Insilico Terminal Podcast Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 3 - Alucard
Sep 25, 2025
Explore Alucard's journey from DJ to trader, including his lessons from early mistakes and market turbulence. Discover insights on high-frequency trading, risk management, and the DEX landscape. Alucard shares strategies like order flow analysis and mean reversion, and discusses the evolution of trading from scalps to swings. He also highlights the advantages of delta-neutral yields and how to navigate DEX inefficiencies. Gain valuable advice for newcomers and learn how persistence can lead to trading success.
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APIs Fuel HFT Growth
- Good APIs and on-chain DEX infrastructure enabled Alucard's HFT ramp up and inventory growth.
- He credits Hyperliquid's tooling for materially changing how he traded on DEXs.
Multi-Tool Orderflow Edge
- Alucard combines sentiment (Xpro), advanced orderflow (Exo) and 'spaghetti' charts to find trade edges.
- He uses delta clusters and volume levels to detect exhaustion, absorption and best entry points.
Adapt Entries To Changing Flows
- Enter with a best-possible level, then adapt quickly if market flows change.
- If an entry becomes invalid, cut it without ego and treat the position duration flexibly.