Killing the Black Box: Why I Open-Sourced My Strategy Analysis Engine
A month after launching my strategy analysis engine, I hit a wall of skepticism. While some users loved the integrations, others were blunt: "How do I know these numbers are real? Is there some bac...

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A month after launching my strategy analysis engine, I hit a wall of skepticism. While some users loved the integrations, others were blunt: "How do I know these numbers are real? Is there some backend 'magic' inflating the results?" In my previous articles, I covered how to integrate strategy analysis with Freqtrade and Octobot. Those integrations were well-received, but they also triggered a lot of questions about what's happening 'under the hood'. In trading, anything hidden is a red flag. If it happens on the backend and the user can't see the logic, it's a Black Box. And nobody trusts their capital to a black box. To solve this, I've moved the entire calculation core to a public monorepo. Now, the same code that powers my UI and bot integrations is available for anyone to audit or use. The Kiploks Engine The kiploks/engine is a set of npm packages under the Apache 2.0 license. It's not just a part of the system, it is the math behind it. What's inside: @kiploks/engine-contracts: S