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BitGet Martingale Bot: Why I Don’t Use It
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BitGet Martingale Bot: Why I Don’t Use It

AlanJune 15, 2026

BitGet Martingale bot explained. The doubling-down strategy, the gambler’s ruin maths, when it works, and why it eventually wipes most users.

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20 min read
BitGet Futures Grid Bot: When to Actually Use It
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BitGet Futures Grid Bot: When to Actually Use It

AlanJune 11, 2026

BitGet futures grid bot walkthrough. Leverage settings, funding rate impact, liquidation buffers, and when a futures grid beats a spot grid.

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21 min read
How to Backtest a Crypto Trading Bot
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How to Backtest a Crypto Trading Bot

AlanMay 29, 2026

How to backtest a crypto trading bot honestly. Tools, common pitfalls (overfitting, look-ahead bias, survivorship bias), and the process I follow.

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21 min read
Yield Farming Explained (and Why It’s Risky)
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Yield Farming Explained (and Why It’s Risky)

AlanMay 29, 2026

Yield farming explained: how DeFi protocols pay you yields, where the yield comes from, impermanent loss, smart contract risk, and why I prefer simpler products.

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22 min read
BitGet Shark Fin: Structured Product Walkthrough
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BitGet Shark Fin: Structured Product Walkthrough

AlanMay 29, 2026

Shark Fin is a capital-protected structured product with capped yield. Bullish vs bearish variants, real numbers, the payoff diagram, and when to skip it entirely.

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17 min read
BitGet Dual Investment: How It Works (and Risks)
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BitGet Dual Investment: How It Works (and Risks)

AlanMay 29, 2026

Dual Investment is high-APY yield with conditional asset conversion. Worked examples, buy-low vs sell-high modes, why it’s a covered call in disguise, and when to skip.

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21 min read
BitGet Coin-M Futures and Delivery Contracts Explained
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BitGet Coin-M Futures and Delivery Contracts Explained

AlanMay 29, 2026

What BitGet Coin-M futures are, how inverse perpetuals work, the maths on PnL in BTC, delivery contracts, funding rates, and the mistakes to avoid.

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19 min read

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What is the Dollar Debasement Trade? Bitcoin, Debt, and Why the Thesis Broke

Alan SpicerSeptember 15, 2026

What is the Japanese Yen Carry Trade? A Plain-English Explainer

Alan SpicerSeptember 15, 2026

What is the Clarity Act? A Plain-English Explainer

Alan SpicerSeptember 15, 2026

Crypto Trading for Beginners: The Honest Roadmap

AlanAugust 9, 2026

How Long Does It Take to Learn Crypto Trading?

AlanAugust 8, 2026

Crypto Trading vs Investing: Which Is Right for You?

AlanAugust 7, 2026

About Crypto Rookie 101

Crypto Rookie 101 is run by Alan Spicer, a retail crypto trader who's been in the space since 2020. He's contributed work alongside Coin Bureau and Crypto Banter — two of the largest crypto channels on YouTube — and is part of the Trade Travel Chill trading community.

The site exists to give beginners and intermediate traders honest, useful crypto content from someone who's actually placed the trades. Nothing here is financial advice.

More of Alan's work: alanspicer.com

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  • What is the Dollar Debasement Trade? Bitcoin, Debt, and Why the Thesis Broke
  • What is the Japanese Yen Carry Trade? A Plain-English Explainer
  • What is the Clarity Act? A Plain-English Explainer
  • Crypto Trading for Beginners: The Honest Roadmap
  • How Long Does It Take to Learn Crypto Trading?
  • Crypto Trading vs Investing: Which Is Right for You?
  • Crypto Trading Mistakes Beginners Make (and How to Avoid Them)
  • Crypto Trading Journal: What to Log and Why It Changes Everything
  • Crypto Trading Position Sizing: The 1% Rule and How to Actually Apply It
  • How to Set Stop Losses in Crypto Trading
Crypto Rookie 101 is part of the Jigsaw Northstar Network — Founded by Alan Spicer.