#SpotVSFuturesStrategy If you’re manually trading crypto in 2025, you’re either a genius, a masochist, or both—and I respect the hell out of it.

Because let’s be clear: you’re fighting robots. Not cute R2-D2 bots. I mean high-frequency, latency-shaving, arbitrage predators ripping through spot and futures markets 24/7. They see a 0.2% price gap between Binance spot and OKX futures and execute the trade before your Wi-Fi even loads TradingView.

In spot vs. futures trading, bots dominate the boring-but-brilliant stuff—cash-and-carry arbitrage, funding rate harvesting, and perp-spot dislocation scalps. These setups run on speed and precision, and bots are built for both.

But here’s where you come in: bots can’t do nuance. They can’t judge when funding rates are about to flip because retail is panic-long on garbage tokens. They can’t decide to hold spot and not hedge futures because you feel a short squeeze coming.