The Botter Manifesto
We are botters. We do not follow signals. We do not copy trades. We do not outsource our decisions to gurus, algorithms we don't understand, or communities that promise alpha.
What We Believe
- Risk comes first. Before asking "what to trade," ask "how much can I lose?" Position sizing, drawdown limits, and ruin probability are not optional — they are the foundation.
- Rules must be your own. A strategy you don't understand is a strategy you can't trust. Build it, test it, break it, then run it.
- Markets owe you nothing. Edge is fragile. Most ideas don't work. The ones that do will decay. Accept this and keep iterating.
- Automation is a tool, not a shortcut. Bots execute rules. They don't replace judgment. If you can't explain the logic, don't deploy it.
- Transparency over performance. We share frameworks, not equity curves. Process over outcome. Honest loss over fabricated gain.
- Independence is the goal. Not a Telegram group. Not a Discord alpha call. Your own system. Your own risk. Your own accountability.
What We Reject
- "Guaranteed returns" and performance promises.
- Copy-trading as a substitute for understanding.
- Tribalism: shilling coins, attacking other traders, loyalty to tokens.
- Complexity theater: overfit models presented as sophistication.
- Secrecy as a business model.
The Path
Start with risk. Learn to size positions before you learn to find setups. Study costs — fees, slippage, funding — before you study indicators. Build one simple system that you fully understand before you build ten that you don't.
Then iterate. Break your assumptions. Test on data you haven't seen. Journal your decisions. Accept that most of what you try won't work — and that's fine.
No signals. No gurus. Responsibility first.