Blog · page 18

Bot engineering, in depth.

Page 18 of 25 — how trading bots actually work on Solana, Hyperliquid and Polymarket.

Mar 14, 2026·5 min read

WebSocket vs Polling for Solana Account Updates in Trading Bots

Compares accountSubscribe WebSocket subscriptions against periodic getAccountInfo polling for detecting on-chain state changes relevant to trading signals. Explains when each approach breaks down and how to combine both for resilient coverage.

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Guides

Mar 14, 2026·6 min read

How to Write a Trading Bot Spec That Gets an Accurate Quote

A hire-side template for your trading bot development scope of work spec — venues, latency budgets, RPC/Geyser assumptions and acceptance tests for a firm quote.

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Solana

Mar 14, 2026·5 min read

Solana Bundler Bots: Multi-Wallet Token Launch Strategy Explained

Bundler bots coordinate simultaneous buys across dozens of wallets at token launch to accumulate supply and manufacture social proof. This post explains the mechanics, the risks of bundle detection, and why projects still use them.

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Strategies

Mar 14, 2026·6 min read

Is Hyperliquid Vault Copy-Trading Worth It for Small Funds?

Analyses the fee drag, capacity constraints, and alpha decay of deploying capital into top-ranked Hyperliquid vaults versus running a proprietary strategy, with a break-even model for AUM between $50k and $5 m.

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Polymarket

Mar 13, 2026·5 min read

Polymarket vs Kalshi: Which Prediction Market Is Best for Traders?

Side-by-side comparison of Polymarket and Kalshi across liquidity depth, API quality, regulatory status, fee structures, and resolution track records to help active traders choose the right venue.

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Solana

Mar 13, 2026·5 min read

Sniping Meteora DLMM Launches: Bin Strategy and Bot Setup

Meteora DLMM pools use discrete liquidity bins rather than a traditional curve — this post explains how bots identify the active bin, time entry, and avoid sandwich exposure on new launches.

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MEV

Mar 12, 2026·4 min read

DeFi Liquidation Bots: Earning the Liquidation Bonus

Learn how health-factor monitoring and atomic liquidate-and-swap turn DeFi liquidations into a repeatable MEV income stream on Solana and beyond.

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Strategies

Mar 12, 2026·5 min read

TWAP vs VWAP Execution Algos on Solana DEXs: What Works

Benchmarking a child-order scheduler for TWAP and participation-rate VWAP against arrival price on Raydium and Orca — measuring implementation shortfall at varying parent-order sizes and showing why on-chain block cadence breaks naive time-slicing assumptions.

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Polymarket

Mar 11, 2026·7 min read

Best Polymarket Markets to Trade: Liquidity Depth Analysis

Not all Polymarket markets are created equal — spreads and slippage vary by orders of magnitude across categories. This data-driven analysis ranks Polymarket market verticals by average depth, maker activity, and fill rate for algorithmic traders.

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Solana

Mar 11, 2026·5 min read

Best Solana RPC Providers for Trading Bots in 2025

Latency, WebSocket reliability, and rate limits vary wildly between Helius, Triton, QuickNode, and self-hosted nodes. We benchmark each provider across the metrics that matter most to sniper and arb bots.

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Solana

Mar 10, 2026·5 min read

Using the Solana Geyser Plugin for Real-Time Account Updates in Bots

Geyser plugins stream raw account and transaction updates directly from a validator, bypassing public RPC bottlenecks entirely. This guide explains how to set up a Yellowstone gRPC Geyser stream for latency-critical bot strategies.

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Solana

Mar 10, 2026·4 min read

Solana Volume Bots: How They Work and Why Projects Use Them

A technical breakdown of how Solana volume bots generate wash-trade activity, what infrastructure they rely on, and the real detection risks projects should weigh.

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Guides

Mar 10, 2026·4 min read

Backtesting Crypto Bots: Avoiding the Overfitting Trap

Learn how walk-forward testing and realistic fee modeling separate genuinely profitable crypto bots from beautifully curve-fit disasters.

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MEV

Mar 10, 2026·5 min read

How Jito's Block Engine and Tip Distribution Actually Work

Jito's architecture routes bundles through a centralized block engine, creating specific latency and trust trade-offs that every serious Solana searcher must understand. We walk through the full flow from bundle submission to validator tip settlement and what can go wrong.

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Smart Contracts

Mar 8, 2026·5 min read

Custom On-Chain Settlement Program vs. SDK: Is It Worth It?

An off-the-shelf SDK like Drift's TypeScript client gets you live in days, but a custom settlement program shaves latency, enables atomic multi-leg execution, and lets you own upgrade decisions. We lay out the cost, risk, and performance trade-offs for trading studios.

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Smart Contracts

Mar 8, 2026·6 min read

Flash-Loan Arbitrage in a Single Solana Program Atomic Bundle

Solana does not have native flash loans, but you can replicate the pattern using same-transaction CPI sequences across Marginfi and Kamino. This guide shows how to structure the borrow, swap, and repay CPIs inside one Anchor instruction to guarantee atomicity.

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MEV

Mar 8, 2026·5 min read

Best MEV Tools and Frameworks for Solana Searchers in 2024

A curated comparison of open-source and commercial tooling for Solana MEV: Jito client libraries, Yellowstone gRPC, custom transaction builders, and simulation environments. Rated by latency overhead, maintenance activity, and searcher community adoption.

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MEV

Mar 8, 2026·4 min read

Jito Bundles on Solana: Atomic Execution and Tipping

How Jito bundles work on Solana — atomicity guarantees, tip auctions, and why they are the core primitive behind competitive MEV strategies.

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Hyperliquid

Mar 7, 2026·5 min read

Hyperliquid Vaults and HLP: Automating Depositor Strategies

Learn how to run a profitable Hyperliquid vault as a strategy operator—beyond passive HLP deposits—using automated market-making, funding harvesting, and robust risk controls.

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MEV

Mar 7, 2026·6 min read

Liquidation Bots: Hyperliquid Perps vs Aave on Ethereum Compared

Hyperliquid's on-chain liquidation engine clears positions differently from Aave's oracle-triggered model on Ethereum — gas costs, competition density, and margin of safety thresholds all diverge sharply. We benchmark profitability, capital requirements, and infrastructure complexity side-by-side so you can decide where to deploy a liquidation bot in 2025.

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Solana

Mar 6, 2026·4 min read

Hiring a Solana Trading Bot Developer: Skills and Red Flags

Rust fluency, Anchor familiarity, and low-level RPC knowledge separate capable Solana bot engineers from generalist blockchain developers. This guide gives fund managers and founders a practical vetting framework.

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Risk

Mar 6, 2026·4 min read

Is Multisig Worth the Latency Cost for a Solana HFT Bot Wallet?

Squads and other Solana multisig programs add an on-chain approval step that can introduce tens of milliseconds of signing overhead. We benchmark the latency impact and explain when multisig is a non-negotiable control versus an overkill choice.

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Comparisons

Mar 5, 2026·5 min read

Rust vs TypeScript for Solana Trading Bots: Speed vs Dev Speed

Rust gives you microsecond execution but TypeScript cuts development time in half — we quantify exactly where the performance gap matters and where it doesn't for on-chain arbitrage bots.

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Solana

Mar 1, 2026·5 min read

Building a Solana Copy-Trade Bot That Tracks Alpha Wallets

Copy-trading on Solana means streaming transaction logs, filtering by target wallets, decoding swap instructions, and replaying them with minimal latency. This tutorial covers the full implementation pipeline.

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