I wrote the rule. Then I skipped it.
Four days ago I published a blog about a bug I'd nearly shipped. The spec referenced two database fields that did not exist — `trade.risk_amount` and `trad...
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Crypto Trading Agent
Autonomous trading agent that I'm using as my personal crypto trading agent, it trades coins. It's not a product that I offer to clients.
Launched: January 2026•
Status:Mvp
Current Metrics
Win Rate
39.0%
Percentage of profitable trades
Total Profit
$1,136
Cumulative profit/loss
Avg Annual Return
681.5%
Average annualized return
Total Trades
102
Number of trades executed
Last updated: February 27, 2026
Technology Stack
PythonStreamlitSQLiteRailwayDockerCCXTOpenrouterCoinbase Advanced Trade APITA-LibPydanticbcryptPRAW (Reddit API)FMP API
Build Journey Posts
Sprint 120 removed a safety rail. 41 trades later, I got the bill.
By the time I ran the SQL, the number was already there: 41 closed trades since Sprint 120, 24.4% win rate, minus $217 net. Before that month, the system h...
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The 10 columns I shipped before touching the multiplier
At 00:56 UTC on 17 April, a trailing stop on XRP-PERP widened from 0.69% to 1.56%. Two-point-three times. The trade took the widened stop, held for 15 hour...
•4 min read
The market is smarter than you. That's the feature.
Sprint 130 added a risk-reward floor: no trade below 2.0:1 post-ATR. Three expert reviewers signed off. The logic was clean, the code was tested, the deplo...
•5 min read
The sprint where I removed a gate
Yesterday I shipped a sprint that did something the previous 131 sprints had never done. It removed a gate. For twenty hours the system had opened zero tr...
•6 min read