u/TusharPurani

Hey everyone,

I’ve spent the last few months developing and live-testing a rule-based crypto trading bot. It uses an equal-allocation strategy across a basket of assets and executes completely automatically. It's been live for about two months now and the results have been great (up around 11%+ with a really solid hit rate), and it’s compounding nicely.

Now that the logic is solid, I'm looking into commercializing it, but I’m totally new to the business and legal side of software distribution. The code is 100% legit, but I want to make sure I don't accidentally walk into an operational nightmare.

For anyone who has successfully monetized a bot or built a crypto SaaS, what are the absolute main things I need to take care of? Specifically trying to figure out:

The Legal Structure (Software vs. Management): Is it safer to sell it as a downloadable script/compiled program, or run it centrally as a web app where users connect their own API keys? I want to avoid accidentally crossing the line into an investment advisory or triggering VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) licensing laws.

IP & Logic Protection: If I end up distributing the software directly to users, what are the best practices to prevent people from just reverse-engineering the code or stealing the underlying strategy?

Disclaimers & Liability: What kind of terms of service/disclaimers do I need to protect myself? The strategy works great right now, but we all know market conditions change. How do you legally insulate yourself from users complaining about slippage, execution lag, or a random market flash crash?

Infrastructure Scaling: If I go the API-connected SaaS route, how do you handle scaling multiple users simultaneously without hitting exchange rate limits or getting flagged for coordinated trading patterns?

Would love any advice, hard lessons learned, or resources you guys could share. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

I recently built a custom spot-swing trading algorithm that analyzes 400 days of macro historical price movements for and exits. I deployed it for some friends in the US and Canada via exchange APIs, and it cleared 10%+ this month with zero losing trades on spot.

I’ve been trying to run it extensively locally, but I hit a massive roadblock: Malaysia’s token selection is tiny.

Even with Luno's recent listings bringing their total to around 52 coins, it completely pales in comparison to the US market, where traders have access to 700+ coins. This severely limits the sandbox my algo can scan for optimal structural setups.

For other local algorithmic or quant traders here:

How are you navigating the low liquidity and limited trading pairs on local order books without hitting compliance issues?

Do you think the Securities Commission's framework will ever allow local exchanges to fully scale up their pairs, or are we structurally limited for the long haul?

Would love to hear how other local devs are navigating these constraints!