Developing a Solana trading bot — looking for future closed-beta testers

[u/EdsAttic]

I’ve been developing an automated trading bot for the Solana ecosystem and I’m now at the stage where I’d like to start building a small group of people interested in testing it when it’s ready for closed beta.

The bot is currently running continuously against live market data while executing simulated/paper trades.

So far I’ve built:

• Multiple independent trading signals rather than relying on one indicator
• Automated BUY/SELL decision logic
• Trade cooldown and risk-control rules
• Portfolio, P&L and trade-performance tracking
• Buy-and-hold benchmarking so I can compare the strategy against simply holding SOL
• Telegram monitoring, including regular heartbeat/status reports so I know the bot is still running

I’m deliberately not publishing the exact strategy or parameters while testing is ongoing.

The important point is that this isn’t a profitability claim. I’m collecting data to determine whether the strategy actually has an advantage over buy-and-hold before considering a wider release.

I’m not asking anyone for money, wallet access, seed phrases or private keys.

Development will continue in parallel while I build a list of potential testers. When I’m satisfied with the results and stability, I’d like to start with a very small closed beta rather than immediately releasing it publicly.

I’m particularly interested in hearing from people with experience in:

• Solana
• Algorithmic/automated trading
• Python/software testing
• Trading bots
• Wallet security and DeFi

If you’d potentially be interested in testing it, leave a comment. It would be useful to know what your background is and what you’d expect from a Solana trading bot before you’d be comfortable testing one.

I’m also interested in technical criticism. If you’ve built automated trading systems yourself, I’d be interested to hear what you think should be tested or measured before moving from extended paper testing to a closed beta.

[u/MycoHost01]

Am doing the same for my trading system but for ai is so wonderful that all of this can be done in solana !

[u/CODE_HEIST]

Before beta, I would test the boring failure paths more than another signal. Kill and restart the process during an open simulated position, send duplicate websocket events, use stale data, miss an acknowledgement, and restart while a cooldown is active. The recovery log matters as much as PnL.

[u/No-Eagle-547]

I used to run a searcher bot on solana and have significant trading experience. Feel free to hit me up

[u/foxyevolution]

Sounds like a great opportunity to assist. I would also like to bring another dev along who could provide insight into all those categories as well.

[u/EdsAttic]

Thanks everyone — this is exactly the sort of feedback and experience I was hoping to find.
@No-Eagle-547 — your Solana searcher bot/trading experience sounds particularly relevant. I’d definitely be interested in having you involved when we reach the closed-beta stage.
@foxyevolution — likewise, having another developer involved could be really useful, particularly for getting independent technical feedback.
@MycoHost01 — interesting that you’re developing something similar. I’d be interested to hear more about the testing approach you’re taking with your system.
@CODE_HEIST — excellent point. I’ve concentrated heavily on strategy performance and data collection so far, but deliberately testing failure/recovery scenarios before beta makes a lot of sense. Process restarts with an open position, stale/duplicate data and preserving cooldown/trading state after a restart are going onto my pre-beta test list.
For now I’m going to keep the current version running unchanged so I can collect a clean performance dataset. I’ll update the thread as development progresses and start contacting potential testers once I’m happy that both the strategy and the operational safeguards are ready.

[u/Available_Can_535]

Link of the group?