Insilico Terminal
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Professional-grade terminal, built by traders. Advanced execution, orders, and positions in one place. $850B+ in volume since 2021. Free to use.
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“There are still going to be millions of possible opportunities.” HypeTrader 大牛 joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about million-dollar drawdowns, rebuilding after major losses, and how he is trading smaller on Hyperliquid. We covered buying HYPE at TGE, BitMEX liquidations, trading stock perps, execution and fees, competing perp DEXs, and why Hyperliquid could eventually become the home for every market. 00:00 Buying HYPE at TGE 05:56 From the 2013 BTC top to the 2017 altcoin boom 14:26 Getting liquidated on BitMEX 22:15 Losing two years of P&L on HYPE 29:37 Making money during the 10/10 crash 34:19 Trading stocks, sentiment and order flow 37:56 Can rival perp DEXs compete? 43:19 Why he is still bullish on Hyperliquid 47:35 Tokenized stocks and Hyperliquid’s endgame
Insilico Terminal20,232 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen
Insilico Terminal Advent Calendar - Day 5 🎄 (special episode today of) Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 13 - XO 00:00:00 Intro, Trader XO background, CS/Banking origins, 2017 bull run luck, losing it all in 2018 00:06:10 The 90% failure rate, why normal thinking loses, embracing uncertainty, risk management as survival 00:13:50 Defining Edge, expectancy formula, speed of understanding, pattern recognition vs. predicting 00:20:10 The Trading Process, 6-pillar framework, trading as a professional sport 00:32:20 Psychology deep dive, myth of "controlling" emotions, A-Game vs. C-Game 00:50:08 The "Reset" phase, dissecting a recent tilt, danger of short-circuiting, recovering from losses 00:58:05 Essential library, top book recs, leveraging LLMs/ChatGPT for coding edge 01:07:42 Routine & Execution, building situational awareness, dynamic risk sizing, adding to winners 01:21:50 Strategy creation, 15 principles, defining hypothesis, volatility regimes, building a living playbook 01:34:50 Closing thoughts, avoiding crypto-twitter envy, journaling joy, focusing on longevity over quick wins
Insilico Terminal193,268 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten
Insilico Terminal Advent Calendar - Day 24 🎄 Today’s drop: Conditional orders and Algorithms on Server (Beta) This feature enables server-side execution and unlocks: - Set conditional orders that are placed automatically when defined conditions are met. Conditions can be based on price, time, candlestick close, or candlestick volume, with full AND/OR logic support across all order types. Example: “Start a chase buy order when the BTC 15m candle closes above 89k and the time is after 30/12/2025.” - Chase, TWAP, and all other order types continue running even when the browser is closed. - Support for longer TWAP durations, up to 30 days. - Full order history synchronized across devices. Currently available on Hyperliquid, Bybit coming next. More exchanges to follow and feature expansions to follow. Comment below how you would use these features for your trading to have a chance for beta access; access will be rolled out gradually.
Insilico Terminal153,294 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
HUGE update: v3.9 out now! Sync your API keys across devices. Basket Trading via new Complex Orders comp. TWAP w/ Chase orders. TWAP Price bounds. Smart hedging for Market orders. Fav Timeframes for Classic Chart. PnL preview for Reduce orders. Skip initial candles on chart.
