How I Got Into the Crypto Algorithmic Trading Business

Trading algorithms are essentially a set of instructions that a computer can use in order to perform automated trades. For instance “buy Bitcoin when MACD indicator is higher than 0” can be coded and executed part of a crypto trading algorithm.

On Algo Trading Platforms

I have been developing crypto trading bots for a while now, but it’s only recently that I got into the Crypto Algorithmic Trading Platform Business. But wait — what does that even mean? You mean besides hitting those SEO goals? I’m glad you asked:

That usually refers to a web app that allows users to configure their own trading algorithms based on existing templates or sets of rules that accept parameters. Parameter is a developer term for an input that can be given to an existing code-block, that is generally needed in order to return an output that depends on this parameter.

In that sense, an algorithmic trading platform is a pre-written set of instructions, coded in such a way that it offers the end-user the possibility to modify the behaviour of the application based on their input.

If we go back to our previous example: “buy Bitcoin when MACD indicator is higher than 0” and replace the hardcoded values “Bitcoin”, “MACD” and “0” we get something closer to a…