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Flat illustration of an old API key being rotated out and a new key locking into a broker lock

Essentials

Rotate and Revoke Broker API Keys: A Safety Checklist

Creating a broker API key is the easy part. Knowing when to rotate it, how to revoke it cleanly, and what to do if a key leaks is what keeps an automated account safe.

Sep 27, 2026·4 min read

01Markets

Pips and Lots on OANDA: Sizing an Automated Forex Bot

Pips measure distance, units measure exposure, and the gap between them is where most forex bots get their risk wrong. A practical breakdown for automated trading on OANDA.

Sep 18, 2026·4 min read

02Markets

Pattern Day Trader Rule: What Stock Trading Bots Must Know

A bot that never skips a signal can burn through the pattern day trader limit in two days. Here is how the rule works and four practical ways to design an automated stock strategy around it.

Sep 7, 2026·4 min read

03Risk

Scaling Up Bot Size: How to Add Risk After Going Live

Going live at full size is the fastest way to pay tuition. Here is a staged approach to raising a bot's position size, with clear evidence gates and a rule for scaling back down.

Sep 5, 2026·4 min read

04Essentials

Connect Binance in Two Minutes: No Secrets, No Withdrawals

Binance now keeps ordinary API keys read-only unless you whitelist server IPs by hand. The self-generated key flow skips all of that: algomax creates the key pair, you paste the public half into Binance, and no secret ever changes hands. Here is the whole setup, screenshot by screenshot.

Sep 1, 2026·4 min read