ARISA Trading Bots

Trading bots, explained plainly.

No "10x your portfolio" hype. Straight explanations of how automated and AI trading bots actually work, how to evaluate one, and what real, checkable performance looks like.

Basics

What Is an Automated Trading Bot? A Practical Explainer

The parts every trading bot actually has in common, what "automated" really means in practice, and the risks nobody puts in the headline.

7 min read
Basics

AI Trading Bots vs. Rule-Based Trading Bots: What's Actually Different

"AI trading bot" gets used for almost anything with an if-statement. Here's the honest distinction, and why it matters more than the label.

6 min read
Guides

How to Actually Evaluate a "Best Trading Bot" Claim

A checklist for cutting through "best trading bot 2026" listicles — what real evidence looks like, and the five questions marketing copy never answers.

8 min read
Asset classes

Crypto Trading Bots Explained: How Automated Crypto Trading Works

Why crypto bots look different from FX or stock bots — 24/7 markets, exchange APIs, and the strategies (grid, DCA, momentum) that actually get used.

7 min read
Asset classes

Forex Trading Bots: How Automated FX Trading Actually Works

Market hours, spreads, broker execution, and the specific things worth checking before you trust a forex trading bot with real money.

7 min read
Asset classes

Stock Index Trading Bots Explained: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Automation

The structural drift, market hours, and CFD mechanics that make index trading bots genuinely different from FX or crypto bots.

7 min read
Transparency

Why We Publish Every Bug: Inside a Trading Bot's Public Engineering Log

The reasoning behind running a public bug log for a live trading bot fleet — and real examples of what that transparency actually looks like.

6 min read
Guides

How to Read a Trading Bot's Track Record: Win Rate, Profit Factor, Drawdown

The numbers that actually matter when judging real performance — and the ones that are trivially easy to game or cherry-pick.

8 min read