Trading & Kimchi-Premium Monitoring Bots

Built with AI: bots that track crypto prices and the Korea premium (kimchi premium) and alert via Telegram

Experiment

2024.12 – 2025.01 (kimchi-premium bots) · 2026.02 – 04 (trading bots) / Solo (AI as the team) / Server / bot

Problem: Watching crypto prices and the kimchi premium by hand is inefficient.
My role: Planning · directing AI to build
Stack: Python · requests · pandas · Flask · Telegram Bot API

Results

Real-time alerts delivered automatically: Telegram; Real-time alerts delivered automatically
Monitors domestic vs overseas price gaps: Kimp tracking; Monitors domestic vs overseas price gaps

Idea / Problem

Watching crypto prices — and the gap between Korean and overseas exchanges (the "kimchi premium") — by hand is inefficient. I built a bot that detects changes automatically and alerts via Telegram.

The Plan & Bar I Set + Directing AI

Bar: alert through Telegram (already in use) instead of a separate app/dashboard; if the bot stops, alerts stop, so run it always-on with Docker. I planned the pipeline — price/kimp collection, condition checks, alerts — and directed AI step by step.

Results

Collects prices and kimp and sends automatic Telegram alerts when conditions are met
Iterated across several versions (v2 includes the Docker setup)

Where It Got Stuck & How I Resolved It

After an early loss from over-trusting trade logic, I adopted a principle: explain the impact and get confirmation before changing anything. I still apply it when directing AI on my other projects.

Retrospective

Small in scale, but it taught me both the value of automation and that "auto-trading demands caution." I now use it only for information gathering and alerts, not automated trading.

Note: A personal, experimental project — a supporting example of Python automation and server operations.