When I kicked off my 1.5K to 100K challenge, my plan was simple: copy smart money wallet trades document the journey, and post updates daily.

Unfortunately, I got hit with a sickness that threw everything off. I couldn’t execute or post as planned—but I still worked on the challenge as much as possible.

The First Days Didn’t Go as Planned 📉

I started by tracking and copying 4-5 highly profitable wallets, believing that mirroring successful traders would yield similar results.

Reality check after 5 days

It was nearly impossible to execute consistently.

  • Doing it manually was chaotic—by the time I saw a trade, checked liquidity, and executed, I was often late.

  • Plus, time zones were a huge problem too.

  • On top of that, even profitable wallets have losing streaks.

After 4 days, I was down ~40%. Clearly, this approach wasn’t sustainable.

Rethinking the Strategy

I took a step back and started analyzing what was going wrong.

It became clear that manually copy-trading was inefficient—not only because of execution speed but also because a significant number of trades went sideways. I needed a better system.

The obvious solution? A bot. Especially since I have been developing bots earlier.

Building a Bot from Scratch

After researching existing solutions, I quickly realized that none of them fit my needs. Most bots were either too basic, too slow, or lacked key filtering/customization mechanisms.

At the same time, I started brainstorming new trading approaches beyond just copy-trading wallets.

So, while being stuck in bed, I did what any obsessed crypto freak with coding knowledge would do: I started building my own bot.

For the past three weeks, I’ve been focused on:

✔️ Designing a system that can track, filter, and execute trades in real time.

✔️ Developing custom filters to avoid bad trades.

✔️ Testing different trading strategies beyond just copying wallets.

What’s Next?

I’m currently in the testing phase, fine-tuning execution speed, risk management, and overall performance.

In fact, I already ran into and fixed tons of bugs I’ve never thought about (especially in terms of on-chain execution).

In my next post, I’ll share more details about how the bot works and its features.

Disclaimer

To be clear: This post is NOT about selling or advertising the bot or offering any services around it. I’m not making it public, nor will I charge for access.

This is simply a raw insight into my journey—what worked, what didn’t, and how I adapted along the way.

Let’s see where this new approach takes me. 🚀