates, unhandled edges, parameters that worked in backtest but break in production. Here are the nine defenses that separate survivors from corpses.
Welcome to Bits & Trends — A Site For Honest Algo Trading
Why this site exists, what to expect, and the methodology principles that hold every article accountable. The inaugural post — sets the frame for what unfolds.
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