https://liquidmind.cloud/landing/blog Build-in-public from the founder of LiquidMind. Trade post-mortems, engineering notes on AI trading systems, and category theses. en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://liquidmind.cloud/web-app-manifest-512x512.png https://liquidmind.cloud/landing/blog https://liquidmind.cloud/landing/blog/june-2026-retrospective https://liquidmind.cloud/landing/blog/june-2026-retrospective Every trade LiquidMind's engine has taken since inception — Feb 16 to Jun 30, 2026 — audited in full. +49.8% ROI, a -22% drawdown, a 12-trade losing streak, and what the numbers actually say about the edge. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT transparency retrospective performance drawdown smart-money-concepts algotrading transparency https://liquidmind.cloud/landing/blog/poi-state-machine-build-in-public https://liquidmind.cloud/landing/blog/poi-state-machine-build-in-public The POI tracker started with one boolean: is_active. At 200 zones across multiple timeframes, it imploded. Here's how I replaced it with a 7-state machine where every transition has an explicit trigger — and where BLOCKED is a first-class concept, not a collision bug. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT engineering state machine POI architecture Python build-in-public determinism Redis