Blog · page 14

Bot engineering, in depth.

Page 14 of 25 — how trading bots actually work on Solana, Hyperliquid and Polymarket.

Apr 15, 2026·6 min read

How Hyperliquid's HLP Vault Actually Backs Perp Liquidity

Hyperliquid HLP vault explained: how it takes the other side of perp trades, socializes PnL pro-rata, and absorbs liquidations on-chain.

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Comparisons

Apr 15, 2026·5 min read

Solana vs Ethereum Trading Bots: Speed, Cost and MEV

A decision-grade comparison of fees, finality, and MEV surface on Solana vs Ethereum to help you pick the right chain for your trading bot.

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Strategies

Apr 15, 2026·7 min read

Polymarket Merge/Split Arbitrage on Conditional Tokens

A practical guide to Polymarket merge split arbitrage: mint or redeem full YES+NO conditional token sets against a mispriced book for near-riskless profit.

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Robinhood Chain

Apr 15, 2026·6 min read

Cost to Build a Robinhood Chain Trading Bot in 2026

What it really costs to build a Robinhood Chain trading bot in 2026: dev scope, infra spend, and audit costs for arbitrage, market-making, and hedge bots.

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Solana

Apr 15, 2026·6 min read

Trident Fuzz Testing vs Manual Review for Anchor Programs

Trident fuzz testing anchor programs catches overflow and invariant bugs fast, but manual review still finds access-control and design flaws it can't.

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Solana

Apr 14, 2026·6 min read

Building a Meteora DLMM Liquidity Bot on Solana: Full Walkthrough

Meteora's Dynamic Liquidity Market Maker uses bin-based concentrated liquidity that rebalances fee tiers dynamically, creating a different set of rebalancing triggers than Orca Whirlpools. This walkthrough covers SDK setup, bin position management, automated range shifting logic, and how to measure impermanent loss in real time.

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Strategies

Apr 14, 2026·6 min read

Polymarket CLOB vs UMA Oracle: How Matching and Resolution Differ

Polymarket CLOB vs UMA oracle: why off-chain matching and on-chain resolution are separate risk systems bot builders shouldn't conflate.

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Strategies

Apr 14, 2026·7 min read

OpenBook v2 Crank Market-Making Strategy on Solana

A hands-on OpenBook v2 market making strategy for Solana: run the event-queue crank, quote a tight CLOB spread, and use self-trade prevention to avoid wash fills.

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Hyperliquid

Apr 13, 2026·5 min read

TWAP Execution on Hyperliquid: Minimizing Slippage for Large Orders

A production-level breakdown of time-weighted average price execution on Hyperliquid — comparing the native TWAP feature against custom algorithmic approaches for orders above $500k notional, with real numbers on slippage reduction and implementation trade-offs.

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Strategies

Apr 13, 2026·6 min read

Jupiter vs Meteora: Which Solana Router Wins for Large Swaps

Jupiter vs Meteora routing compared for large Solana swaps: route-splitting, DLMM bin depth, slippage cliffs, and when to skip the aggregator.

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Strategies

Apr 13, 2026·6 min read

Pump.fun Bonding-Curve Laddered Entry & Exit Strategy

A practical pump fun bonding curve entry strategy: scale into laddered buys, stage sells before Raydium migration, and size around the constant-product math.

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Smart Contracts

Apr 13, 2026·6 min read

Solana Compute Budget Optimization for Trading Bot Programs

A concrete guide to setting ComputeBudgetProgram instructions, profiling CU consumption with solana-measure, and restructuring account iteration to keep complex arbitrage instructions inside the 1.4 M CU ceiling. Includes before/after benchmarks from a real Hyperliquid bridging program.

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Strategies

Apr 12, 2026·7 min read

Firedancer vs Solana Labs Client: What Changes for Bot Latency

Firedancer vs Solana Labs client: how Frankendancer's parallel pipeline and QUIC stack change transaction propagation and latency for trading bots.

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Strategies

Apr 12, 2026·7 min read

Hyperliquid Sub-Account Portfolio Hedging Strategy for Funds

A hyperliquid subaccount hedging strategy for funds: run isolated strategy books per sub-account, then net aggregate delta at the master level to control risk.

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Risk

Apr 12, 2026·6 min read

How Much Does a TON Smart Contract Audit Cost in 2026

TON smart contract audit cost in 2026 ranges from $3k automated scans to $15k+ manual reviews — here's what sets the tiers apart.

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Hyperliquid

Apr 11, 2026·3 min read

Liquidation-Hunting Bots on Hyperliquid Perps

How liquidation-hunting bots track open-interest clusters and margin walls on Hyperliquid to position ahead of cascade liquidations and capture outsized edge.

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Strategies

Apr 11, 2026·6 min read

Flashbots Protect vs Private Mempools: Is MEV Protection Worth It

Flashbots Protect vs private mempool alternatives compared: cost, latency, revert protection, and refunds — with a clear verdict on which to integrate.

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Strategies

Apr 11, 2026·7 min read

Solana DEX Triangular Arbitrage via Jupiter Route Splitting

A working solana triangular arbitrage strategy: three-leg cyclical arb across Raydium, Orca and Meteora using Jupiter split-route quotes in one atomic bundle.

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Polymarket

Apr 11, 2026·5 min read

UMA Dispute Resolution on Polymarket: What Traders Must Know

Polymarket settlements are governed by UMA's Optimistic Oracle, which can be disputed within a 48-hour challenge window. This guide covers how the dispute bond, voting mechanism, and escalation path affect open positions and resolution timing.

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Robinhood Chain

Apr 10, 2026·7 min read

How to Hire a Robinhood Chain Developer: What to Look For

How to hire a Robinhood Chain developer: the EVM and Arbitrum-stack skills, screening questions, and red flags that actually matter.

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Strategies

Apr 10, 2026·6 min read

ML Feature Engineering: Order-Flow Imbalance on Solana

Shows how to derive predictive order-flow imbalance features from Solana's transaction stream — accounting for priority fees as a proxy for aggressor intent — and plug them into a gradient-boosted short-term price model.

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Strategies

Apr 10, 2026·6 min read

TON's Actor Model vs EVM's Account Model: Why Bugs Differ

Delivered a 1,299-word publication-ready markdown article on TON's actor model vs EVM's account model, including a comparison table, worked Solidity/FunC code example, 3 service links, 2 blog links, and a clear verdict.

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Comparisons

Apr 10, 2026·7 min read

Meteora DLMM vs Orca Whirlpools: Which for LP Bots?

A hands-on meteora dlmm vs orca whirlpools breakdown for LP bots: bin math and dynamic fees vs tick ranges, rebalance cost, and which SDK bots faster.

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Hyperliquid

Apr 9, 2026·5 min read

Building a Hyperliquid Perps Trading Bot From Scratch

A technical walkthrough of the full order lifecycle on Hyperliquid's HyperBFT on-chain CLOB — from feed ingestion to kill-switch — for teams serious about building a perps bot.

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