Insilico Terminal256,208 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Our new UI design for v4 is live! + many new features! - The previous Side-Orderform has been split into the new Market component for analytics and a more customizable Place Order component - Trades component now also streams Liquidations and offers cross exchange aggregation - Quick Size buttons for the Place Order component: Settings > Orders > Quick Buttons - Auto TP in Header for automatically placing reduce Limit orders on positions (for the scalper headz): Settings > Orders > Auto TP - Add button in Positions component to easily increase your position
Insilico Terminal171,428 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 28 - Liquidity Goblin 00:00 Intro, Liquidity Goblin background and HFT → crypto transition 08:05 How HFT actually works: signals, arbitrage and cross-venue edges 16:31 Trading mindset: forecasts, horizons and avoiding thesis drift 25:06 Systems vs discretion: monitoring models, manual overrides and execution 33:15 DeFi strategies: flash loans, MEV evolution and carry trades 41:35 Venue selection: finding “dumb flow” and inefficient markets 49:00 Risk management: sizing, counterparty risk and portfolio construction 58:33 Retail vs quant, meme coins, and final advice on making it in trading
Insilico Terminal63,204 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
“The house of all finance is a multi-decade vision.” Omnia π joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about building Kinetiq, betting early on Hyperliquid, and what comes next for the ecosystem. We covered HyperBFT and HyperEVM, liquid staking, HIP-3 markets, perp DEX competition, institutional adoption, crypto tribalism, and whether Hyperliquid can become the home for all of finance. 00:00 NFT Market Making & Omnia’s Crypto Origin 07:05 From Hedge Fund Analyst to DeFi Builder 14:25 HyperBFT, HyperEVM & Hyperliquid’s Technical Edge 21:07 What Kinetiq Actually Does 28:13 K-HYPE for Traders vs Native Staking 35:07 Why Building on Hyperliquid Is So Difficult 41:15 Can Hyperliquid Become the House of All Finance? 48:58 Hyperliquid as an Existential Risk for Crypto 55:55 Perp DEX Competition & Hyperliquid’s Shrinking Moat
Insilico Terminal18,844 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
New episode with rbit A conversation with someone who has seen almost every era of crypto market structure firsthand. We talk through the shift from early inefficiencies and manual trading to stat arb, HFT, execution, and competing in a much harder market. 00:00 Getting into Bitcoin in 2010, mining, Mt. Gox, and coming back in 2017 13:37 ICO mania, BitMEX, and the Bitcoin fork trade 17:14 Why 2018 pushed him toward quant trading 24:52 Building a profitable stat arb business on FTX 40:21 Stat arb vs HFT, and why crypto got more competitive 49:09 What his trading operation looks like today 55:13 The future of crypto market structure and where edge is going 01:05:04 Advice for newer traders and why quant thinking differs from retail
Insilico Terminal48,691 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
“Options are easier than you think.” Hendrik Ghys from Thalex joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto options, volatility, market making, delta hedging, and why perps might not always be the best instrument for your trade. We covered Thalex, DeFi options, MOVE contracts, gamma squeezes, OPEX, selling vol, call spreads, straddles, and how traders can stop being scared of the options chain. 00:00 Intro: Hendrik Ghys from Thalex 01:47 Building a Crypto Options Exchange 06:15 Why Thalex Focused on Better Options Products 13:26 Why DeFi Options Are So Hard 16:53 Perps vs Options for Traders 30:13 How Options Market Makers Hedge 40:18 Selling Vol and Delta Hedging 49:34 Simple Options Rules for Retail Traders 55:16 Day Trading Options vs Perps 01:01:56 Learning Options by Doing
Insilico Terminal20,542 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
“Crypto Twitter sucks at hedging.” Ace joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about Ichimoku Cloud trading, crypto options, volatility, hedging, Solana, Hyperliquid, LPing memecoins, and why having a real system matters more than chasing every move. We covered his path from early crypto mistakes to full-time trading, how he uses Ichimoku for reversals and breakout setups, why options can be a better instrument than perps, the current state of on-chain options, and what might drive the next crypto cycle. 00:00 Ace’s Crypto Origin Story 06:31 Why Day Trading Burns People Out 13:57 Learning Options After Crypto Perps 20:19 Hyperliquid, Airdrops & Missed Opportunities 26:18 Current Market Outlook & Bear Market Timing 32:38 Insilico Terminal, Execution Tools & Product Talk 38:48 What Drives the Next Crypto Cycle? 44:27 LPing Memecoins Like an Options Strategy 49:08 Michael Saylor, Bitcoin Holders & Market Risk
