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This section holds four kinds of article: how to troubleshoot Binance API errors, how to set key permissions and stop-losses, how to tell when AI is making things up, and worked examples of evaluation and review methods. The data in the method examples is hypothetical and labeled as such in each article.

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2026-10-17 Troubleshooting

Fix Binance API -1013 Filter Failure (LOT_SIZE, NOTIONAL)

-1013 means Binance turned the order away at the API layer. The name after Filter failure is the check that failed; small buys can miss NOTIONAL after rounding.

2026-09-23 Troubleshooting

Binance API Error -1021: Fix Timestamp Outside recvWindow

Binance Spot API error -1021 has two messages: timestamp 1000ms ahead, or outside recvWindow. See how the server checks it and what to rule out, in order.

2026-09-17 Testnet

Binance Spot Testnet: Test AI-Written Trading Scripts First

Testnet funds are virtual, only /api endpoints exist, and everything is wiped roughly once a month without notice. Checked against AI-written code: swapping endpoints, flagging what never gets tested, reading filters from exchangeInfo, and a checklist before going live.

2026-09-02 Risk

Use AI to Set Stop-Loss and Risk Limits, Not to Trade

An AI is good at turning your risk tolerance into a concrete parameter table, and bad at pressing the button — it has no live book, no view of your whole position, and no stake in the outcome. Order-type mechanics, a three-part prompt skeleton, and the three mistakes that show up most.

2026-08-24 Security

Binance API Key for AI: Read-Only Is All You Need

If AI only reads your account, it only needs a read-only key: the three permission tiers, what a leak of each actually costs you, IP whitelists, and the withdrawal-permission trap.

2026-05-22 Don'ts

7 Things Never to Ask AI for Trading

Seven ways of using AI that tend to lose money: asking it to predict prices, pick coins, size leverage. Most come with a hypothetical example, plus why AI shouldn't be used that way and what to do instead.

2026-05-22 Detection

How to Spot When AI Is Wrong · 5 Telltale Signals

Five signals that an AI is making things up: an overconfident answer with no preconditions; precise numbers with vague sources; contradictory answers when you ask the same question again; an instant reversal when you push back; citations of indicators or reports that don't exist.

2026-05-15 Signal checks

Grok and X Trading Signals: Three Misreads to Check

Before treating X activity as a trading signal, check clustered promotion, quote context and primary sources. Three examples are hypothetical, not live tests.

2026-05-12 Review method

How to Review 100 Binance Auto-Invest Trades Over 60 Days (Illustrative Case)

A set of hypothetical data used to show how to read a per-basket table, how to attribute the 10 worst trades, and which rows to look at when comparing two baskets.

2026-05-05 Evaluation method

AI Auto-Execution vs Manual Orders: A 30-Day Evaluation Method

Compare AI auto-execution and manual orders over 30 days with frozen rules, real order logs, slippage, fees, failures, and paired net PnL. No account experiment was run.

2026-04-25 Due diligence

AI-Assisted Rug-Pull Checks: An Evidence-First Workflow

An evidence-first workflow for AI-assisted rug-pull checks: contract powers, liquidity, holders, audits, claims, sources, snapshots, and human verification.

2026-04-15 Testing method

Is ChatGPT Accurate on BTC? How to Test Direction Calls

How to evaluate ChatGPT BTC direction calls: freeze inputs and labels, then read a confusion matrix, a predeclared baseline, and source checks. The 200-record example is synthetic, not a model test.

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