How I developed a visual interface for building crypto trading bots

I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of trading bots and the prospect of automating and streamlining a trading strategy. So much so that I decided to build a cryptocurrency trading bot platform with a small team a few years ago.

When we started, one thing was pretty clear to us. Most algorithmic crypto trading bot platforms out there fall into one of two categories:

• They’re incredibly unintuitive to use.
• They’ve been overly simplified.

I remember trying to build a simple multi-asset DCA strategy on one of the leading tools at the time. The interface was cluttered with so many buttons, knobs, and configuration options that it felt more like the control panel of Apollo 11 than a setup page for a basic trading strategy.

It felt like I needed to pass an intensive 12-week programme, complete with g-force resistance tests, just to be allowed on the page.

That was just not good enough, and after some thinking, I broke the problem down into two parts: only the relevant configuration options should be visible at any time, and the entire logical flow should be easy to understand.

After several prototypes and concepts, I decided to transform a linear form-like builder to a whiteboard-style interface, similar to the likes of Miro.

I am excited to say that after many hours of working on it, the Visual Builder is finally live…