Insilico Terminal15,353 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
“Quant trading is simpler than people think.” Goon joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about finding crypto edges, market making, and why the best trades often come from clicking around broken markets before anyone else notices. We covered TradFi, early DeFi rugs, solo trading, perp DEXs, Hyperliquid, prediction markets, bad bots, points farming, and the on-chain casino arb that turned into PvP. 00:00 Intro + CryptoGoon’s background 04:31 Getting rugged and discovering early DeFi 07:08 Why TradFi-style edges worked in 2021 crypto 11:03 Solo trading vs trading inside a firm 15:25 The on-chain casino arb that became PvP 24:13 Finding edge early on new perp DEXs 31:10 Why quant trading is simpler than people think 38:39 Why points farming can reveal real edge 53:01 Crypto morale, HYPE, and where the market is now
Insilico Terminal19,138 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 18 - not hersch 00:00 Intro, project episode disclaimer, introducing Lucas and Hersch from World Markets 04:00 Founders’ backgrounds, Lucas’ Amber Group exit, TradFi experience and crypto crossover 08:30 Core thesis, why fully on-chain exchanges matter, state sync, risk calculation, EVM choice 14:00 Product vision, combining spot, perps and lending into one unified on-chain venue 20:30 Universal margin system, atomic risk engine, levered basis trade example 30:45 Risk management philosophy, circuit breakers, handling extreme volatility and dislocations 42:00 Exchange design tradeoffs, no ADLs, bilateral counterparty risk, transparency vs CEXs 59:49 Token plans, points program, incentives, launch timing and closing thoughts
Insilico Terminal43,757 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 31 - Nexus 00:00 Intro, Nexus’ trading origin story from biotech stocks to crypto and short-term execution 09:20 The Luna blow-up, losing everything, rebuilding through News trading 17:25 The iPad + Twitter notification News trading setup 25:24 Discovering Hyperliquid early, trading niche perps and why DEX execution finally felt usable 35:04 Managing the Hyperliquid airdrop, risk lessons from blowing up 45:50 Crypto’s future, becoming a Bitcoin + Hyperliquid maxi 57:08 Why crypto is harder now, smarter competition and better tools 01:04:07 The downside of posting trades publicly, ego traps, Twitter pressure and final advice for traders trying to make it
Insilico Terminal27,104 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
“Crypto is a liquidity game now.” Skew Δ has been trading since the BitMEX days and now focuses on reading order flow, positioning, CVD, OI, funding, and what large players are actually doing. We talked about market traps, why price action comes before indicators, how to separate real momentum from bait, and why most traders confuse speculation with actual trading. Also covered altcoin selection, market maker games, sentiment extremes, macro risks, and what Skew is watching next. 00:00 The story behind “52kskew” and finding Bitcoin early 09:07 Learning to trade on BitMEX and why price action comes first 15:28 Market traps, liquidity games, and how crypto changed since 2019 23:28 How Skew trades today: trend, momentum, and order flow 29:14 Using OI, funding, CVD, and footprint without getting misled 34:13 Speculation vs real trading, and the mistakes most traders make 38:13 Finding strong altcoins, sizing positions, and managing risk 46:09 Trading ranges, sentiment extremes, and market psychology 53:54 Market maker games, toxic flow, and reading large players 58:13 Current market outlook, macro risks, and advice for newer traders
Insilico Terminal21,230 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
“Retail loves options when they don’t know they’re options.” marty joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto options, market making, and why perps became the default product for retail traders. We covered FTX, Deribit, Hyperliquid, prediction markets, structured products, vol selling, and why options can be both more powerful and more dangerous than perps. 00:00 Marty’s path from early Bitcoin to market making 06:17 Becoming a top FTX perps and spot market maker 12:00 Why crypto options are still behind perps 16:17 How institutions use structured products 20:31 Why DeFi options struggled and what changed 25:03 Prediction markets, binary options, and retail gambling 30:37 Better ways to express directional trades with options 37:51 Surviving 10/10, volatility spikes, and exchange outages 43:14 Why Marty is skeptical about the current crypto market 52:01 Bitcoin’s narrative problem and what could bring it back
Insilico Terminal18,829 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten