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March 31, 2021March 31, 2021

Boosting Alpha trading-Bots performance per March 2021

Again the end-of-month overview of all bots from Boosting Alpha, The Noogieman and Team Dakar.

After 3 very bull months, it was no surprise to see the month of March being a more zig-zag month. This sideways market benefited the bots that make more longer-term trades and bots that trade more often were sometimes put on the wrong foot with the continuous stream of false signals coming from the sideways market.

On average across all of our bots the results have been stable in March in crypto terms with an average increase of 3,7% in Euro terms, primarily caused by the rise of the US dollar versus the Euro.

Roy Lenders, Boosting Alpha

March 1, 2021

Boosting Alpha trading-Bots performance per February 2021

February was the best month for our trading bots since the start. Our bots managed to generate an average monthly return of 52% while Bitcoin (BTC) only went up with 38% and Ether (ETH) with 7%. Almost all of our bots managed to reduce / avoid the 20% drawdown in crypto that happened in the last week of February.

Another testimony that our bots work well both in bull and bear markets. This results table is based on the results as seen in the BOTS App on our own account.
Your results are dependent on when you started investing in those bots and the moment you entered with those bots into new trades.
Once you start investing in any bot, you will have to wait until the bot opens a new trade (i.e. you do not enter open trades that are open at the moment you are joining the bot).

Roy Lenders, Boosting Alpha

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

Different ways to invest in Bitcoin compared

In the dark days before Christmas, while contemplating my Bitcoin strategy for 2021, I asked myself the question which options are available. I came up with three different strategies; (1) Buying Bitcoin trackers, (2) Buying trading bots that have Bitcoin as basecoin and (3) Buying USDT based single coin trading bots that trade Bitcoin. All three strategies are contrasted against holding bitcoin on Binance (the yellow line in all charts).

First category: Bitcoin trackers

Bitcoin trackers invest your money in Bitcoin and do not touch it until you decide to sell. They promise to follow the price of Bitcoin 1:1. I purchased 3 trackers:

The Big Friendly.bot:
According to the botcreator, The Big Friendly.bot is the easiest way there is to buy Bitcoin. As soon as you start the bot, it invests in the mother of all crypto currencies: Bitcoin. Once this is done, it does not touch the investment at all.
Bitcoin XBTE Bitcoin Tracker EUR XBT Provider (SE0007525332)
The certificates provide exposure to the performance of the digital currency bitcoin by synthetically tracking performance of the price of bitcoin (BTC/USD) less a fee. (More info: https://coinshares.com/etps/xbt-provider/bitcoin-tracker-euro)
VanEck Vectors Bitcoin ETN (DE000A28M8D0):
This Exchange Traded Note (ETN) gives direct access to the largest and most liquid of cryptocurrencies: bitcoin, 100% backed by bitcoins, stored in cold storage with a regulated custodian with crypto insurance (limited amount coverage) Tradable as an ETF with Deutsche Boerse Xetra. (More info: https://www.vanecketfs.nl/producten/VanEck-Vectors-Bitcoin-ETN/32/overzicht)

The results over the last 2 months are not very surprising.

As expected all three trackers follow the price of Bitcoin very closely. Only disadvantage of the two listed trackers is that you are not able to trade outside the stock market opening hours. This can be a big risk as you can’t protect yourself against price drops after closing of the stock market or during weekends. Cryptocurrency markets are always “on”, with 365/24/7 trading activity. In the event of a crash of the cryptocurrency market on Friday evening, you can only intervene on Monday morning.

The Big Friendly.bot can always be sold as the Bots platform strives to be open and functional 24/7.

Second category: Bitcoin based trading bots

These trading bots have Bitcoin as their base coin and should multiply their value in Bitcoin through trading Bitcoin-pairs. I selected three bots for my comparison.

CBS by Altrady:
A unique algorithm that works by automatically analyzing the market history for each available market, checks current prices against previous support levels and will ensure the bot buys low and sells high.
Thunderbird by Dagobert Buck:
This trading bot focuses on BTC pairs (BNB, ETH, LTC, AION, ALGO, ANKR, ARPA and ATOM) and tries to predict the future of a pair by estimating the USDT components. So BNBBTC is predicted by looking at BNBUSDT and BTCUSDT.
DeFi Strategy by Dagobert Buck:
This trading bot focuses on the top 10 currencies in the world of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). The currencies are LINK, LEND, MKR, SNX, COMP, YFI, ZRX, REN, KNC and BAND. It uses the same strategy as Thunderbird, trying to predict the future of a pair by estimating the USDT components.

Two of the bots have been following the pricetrend of their basecoin Bitcoin, hence have not been trading much, at least not successfully. The third bot has lost value to Bitcoin through its trades. None of the bots have been able to make money through successful trades.

