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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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 Terminal193,474 просмотров • 10 месяцев назад
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 просмотров • 1 год назад
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 Terminal153,408 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад
"In crypto, making money is not the hard part. The hard part is actually keeping your money." degentrading joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about going from options market making in TradFi to crypto, and the trades institutions won't touch. We covered the GBTC discount, holding cash through drawdowns, why crypto isn't moving together anymore, rates vs. the AI boom, and why he thinks people are underpositioned for the upside. 00:00 Intro and Finding an Edge in Crypto 08:21 The GBTC Discount Trade 15:33 Keeping Cash and Managing Risk 19:42 Why Crypto Isn’t Moving Together 26:15 Rates, Liquidity and the AI Trade 35:26 Equity Perps and Choosing Your Venue 42:19 The AI Race and Privacy 47:08 Zcash, Supply and Crypto Narratives 53:11 Perp DEXs and Crypto Options 01:00:01 Market Outlook Into the Midterms
Insilico Terminal16,844 просмотров • 24 дней назад
“Most people already have more intelligence than they know what to do with.” iArb | 裁定取引 joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about finding obscure crypto edges, building trading systems, and putting AI to work. We covered the Tari arbitrage, oil perps on Hyperliquid, automating research, owning compute, and where he sees the next opportunities for small teams. 00:00 Introducing Arb and his first crypto arbitrage 09:25 Oil perps: trading the market rules 16:43 Bitcoin, hardware and the AI opportunity 26:40 Where AI value accrues 33:26 Why small teams can move faster 39:08 AI for trading research and automation 45:51 How to think in systems 51:07 Manual trading and AI-built systems 55:38 AI workflows and what changes next
Insilico Terminal22,370 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
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 Terminal171,743 просмотров • 1 год назад
“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 Terminal31,141 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
“Every time I take a phenomenal trade, I lose the next two.” Morin joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to explain how he turned more than 18 months at breakeven into a repeatable trading process built around ranges, mean reversion and order-flow execution. We covered trade plans and playbooks, footprint and TPO, risk and leverage, journaling and review, dealing with FOMO, and why his own data tells him to size down after a big winner. 00:00 First blow-up and playing the long game 08:05 Why Morin focused on BTC and ETH 18:07 Building conviction, trade plans and playbooks 25:27 Surviving 18 months at breakeven 35:00 Turning discretionary trading into a system 41:00 Range trading and footprint execution 48:39 Reaccumulation vs redistribution 58:16 Leverage, risk and reviewing the data 01:08:56 Teaching, monetization and staying grounded
Insilico Terminal22,396 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
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 Terminal63,611 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад
“If you can find traders that don’t want to trade but need to trade, those are great people to trade against.” Quant joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about building a crypto HFT business, finding repeatable edges, and adapting as competition catches up. We covered running HFT in JavaScript, trading against forced flows, exchange risk, and why even automated strategies still need human judgment. 00:00 Intro and Early Crypto Trading 05:55 Finding the First Arbitrage Edge 11:31 Running HFT in JavaScript 19:17 Finding Edge Across Exchanges 25:19 Consistent Returns and Hidden Risks 33:53 Research, Automation and In-House Data 38:14 Quant vs. Discretionary Trading 45:29 Volatility, Forced Trading and Finding Edge 51:33 Bitcoin Conviction and Why Altcoins Fail
Insilico Terminal13,068 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
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 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
“Who is left to buy?” StonkTrump joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk options flow, institutional positioning and trading market extremes. We covered buying while the news still looks terrible, the semiconductor unwind, crowded trades, crypto’s edge in TradFi and Bitcoin’s setup into the fall. 00:00 From crypto to options 06:30 Meme stocks, silver and early trading lessons 14:07 Reading institutional positioning at market extremes 24:22 Finding stocks through options flow 32:50 Why TradFi beats onchain complexity 38:10 What crypto traders can learn from equities 42:18 The AI bull case and the next market correction 50:04 When a trade becomes too crowded 55:25 Bitcoin’s setup into the fall
Insilico Terminal21,417 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
“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 Terminal18,976 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
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 Terminal43,816 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад