unCoded
Tommy Tietze

Tommy Tietze

Tommy Tietze is CEO of ArrowTrade AG, a Swiss fintech company based in Brig. With ArrowTrade, he develops unCoded, a self-hosted, non-custodial trading bot for Binance Spot. The product targets entrepreneurs and executives who want to use algorithmic crypto trading without needing technical expertise. His focus is on the intersection between traditional entrepreneurship and crypto markets. How can capital-strong decision-makers capture crypto market opportunities without entrusting their assets to opaque platforms? unCoded follows a clear principle. No subscription fees. Full control over your own capital. A success-based model that only earns when the user earns. Tommy writes about crypto strategy, smart money, and the questions that founders and investors actually wrestle with. Trust. Control. Building wealth in volatile markets.

Articles by Tommy Tietze(85)

The Oracle Hazard: The Vulnerability of Decentralized Data Feeds
Jul 14, 2026

The Oracle Hazard: The Vulnerability of Decentralized Data Feeds

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In algorithmic trading, your execution engine is only as intelligent as the data i...

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Network Congestion: Trading Through L1/L2 Gas Spikes
Jul 13, 2026

Network Congestion: Trading Through L1/L2 Gas Spikes

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In the centralized exchange (CEX) environment, execution speed is dictated by the ...

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API Key Security: Hardening Your Automated Perimeter
Jul 12, 2026

API Key Security: Hardening Your Automated Perimeter

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The greatest paradox of the cryptocurrency industry is how traders treat their sec...

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Exchange Insolvency: Infrastructure for the Unthinkable
Jul 04, 2026

Exchange Insolvency: Infrastructure for the Unthinkable

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG "Not your keys, not your coins." It is the oldest and most repeated mantra in the ...

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Stablecoin De-Pegging: Managing the Ultimate Crypto Collateral Risk
Jul 03, 2026

Stablecoin De-Pegging: Managing the Ultimate Crypto Collateral Risk

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every quantitative spot trader operates on a fundamental, unspoken assumption: One...

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Asymmetric Compounding: Scaling Capital Without Scaling Risk
Jul 02, 2026

Asymmetric Compounding: Scaling Capital Without Scaling Risk

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The dream of compound interest is the ultimate psychological motivator for the qua...

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The Intervention Trap: Sabotaging Your Own Code
Jun 30, 2026

The Intervention Trap: Sabotaging Your Own Code

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG There is a tragic irony in algorithmic trading. A developer will spend hundreds of...

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Monte Carlo Simulations: Breaking Your Bot Before the Market Does
Jun 29, 2026

Monte Carlo Simulations: Breaking Your Bot Before the Market Does

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every quantitative trader remembers the first time they generated a "perfect" back...

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API Weight Management: The Hidden Bottleneck of Scaling
Jun 28, 2026

API Weight Management: The Hidden Bottleneck of Scaling

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Scaling an algorithmic trading operation feels deceptively simple. You build a pro...

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The Multi-Strategy Matrix: Why One Edge is Never Enough
Jun 27, 2026

The Multi-Strategy Matrix: Why One Edge is Never Enough

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The retail algorithmic trader spends their entire career searching for the "Holy G...

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Alpha Decay: The Half-Life of a Trading Strategy
Jun 26, 2026

Alpha Decay: The Half-Life of a Trading Strategy

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG There is a dangerous myth in retail quantitative finance: the immortal algorithm. ...

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Order Flow Imbalance: Reading the Tape Before the Chart Prints
Jun 25, 2026

Order Flow Imbalance: Reading the Tape Before the Chart Prints

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG If you open any standard cryptocurrency charting platform, the default layout is a...

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Funding Rates & Open Interest: The Invisible Hand Moving Spot Prices
Jun 24, 2026

Funding Rates & Open Interest: The Invisible Hand Moving Spot Prices

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG There is a comfortable lie that spot traders tell themselves: "I only trade the s...

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Tail Risk and Deep Limit Orders: Harvesting the Flash Crash
Jun 23, 2026

Tail Risk and Deep Limit Orders: Harvesting the Flash Crash

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In traditional finance, a 20% drop in an asset’s price within a single hour is a g...

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The OHLCV Illusion: Why Candlestick Data Destroys Backtests
Jun 23, 2026

The OHLCV Illusion: Why Candlestick Data Destroys Backtests

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG For centuries, the Japanese candlestick has been the ultimate visual tool for huma...

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The Liquidity Clock: Why 24/7 Trading is a Mathematical Trap
Jun 22, 2026

The Liquidity Clock: Why 24/7 Trading is a Mathematical Trap

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The greatest marketing triumph of the cryptocurrency industry is the concept of th...

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Adverse Selection: The Hidden Tax on Limit Orders
Jun 21, 2026

Adverse Selection: The Hidden Tax on Limit Orders

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG If you ask any retail algorithmic trader how to optimize a system’s execution, the...

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Order Book Deception: The Trap of Fake Liquidity
Jun 20, 2026

Order Book Deception: The Trap of Fake Liquidity

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG There is a natural evolution in the lifecycle of a quantitative trader. First, the...

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Liquidity Fragmentation: Why Arbitrage Is Harder Than You Think
Jun 19, 2026

Liquidity Fragmentation: Why Arbitrage Is Harder Than You Think

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG To the outside observer, the cryptocurrency market looks like a unified, global fi...

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The Bid-Ask Spread as a Predictive Signal
Jun 18, 2026

The Bid-Ask Spread as a Predictive Signal

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The vast majority of retail algorithmic traders build their systems on an illusion...

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Signal vs. Execution Latency in Crypto Bots
Jun 17, 2026

Signal vs. Execution Latency in Crypto Bots

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In the architecture of automated trading, time is not measured in seconds; it is m...

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The Danger of Cross-Collateralization: Why Spot Is King
Jun 15, 2026

The Danger of Cross-Collateralization: Why Spot Is King

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In the search for maximum capital efficiency, the cryptocurrency industry has engi...

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TWAP and VWAP: Executing Like a Whale
Jun 15, 2026

TWAP and VWAP: Executing Like a Whale

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG There is a distinct moment in a quantitative trader’s journey when their account s...

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Regime Switching: Teaching Your Bot to Read the Room
Jun 14, 2026

Regime Switching: Teaching Your Bot to Read the Room

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every trading algorithm has a perfect market environment. If you build a trend-fol...

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Survivorship Bias: The Fatal Flaw in Crypto Backtests
Jun 13, 2026

Survivorship Bias: The Fatal Flaw in Crypto Backtests

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every day, an amateur quantitative trader builds a new algorithm. They run a histo...

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Time-Based Exits: The Cost of Dead Capital
Jun 12, 2026

Time-Based Exits: The Cost of Dead Capital

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every retail trading strategy focuses on two coordinates: the entry price and the ...

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The Risk-Free Baseline: Why Your Bot Needs to Beat 5%
Jun 11, 2026

The Risk-Free Baseline: Why Your Bot Needs to Beat 5%

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In retail algorithmic trading, there is a dangerous misconception that any profit ...

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Portfolio Heat & Correlation: The Illusion of Diversification
Jun 10, 2026

Portfolio Heat & Correlation: The Illusion of Diversification

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG There is a fundamental misunderstanding in retail crypto trading regarding risk ma...

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The Circuit Breaker: Building Automated Fail-Safes
Jun 09, 2026

The Circuit Breaker: Building Automated Fail-Safes

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG A well-designed algorithmic trading system is relentless. It does not sleep, it do...

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REST API vs WebSockets: Architecting a Real-Time Data Feed
Jun 08, 2026

REST API vs WebSockets: Architecting a Real-Time Data Feed

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG An algorithmic trading system is effectively a digital organism. Its trading logic...

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Order Type Architecture: Minimizing Execution Drag
Jun 07, 2026

Order Type Architecture: Minimizing Execution Drag

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In the world of professional quantitative finance, a trading strategy is only half...

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The Tax Nightmare of Bot Trading: Automating Your Compliance
Jun 06, 2026

The Tax Nightmare of Bot Trading: Automating Your Compliance

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Algorithmic trading removes the emotional burden of market volatility, but it intr...

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Server Infrastructure for Crypto Bots
Jun 05, 2026

Server Infrastructure for Crypto Bots

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The crypto market never sleeps, but your laptop does. One of the most common mista...

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Binance API Security: A Masterclass in Asset Protection
Jun 04, 2026

Binance API Security: A Masterclass in Asset Protection

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The architecture of modern cryptocurrency trading relies entirely on the Applicati...

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Automating TradingView Alerts: Secure Webhook Guide
Jun 03, 2026

Automating TradingView Alerts: Secure Webhook Guide

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG TradingView is the gold standard for market analysis. Millions of traders build sc...

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Overfitting: Why Perfect Backtests Fail
Jun 01, 2026

Overfitting: Why Perfect Backtests Fail

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every retail trader has experienced this cycle: You spend weeks building a trading...

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Liquidity Fragmentation Explained
May 31, 2026

Liquidity Fragmentation Explained

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG When you check the price of a crypto asset on a data aggregator, you see a single ...

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The Math of Recovery in Crypto
May 30, 2026

The Math of Recovery in Crypto

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Human intuition is terrible at math. If you lose 10% of your account today, and yo...

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The Set and Forget Myth in Bot Trading
May 29, 2026

The Set and Forget Myth in Bot Trading

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The most profitable lie in the crypto industry is "passive income." Marketing agen...

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Volume Never Lies: The Ultimate Market Filter
May 28, 2026

Volume Never Lies: The Ultimate Market Filter

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most traders stare at the price. They watch a candle turn green, assume a breakout...

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The Exit is More Important Than the Entry: Take-Profit Mechanics
May 27, 2026

The Exit is More Important Than the Entry: Take-Profit Mechanics

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In crypto trading, entries are for your ego. Exits are for your bank account. Most...

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Opportunity Cost: The Discipline of Cash
May 26, 2026

Opportunity Cost: The Discipline of Cash

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In a bear market, trading is about survival. In a bull market, it is about psychol...

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API Limits & Latency: The HFT Illusion
May 25, 2026

API Limits & Latency: The HFT Illusion

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG When retail traders hear the word "algorithm," they often think of Wall Street. Th...

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Signal Noise: The 1-Minute Chart Fee Trap
May 24, 2026

Signal Noise: The 1-Minute Chart Fee Trap

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Many new algorithmic traders are obsessed with speed. They open a 1-minute chart. ...

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Averaging Down vs. DCA: The Path to Total Loss
May 23, 2026

Averaging Down vs. DCA: The Path to Total Loss

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Many traders use the term "DCA" to feel better about losing money. They buy an alt...

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The Win Rate Illusion in Crypto Bots
May 22, 2026

The Win Rate Illusion in Crypto Bots

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG If you look at the marketing pages of retail crypto bots, you will see the same me...

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Moving Averages in Crypto Bots: Filters, Not Triggers
May 21, 2026

Moving Averages in Crypto Bots: Filters, Not Triggers

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Every retail trader learns about moving averages in their first week. They are tau...

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The Copy-Trading Trap
May 20, 2026

The Copy-Trading Trap

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The pitch for copy-trading is highly effective: find a profitable trader, click a ...

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Liquidation Cascades: Why Spot-Trading Is the Stabile Bot Architecture
May 20, 2026

Liquidation Cascades: Why Spot-Trading Is the Stabile Bot Architecture

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG In crypto, prices don't just fall. Sometimes, they collapse vertically. You have p...

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Portfolio Heat & Correlation: The Illusion of Diversification
May 15, 2026

Portfolio Heat & Correlation: The Illusion of Diversification

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most crypto traders believe they are diversified when they hold ten different altc...

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Slippage and Market Depth in Crypto Trading
May 14, 2026

Slippage and Market Depth in Crypto Trading

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most traders focus on the chart. They see a breakout, a crossing moving average, o...

