Quant Trading

Stop-loss is the most overlooked—and error-prone—component in quant strategies. Many novice strategies look great in backtests but blow up the moment you run them live. Often, the culprit is poor stop-loss design: either it’s too wide and lets single trades lose too much, or it’s too tight and gets whipsawed by market noise. This article draws from the actual design of the Polaris strategy and covers general stop-loss design principles. ...

💡 Mainland China Notice: Binance’s official site is not directly accessible from mainland China — you’ll need to provide your own network tools to access it. Fiat deposits don’t support bank cards; deposits happen mainly through C2C channels (USDT ↔ CNY). Profitability in algorithmic trading is heavily determined by trading fees. A strategy executing 100 trades per month at 0.1% fees incurs 20% in costs on both sides. Reducing fees from 0.1% to 0.05% yields significant annual savings. ...

Many people entering the crypto market face this initial question: should they straight-up DCA into BTC, or use a grid trading bot? Both approaches have their passionate advocates and genuine drawbacks. This article breaks down both strategies from the perspective of an everyday investor. What Is BTC DCA? DCA (Dollar-Cost Averaging): Buy a fixed amount of BTC at fixed intervals, regardless of price. ...

💡 Mainland China Notice: Binance.com isn’t directly accessible from mainland China; you’ll need a VPN or network tool. Fiat on-ramps don’t support bank cards directly; the primary route is C2C (USDT↔CNY) trading. One of the biggest risks in live quant trading isn’t strategy losses—it’s a leaked API Key leading to account theft. Accidentally pushing your key to GitHub, a VPS getting compromised, or logs being exposed can wipe your account clean instantly. Any single mistake can be catastrophic. ...

You’ve bought a VPS and written quant strategy code, but how do you get it to “run automatically” and “tell you what’s happening at any moment”? That’s where most people get stuck. I solved this with OpenClaw. What is OpenClaw Simply put: a framework that lets AI assistants call various tools. Its core capabilities are: Provides CLI tools (openclaw message send) to send Telegram/Discord messages from any script Has a Skill system to equip AI with various capabilities (GitHub, Notion, weather, custom scripts) Supports cron scheduled tasks and remote triggering For quant trading, the most useful part is message push notifications. ...

Writing Quant Strategies with Claude Building quant strategies has a high barrier to entry: you need to understand trading logic and write code. Claude cuts that barrier in half — you just need to know the trading logic, and it handles the code part. This article documents my process of building a complete quantitative signal system from scratch with Claude. ...

⚠️ Registration Requirements: Pionex doesn’t support mainland China ID cards for KYC verification. You’ll need a valid ID from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the US, or similar jurisdictions. See Pionex’s official restricted regions notice. Grid trading looks the same on the surface, but the differences between Pionex and Binance are bigger than most people realize. I use both, so here’s my breakdown of how to choose. ...

⚠️ KYC Requirements: Pionex doesn’t support KYC verification with mainland China IDs. You’ll need a valid ID from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the US, or similar regions. See Pionex’s official regional restrictions. Grid trading is the longest-running quant strategy I’ve deployed—simple but effective. This article shares my real experience running grid trading on Pionex. It’s not about getting rich overnight, but how to steadily let automated trading help you profit from market oscillations. ...