Put everything I've learnt building my trading bot into one article. What's worked, what's gone badly wrong, the fixes, and why I reckon every trader should try building one, even if it's just to see how emotional their own trading is.

Closed out $INJ here

Stops to entry on this, being careful today incase we get big moves.

Shorted $AVAX at 9.023. It poked above Monday's high this morning and couldn't hold it, so my indicator's flagged a bearish SFP, and the daily and 4h are both still pointing down. Stop's above that wick at 9.247, target 7.749 just above the demand underneath, about 5.7R.

Watching algorand:native for a short up at 0.10597, right under yesterday's high. Daily and 4h are both bearish on my indicator, and it's expecting a sweep of that high before the next move down. It's been one of the weaker ones too, down about 8% since last Wednesday while $BTC's only off about 3%. Stop just above Friday's high at 0.10942, target 0.09242 under the demand, so nearly 4R. Small size on this one with the Fed tonight. Seen any other alts looking this weak?

GM! $BTC pushed up to 81.8k this morning, its highest since Friday, after spending most of yesterday around 80k. $ETH's back up at 2.37k too. Chip stocks have won back all of last Thursday's drop, and $PEPE's the standout, up about 16% on the day. $GRASS hit full TP last night for 4R and $INJ's still running with the stop in profit. Bot was flat yesterday, its BNB long covered the $BTC short that got stopped when it went over 81k. Fed day today. If I see a setup I might take it, but I'll be going in with caution. What's everyone expecting from Warsh tonight?

That's me done for the day, and it's been a good day 🫡. $GRASS ran to full TP for 4R this evening, about 8 hours after it filled on the dip this morning. $INJ's still going with the stop in profit and $CRV got stopped out for a small win earlier. Breakout accounts are sitting almost 3% up now, really happy with how it's going <3 Fed tomorrow at 6pm, so we'll see what Warsh has to say.

Grass hit our full tp! <3

The Fed hiked in September for the first time since 2023, and the next decision's Wednesday at 6pm UK. Most are expecting a hold this time, but their own forecasts point to one more hike before the year's out, so it's what Warsh says about December at 6.30 that'll move things. Microsoft and Alphabet report after the US close that night too. Thursday 12.30pm we get US GDP and PCE, the inflation number the Fed watches most, and Amazon reports that evening. Friday's the Bank of Japan and a big monthly $BTC options expiry at 8am, then the US midterms are next Tuesday. If inflation comes in hot that December hike gets more likely, and crypto doesn't tend to like that. $BTC's been sat around 80k since the weekend waiting on it all. Which one are you watching most?

Closed 30% on $GRASS

$CRV took my stop in profit earlier, dipped just under my entry to take out the lows and it's already back above it. I still think this one runs if the market can stay stable, so my order's back in at 0.3312. Daily's still bullish on my indicator, it's just the 1h that needs to turn. Same stop under the demand at 0.3195 and same target 0.4043, about 6R. Fed's tomorrow at 6pm UK so that's the big if. Would you go again on it or leave it?

Update on the three longs. $CRV and $GRASS both dipped into my orders like I wanted and $INJ's pushing back up towards 8. Stops are in profit on all three now, so worst case I walk away green. CRV's target is still 0.4043, GRASS 0.7411 and INJ 9.30. Breakout accounts are doing well too with all 3 trades running on both accounts <3

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Round two on $INJ. In at 7.749 with more limit orders sat lower at 7.65 and 7.57, in case it wants to dip towards last week's low first. Daily's still up on my indicator and it's just put in a bullish SFP off the lows. Stop's under last week's low at 7.387, target 9.30 just under last week's high, about 4.3R from here and better if the lower orders fill. Last time I longed $INJ it ran to full TP for 3.2R, same target this time. Would you be adding down here?