Dive into the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency trading with the Insilico Terminal Podcast, the ultimate audio companion for traders of all levels. Hosted by the team behind Insilico Terminal - the high-performance, user-friendly platform. We bring you expert insights, market analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the crypto trenches.
Each episode features in-depth discussions on trading-strategies, execution tips, emerging trends in crypto, and exclusive interviews with top traders, builders, and industry innovators. Tune in for actionable advice, real-time market breakdowns, and the latest updates on Terminal's advanced features.
Kieran Duff on building a one-person systematic trading desk
Kieran Duff, systematic portfolio manager and Head of UK Growth at Darwinex, joins Sokio to talk about running a multi-strategy book across FX, metals and indices, built and managed on his own. We get into why he quit discretionary trading, how he turns any idea into a backtest (including a Friday-red, Monday-long S&P system he dropped because it had no capacity), what BOJ intervention did to a long-running USD/JPY breakout strategy, and the incubator and governor layer that decide which trades actually reach the market. Plus: moving everything to market orders with spread and slippage filters, how Darwinex works, splitting orders to raise capacity, CFDs vs futures and A/B-book brokers, his one-loss-a-day rule, and why new traders should let the data build the thesis.
00:00 Intro and his path into trading
08:41 Why he went fully systematic
18:33 Regime change and a USD/JPY breakout
23:30 The incubator and the governor layer
30:01 Execution filters and raising capital
38:26 Scaling capacity with futures and order splitting
43:49 CFDs, futures and A/B-book brokers
48:50 Correlation limits and one loss a day
53:38 Advice for new systematic traders
24 Sept 2026
Finding the Trades Institutions Won't Touch | DegentradingLSD
DegentradingLSD joins Sokio to talk about going from options market making in TradFi to trading crypto, starting with a flat Deribit vol surface and the GBTC discount during the Genesis unwind. We get into why keeping money is harder than making it, how much cash to hold, and why half or quarter Kelly is easier to live with than full Kelly. He explains why he thinks retail's edge sits in trades institutions can't or won't take, why crypto has stopped moving as one market, how he reads rate hikes against the AI capex boom, and why the same ticker on two venues isn't always the same trade. Plus: private inference and privacy, Zcash's locked-up supply, where perp DEXs and crypto options go from here, and his outlook into the midterms.
00:00 Intro and Finding an Edge in Crypto
08:21 The GBTC Discount Trade
15:33 Keeping Cash and Managing Risk
19:42 Why Crypto Isn't Moving Together
26:15 Rates, Liquidity and the AI Trade
35:26 Equity Perps and Choosing Your Venue
42:19 The AI Race and Privacy
47:08 Zcash, Supply and Crypto Narratives
53:11 Perp DEXs and Crypto Options
01:00:01 Market Outlook Into the Midterms
17 Sept 2026
Why Even Quant Traders Need Discretion | QuantXBT
QuantXBT joins Sokio to discuss building a crypto HFT business, finding his first BitMEX–Binance arbitrage, and why JavaScript wasn't the bottleneck people expected. We cover shrinking edges, the move toward mid-frequency trading, exchange risk, collecting market data, and the role of discretion in automated systems. He also explains why forced trading creates opportunities and why being right about an asset isn't enough to make money trading it.
00:00 Intro and Early Crypto Trading
05:55 Finding the First Arbitrage Edge
11:31 Running HFT in JavaScript
19:17 Finding Edge Across Exchanges
25:19 Consistent Returns and Hidden Risks
33:53 Research, Automation and In-House Data
38:14 Quant vs. Discretionary Trading
45:29 Volatility, Forced Trading and Finding Edge
51:33 Bitcoin Conviction and Why Altcoins Fail
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