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Fear & Greed Index in Crypto Trading
May 13, 2026

Fear & Greed Index in Crypto Trading

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The crypto market does not only move on data. It moves on emotion. One week, peopl...

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Crypto Portfolio Diversification Guide
May 12, 2026

Crypto Portfolio Diversification Guide

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG A portfolio with twelve coins can still be one trade. That sounds exaggerated unti...

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Order Types in Crypto Trading
May 11, 2026

Order Types in Crypto Trading

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most traders spend weeks thinking about what to buy. Then they enter the trade wit...

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Crypto Taxes in Switzerland: Trader Guide
May 08, 2026

Crypto Taxes in Switzerland: Trader Guide

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Switzerland has a strong reputation in crypto. That reputation is deserved in many...

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DAC8 Crypto Reporting: What Traders Should Know
May 07, 2026

DAC8 Crypto Reporting: What Traders Should Know

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Crypto is moving into the same world as bank accounts, securities accounts and pay...

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Crypto Correlation: Why Altcoins Follow BTC
May 06, 2026

Crypto Correlation: Why Altcoins Follow BTC

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG A crypto portfolio can look diversified on paper and still behave like one single ...

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MACD Explained for Crypto Spot Traders
May 05, 2026

MACD Explained for Crypto Spot Traders

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most traders meet MACD very early. It is already there in almost every charting to...

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Crypto on the Balance Sheet: CFO Guide
May 04, 2026

Crypto on the Balance Sheet: CFO Guide

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most companies think about crypto too late. They first ask whether Bitcoin, Ethere...

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Ethereum vs. Bitcoin for Spot Traders
May 03, 2026

Ethereum vs. Bitcoin for Spot Traders

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Bitcoin and Ethereum are usually treated like they belong in the same mental folde...

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Market Maker vs. Taker: Crypto Fees Explained
May 02, 2026

Market Maker vs. Taker: Crypto Fees Explained

Market Maker vs. Taker: Crypto Fees Explained By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most traders spend too much time loo...

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Crypto Drawdown Explained
May 01, 2026

Crypto Drawdown Explained

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Drawdown is one of the most honest risk metrics in trading. It does not care how g...

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MiCA Explained for Crypto Investors
Apr 30, 2026

MiCA Explained for Crypto Investors

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Crypto regulation used to feel like background noise. For many investors, the mark...

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Systematic vs. Emotional Trading
Apr 29, 2026

Systematic vs. Emotional Trading

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Most traders do not lose control in calm markets. They lose control when the marke...

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Crypto Volatility Explained
Apr 28, 2026

Crypto Volatility Explained

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Crypto volatility is usually discussed in the wrong tone. Some people treat it lik...

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USDT, USDC and FDUSD Explained
Apr 27, 2026

USDT, USDC and FDUSD Explained

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Stablecoins are often treated as if they were simply “digital dollars”. That is un...

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Position Sizing in Crypto Trading
Apr 26, 2026

Position Sizing in Crypto Trading

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Many traders spend hours searching for the perfect entry. They compare RSI, MACD, ...

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RSI in Crypto Trading Explained
Apr 25, 2026

RSI in Crypto Trading Explained

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG The RSI is one of those indicators almost every trader has seen. One line. Two lev...

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What Happens During an Exchange Hack?
Apr 24, 2026

What Happens During an Exchange Hack?

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG An exchange hack sounds to many like a problem for the exchange. But it is not j...

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Crypto Taxes Germany 2026
Apr 23, 2026

Crypto Taxes Germany 2026

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Crypto taxes are no longer a niche topic. Anyone trading Bitcoin, Ethereum, stab...

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The rsETH Heist: Turning Bridges Into Exit Liquidity
Apr 22, 2026

The rsETH Heist: Turning Bridges Into Exit Liquidity

On April 17–18, 2026, roughly 116,500 rsETH – about 292 million USD at the time – were effectively “created” via an expl...

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Realistic Trading Bot Profits: What You Can Expect in 2026
Apr 21, 2026

Realistic Trading Bot Profits: What You Can Expect in 2026

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG "How much profit does a trading bot make?" is the most common question we get fro...

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Trading Bot for Beginners: The 5 Most Common Mistakes
Apr 17, 2026

Trading Bot for Beginners: The 5 Most Common Mistakes

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Automated crypto trading sounds tempting. Set up the bot, let it run, make money. ...

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3Commas vs Cryptohopper vs Bitsgap vs unCoded: The Honest Trading Bot Comparison 2026
Apr 15, 2026

3Commas vs Cryptohopper vs Bitsgap vs unCoded: The Honest Trading Bot Comparison 2026

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Transparency note: unCoded is our own product. This comparison is written as hones...

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What Is a Crypto Trading Bot? A Simple Explanation for 2026
Apr 14, 2026

What Is a Crypto Trading Bot? A Simple Explanation for 2026

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG A crypto trading bot is software that automatically buys and sells cryptocurrencie...

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How to Set Up a Binance API Key for Trading Bots: The Complete 2026 Security Guide
Apr 13, 2026

How to Set Up a Binance API Key for Trading Bots: The Complete 2026 Security Guide

By Tommy Tietze, CEO of ArrowTrade AG Your Binance account holds 10,000 USD. You want to connect a trading bot. The bot ...

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Why Profit-Sharing Beats Subscription: Trading Bot Pricing Models 2026 Explained
Apr 10, 2026

Why Profit-Sharing Beats Subscription: Trading Bot Pricing Models 2026 Explained

Imagine you go to an asset manager and they tell you: my fee is 600 dollars a year, regardless of whether I make you mon...

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Non-Custodial Crypto Trading Bots: The Complete Guide for 2026
Apr 09, 2026

Non-Custodial Crypto Trading Bots: The Complete Guide for 2026

Anyone who had money on FTX in 2022 knows the answer to a question almost nobody asked before: Who actually owns my capi...

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The Digital Euro 2026: Infrastructure Reality Over Surveillance Myths
Apr 07, 2026

The Digital Euro 2026: Infrastructure Reality Over Surveillance Myths

Many founders hear the term digital euro and immediately think of state surveillance. They misunderstand the project com...

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The New unCoded Dashboard: Full Transparency for Your Spot Trading Bot
Feb 26, 2026

The New unCoded Dashboard: Full Transparency for Your Spot Trading Bot

The New unCoded Dashboard: Full Transparency for Your Spot Trading Bot Most crypto trading bots operate on the same prin...

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unCoded Roadmap 2026 – Dashboard, Multi-Bot and the Futures Step
Jan 07, 2026

unCoded Roadmap 2026 – Dashboard, Multi-Bot and the Futures Step

The trading bot we want to use ourselves every day If you've been in crypto for a while, you know this feeling: you find...

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30 Days With unCoded: What It Really Feels Like to Let a Bot Trade for You
Nov 25, 2025

30 Days With unCoded: What It Really Feels Like to Let a Bot Trade for You

On paper, trading bots make perfect sense. Markets are volatile. Bots don’t sleep. Algorithms don’t panic-sell at 3 a.m....

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3Commas, Cryptohopper and unCoded – why this Binance trading bot takes a different path
Nov 18, 2025

3Commas, Cryptohopper and unCoded – why this Binance trading bot takes a different path

If you’ve ever googled “crypto trading bot”, you’ve almost certainly run into 3Commas and Cryptohopper. They’re big, fea...

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Why the unCoded Trading Bot Excels – A Nerd’s  Perspective
Nov 18, 2025

Why the unCoded Trading Bot Excels – A Nerd’s Perspective

The unCoded high-frequency trading bot stands out by bringing professional-grade trading techniques into the hands of ev...

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The Beginner’s Guide to Safe Binance Trading Bots (Without Blowing Up Your Account)
Nov 12, 2025

The Beginner’s Guide to Safe Binance Trading Bots (Without Blowing Up Your Account)

If you’ve been around crypto long enough, you’ve seen both sides of trading bots: screenshots of insane profits, and h...

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