Blog · page 13

Bot engineering, in depth.

Page 13 of 26 — how trading bots actually work on Solana, Hyperliquid and Polymarket.

May 6, 2026·5 min read

Sharpe vs Sortino vs Calmar: Which Metric to Optimize?

Compares the three most common risk-adjusted return metrics for algo strategy selection, showing through simulation why optimising Sharpe alone leads to tail-risk blind spots and when Calmar is the right fitness function for drawdown-sensitive mandates.

May 6, 2026·6 min read

Jito Bundles vs Flashbots Bundles: MEV Auctions Compared

Jito bundles vs Flashbots: how Solana's block-engine tip auction and Ethereum's PBS/MEV-Boost relay differ, and what it means for MEV bot builders.

May 6, 2026·6 min read

CEX-DEX Arbitrage Latency: Beating Solana MEV Searchers

How CEX-DEX arbitrage Solana latency really works: colocated feeds, Jito bundle tips and inventory hedging — and where a funded searcher wins the race.

May 6, 2026·4 min read

Generating Alpha from Funding-Rate Basis on Hyperliquid

Derives a carry signal from the spread between Hyperliquid's predicted funding rate and the realised spot-perp basis, then backtests a delta-neutral funding-harvest strategy with transaction costs. Explains how to filter the signal during high-volatility regimes to avoid adverse selection.

May 5, 2026·5 min read

Rust vs TypeScript for Solana Trading Bots: Which Is Faster?

Compares transaction throughput, RPC round-trip overhead, and development velocity when writing Solana trading bots in Rust versus TypeScript with web3.js or Solana-py. Includes real benchmark numbers and a maintenance cost estimate.

May 5, 2026·6 min read

How Jito's Block Engine Auction Actually Works

Jito block engine explained: how bundle auctions, tip pricing, and validator relayers decide what lands in the next Solana slot.

May 5, 2026·6 min read

Jupiter Swap Guard & Jito Integration: How Slippage Gets Protected

How Jupiter combines dynamic slippage and Jito bundles for jupiter mev protection jito — and what bot builders should replicate when quoting client swaps.

May 4, 2026·6 min read

Yellowstone gRPC vs Standard Solana RPC for MEV Bots

Yellowstone gRPC vs RPC for Solana MEV bots: real latency benchmarks, Geyser mechanics, failover tradeoffs, and when polling still wins.

May 4, 2026·7 min read

Designing MEV-Resistant AMMs: FBA, MEV Taxes & Threshold Encryption

A smart-contract deep-dive on MEV resistant AMM design: frequent batch auctions, application-level MEV taxes, and encrypted mempools, with real tradeoffs.

May 3, 2026·7 min read

Priority Fee Spam Wars: Modeling Solana Landing Rates for Bots

A data-driven model of Solana priority fee landing rate under congestion — logistic bid curves, QUIC SWQoS, and a bidding policy that beats paying blindly more.

May 3, 2026·6 min read

How Hyperliquid's HLP Vault Shapes MEV Opportunities

How the HLP vault's auto-liquidation and market-making shape (and shrink) liquidation and funding-rate MEV on Hyperliquid's on-chain order book.

Robinhood Chain

May 2, 2026·6 min read

Robinhood Chain vs Hyperliquid: Stock Tokens vs Perps

Robinhood Chain vs Hyperliquid for algo trading: 24/7 tokenized Stock Tokens and equity gaps versus Hyperliquid's perp order book, compared for bot builders.

Smart Contracts

May 2, 2026·5 min read

How Much Does a Solana Program Audit Cost for an HFT Studio?

Audit quotes range from 5 to 50 SOL-equivalent per line of Rust depending on the auditor and scope. We break down what OtterSec, Neodyme, and Mad Shield charge, what deliverables to expect, and how to scope an engagement for a trading vault under 2,000 lines.

May 2, 2026·6 min read

Hyperliquid Paper Trading API: Complete Setup Guide

Walk-through of Hyperliquid's testnet API for paper trading perps, from key generation to order routing and P&L attribution. Includes a Python scaffold and the gotchas that differ from mainnet behaviour.

May 2, 2026·6 min read

Latency Benchmarking: Solana RPC vs Validator Co-location

Quantifies the round-trip latency difference between a standard Helius RPC endpoint, a dedicated Triton node, and a staked-connection co-located with a leader validator, with p50/p99 data across multiple epochs.

May 2, 2026·5 min read

EVM Audit Checklist: What Foundry and Slither Actually Test

An EVM smart contract audit checklist: what Foundry fuzzing and Slither actually catch, and where manual review still has to close the gap.

May 2, 2026·5 min read

Jupiter vs Raydium for DEX Arbitrage Bots: Routing & Slippage

Jupiter aggregates routes while Raydium offers direct pool access — for an arbitrage bot, the difference in routing efficiency and slippage can make or break a strategy. We benchmark both with live data.

May 2, 2026·5 min read

Jito Bundles vs Priority Fees on Solana: MEV Strategy Cost Comparison

Jito MEV bundles let you bribe validators for atomic inclusion while priority fees are a simpler but noisier signal — we compare success rates, costs per landed transaction, and which approach suits sandwich versus backrun bots.

May 2, 2026·6 min read

swQoS & Staked Connections: The Solana RPC Edge Nobody Configures

Public Solana RPCs throttle your transactions during spam floods. Here's how solana staked connections and swQoS get your txs into blocks anyway.

May 1, 2026·6 min read

Jupiter vs Raydium Routing: Where MEV Risk Hides

Jupiter's multi-hop routing beats Raydium on price but widens MEV surface. Here's where sandwich risk actually hides in jupiter vs raydium mev.

Apr 30, 2026·7 min read

sendTransaction vs Jito sendBundle: A Dual-Submission Landing Strategy

A practical guide to Solana dual transaction submission with Jito: race raw sendTransaction against sendBundle, de-dupe on-chain, and raise your land rate.

Apr 30, 2026·6 min read

Polymarket's CLOB and UMA Oracle: An Arb Bot's View

How Polymarket's off-chain CLOB and UMA's optimistic oracle create arb windows an AMM-arb bot's math can't see, with a worked EV example.

Apr 29, 2026·6 min read

TPU Client & QUIC: Forwarding Transactions Straight to the Leader

A senior engineer's guide to the Solana TPU client and QUIC: forwarding signed transactions straight to the current and next slot leaders, bypassing RPC.

Apr 29, 2026·6 min read

What Does It Cost to Hire a Solana MEV Bot Developer?

Real Solana MEV bot developer costs: $18K–$60K for a custom Jito-integrated build vs. $200–$2K scripts, broken down by component and timeline.