Guides
Trading guides
Understand how trading bots, AI tools and automated systems work before comparing products or putting capital at risk.
Trading bots
How signals, exchange APIs, custody, order execution and fees fit together, plus what happens when data or exchange connections fail.
AI for trading
A category guide to analysis systems, signal services, execution bots, assistants, autonomous agents and managed products.
Automated systems
How an automated trading system turns market data into orders, with sizing, policy checks, monitoring and recovery along the way.
DeFAI
A practical guide to AI-assisted and autonomous DeFi workflows, from interfaces and agents to wallet permissions and policy controls.
AI trading agents
How AI trading agents differ from assistants and bots, and what must constrain an agent before it can act on capital.
Onchain asset management
How an onchain managed product handles deposits, allocation, policy, valuation, withdrawals and evidence across smart contracts and trading venues.
AI trading apps
How to compare AI trading apps by following the path from a model suggestion to an order, including custody, permissions and failure handling.
Social trading
How social trading, leader-following and copy mechanics work, including execution lag and platform risk.
Start with what you need
- 01Classify the category.
Separate signals, assistants, bots, agents and managed products.
- 02Understand trading bots.
Trace rules, APIs, orders, costs and failure handling.
- 03Compare AI trading apps.
Check custody, authority, evidence, cost and exit paths.
- 04Learn how social trading works.
Separate community features from automated copying and its execution risks.
- 05Understand DeFAI.
Map wallet permissions, contracts, simulations and emergency controls.
- 06Understand managed structures.
Check custody, mandates, valuation, evidence and exit rights.