Blog
From the Aurono team
Updates on what we're building, and thoughts on trading the right way.
June 2, 2026
DCA is the floor, not the ceiling
Dollar-cost averaging is the right answer for most people, most of the time. Here's the question it can't quite answer.
May 28, 2026
Profit isn't profit until you take it
A buy strategy without a sell strategy is half a strategy. Why selling is the harder half — and what a real sell rule looks like.
May 26, 2026
The spreadsheet I don't open anymore
For years, the moment my salary hit the account I raced to the laptop with a prepared spreadsheet, deposited, and fired fifteen orders before the market 'moved away from me'. The Rebalancer ended that ritual.
May 21, 2026
At the kitchen table with Ruud — three months in
A conversation about algorithms, late-night notifications, and why he bought more during the crash.
May 19, 2026
Something in between
I wanted to look at graphs less and be with the people I love more. Day trading wasn't for me. Pure DCA didn't feel right either. The gap in between is what I built.
May 14, 2026
From PoC to Start: a few weeks with our first beta testers
A reflection on installing Aurono Start at our first five beta testers, migrating their PoC strategies through the Lab, and the quiet moment when the work started to feel real.
May 12, 2026
What 'liquidity' actually means for your Aurono strategy
Some coin pairs are deeper than others. Understanding why — and what that means for your trade size, your triggers, and your exchange choice.
May 3, 2026
How we choose which exchanges Aurono works with
Not every exchange belongs in Aurono. Here's how we evaluate partners and why we believe curation builds more trust than openness.
April 26, 2026
Why we chose local-first over SaaS
We could scale faster with a cloud platform. Here's why we build software that runs on your device instead.
April 25, 2026
Why most trading bots are subscription traps
How recurring revenue quietly pushes trading bot platforms toward behaviors that hurt the users they're supposed to help.
April 19, 2026
Understanding your average cost basis
What average cost basis is, why Aurono tracks it, and how it protects you from selling at a loss — even when you're not watching.
April 16, 2026
From setup to your first trade story — Aurono's new onboarding and trade transparency
A guided wizard takes you from exchange connection to running strategy in minutes. And when trades happen, click any trade to read the full story — in plain language.
April 12, 2026
Open source where it matters
Why Aurono's decision engine is open source, why the UI isn't, and why this builds more trust than going fully open.
April 9, 2026
Stop missing buying opportunities — introducing the Capital Rebalancer
A new Lab tool that shows you which strategies are stuck without capital and where idle money is sitting. Move it in two clicks.
April 7, 2026
Bitvavo, Kraken, and Coinbase compared — a fact-based look at the three exchanges Aurono supports
Fees, regulation, security, and EUR support — how the three exchanges Aurono works with compare on the things that actually matter for automated trading.
April 5, 2026
Protecting your strategies — Part 2: timeframes, stacking, and stress-testing
How to use timeframe stacking, multi-strategy diversification, and Aurono Lab to build a crash-ready strategy portfolio tested against real black swan events.
March 29, 2026
What happens while you sleep
A look at what Aurono does overnight — evaluating markets, executing trades, and managing your portfolio while you're not watching.
March 22, 2026
Protecting your strategies in volatile markets
How to configure your Aurono strategies to survive a crash, preserve capital, and be ready to harvest the volatility when markets recover.
March 15, 2026
March 2026 update — the execution engine is complete
A progress update on Aurono Start: the execution engine works end-to-end, the Strategy Lab is live, and early access is getting closer.
March 8, 2026
Why rule-based trading beats emotional trading
Emotional decisions cost traders money. Here's why defining your rules upfront — and automating their execution — leads to more consistent results.
March 5, 2026
Built for people who don't trade
Aurono isn't a trading platform. It's an investment tool for people who have better things to do than watch charts.
March 1, 2026
Welcome to Aurono — and why we're building it
We're opening the waitlist for Aurono, a platform that lets you define trading rules and have them executed automatically. Here's what we're building and what to expect.
February 15, 2026
How Aurono Start is built — architecture for trust
A look inside Aurono Start's technical architecture: how a small local device runs a full execution engine with encrypted credentials, event sourcing, and exchange isolation.
February 1, 2026
The Aurono roadmap — from execution tool to execution infrastructure
A five-phase roadmap that starts with local crypto execution and grows into a general-purpose execution layer for personal capital.
January 15, 2026
Why we're building Aurono — and what we believe
Aurono exists because we believe that if software can move money, it must be locally controlled, fully inspectable, and incentive-aligned.