Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 3 - Alucard

Alucard shares his journey from early mistakes and risk lessons through bull & bear markets, into HFT, orderflow, and mean reversion strategies—plus insights on DEX growth, delta-neutral yields, and advice for newcomers.

00:00 Background, getting into crypto, early mistakes and lessons

07:00 Bull & Bear experiences, learning risk management, Luna, FTX

10:30 Moving into HFT, latency/arb focus, division of engineering vs strategy 

18:06 Trading strategies, mean reversion, orderflow 

23:00 When scalps become swings; liquidation lines, trench sizing; avoid true bagholding

27:00 From years lurking to posting himself, Bunker/mentors, how he filters real signal

34:39  Current DEX landscape, latency, maintenance margin, UX, why DEX share grows 

51:10 Delta-neutral yields, cross-venue spreads, advice to newcomers

Follow Alucard: https://x.com/AlucardTrades