This goes for most of the bots on the Bots platform that do not have a stable coin (USDT) as their basecoin, but a coin like Bitcoin, Ethereum or BNB. When looking at their performance in crypto currency, most show a negative result. The bots are not able to successfully trade, and multiply the amount of basecoin you have invested in. The stellar results in euro as shown in the app are caused by even more stellar results of their basecoin.

Although most (unaware) users are happy with the results of these bots, and Revenyou is proudly using these results in there marketing stratgies, investing in a tracking bot that follows the pricetrend without intervening or investing directly in the coin (not through a bot), would have resulted in a higher gain.

Third category: USDT based single coin trading bots that trade Bitcoin

These trading bots have stable coin USDT as their basecoin and try to multiply their value by trading Bitcoin. I selected two bots for my comparison.

Himalaya by Boosting Alpha Netehrlands:
A moderate and stable bot that only trades in Bitcoin. Through its cautious approach it tries to participate in winning prices and to stop in time at falling prices.
Sweet Orange Mia by Team Agga Technologies:
This trend trading bot trades in Bitcoin and was created to focus only on the greater benefits of the crypto market. The bot will stop trading if the market is stagnant.

These bots will not gain as much as Bitcoin, but are designed to hold on to their profits in declining markets. Two months is too short a period for reviewing or judging these bots, especially in the growing market we have experienced for the past two months. Although the chart shows that the bots were able to hold on to gains when Bitcoin prices fell, and even outgain Bitcoin in certain instances, the overall gains in two months are half of the Bitcoin gains.

Unlike trackers and BTC based bots, these trading bots will exit declining markets themselves and hide in their stable coin to protect gains. Less risk, more ease of mind for the owner.

A fourth strategy which I have started in the beginning of February is trading Bitcoin myself on Binance. Together with a friend I am developing a strategy to multiply the amount of Bitcoin through trading in BTC pairs (more or less simular to category two described above). Our goal is to earn more bitcoins and to profit from rising Bitcoin prices. If you don’t have the time, knowledge or interest in developing your own trading strategy another option is copy trading, where you can automate your Bitcoin trades using signal providers.

Let me know through the comments if you know of any other strategy, if you have other experiences with the strategies described above, or if you have any other comments or additions.

February 23, 2021September 15, 2021

Boosting Alpha HODL-trading-Bots, new per Feb/March 2021

Boosting Alpha trading-Bots, new per FebMarch 2021

A series of new BOTS, named “HODL the bottle top XX” will be launched, 1-by-1, between end of February and early March 2021.
The BOTS re-balance every 2 weeks and they are intelligent.
Within one day the HODL the bottle bot send a buy signal for new entrants and added amounts.

That means:

they only re-balance the Δ delta and not the whole HODL positions,
they can avoid specific coins or even stay out of the market completely if required and
they include an intelligent-mechanism to allocate capital to each coin, to increase the performance. Because they only trade the Δ delta, the average fee per year is only around 3%. In a year like 2018, they even can stay out of the market for a long period of time, in 2018 they stayed out of the market for 6 months in a row.
So do not expect big amount of action or volume, this is a long term investment bot.

Roy Lenders, Boosting Alpha

PS1: The moment the HODL the Bottle XX have chosen to be in the market, they are re-synchronized daily for new entrants. Every fortnight on Sunday at midnight, there is a new moment of choice, perhaps the other HODL the Bottle bots will decide to become active and enter the market. Rebalances happen Sunday on Monday night. The exact time when the rebalance happens varies as it is determined by optimization.
The Bots do not get out in the meantime. They are only concerned with the long term.
The numbers HODL 8 to 30 re-balance in the same weekend (e.g. week 17 on 18). The numbers HODL 3, 5, 35 and 40 is the other weekend (e.g. week 18 on 19).

PS2: With the HODL the bottle XX Bots, a buy-signal is sent once a day for the customers that start a Bot, and have not yet got in. With other bots, the moment of getting in is more crucial. These HODL-Bots try to get in and out, at the best moment in time. Hence the HODL++ indication in table: Creator BOT-Names.
If other customers then get in 24 hours later, they buy at a completely different price than the Bot that was initially chosen. This means that they might end up selling at a loss because they bought at a higher point in time, while the other Bots make a profit.

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

Boosting Alpha trading-Bots performance per January 2021

The final day of the month so again an overview of the January performance of our trading bots on the BOTS platform. January was one of the most volatile months so far, with the crypto markets acting like a rollercoaster. On average our bots managed to profit from this volatility with an average return of 10,75% but there is a high diversity across the bots.
Two of our bots (Fasten Your Seatbelts and Karpe Diem) managed to profit with almost 100% in January while there also were a number of bots that declined.

Again a good proof that it is always wise to spread your investment across multiple bots. Spreading your investment across multiple bots is free in the BOTS app, so it is stupid if you do not use it.

Also for the crypto fund service business we are building up now, it is quite nice. The average performance of our bots has been positive in all months so far, with only a small decline in September 2020. Since this type of business is 100% performance related, this ensures a relatively stable income.