INSIGHTS

How Enigma works, under the hood.

Technical explainers written for self-directed traders who want the mechanics, not the marketing. No advice, no predictions — just how each piece of the terminal actually behaves.

01 · Engine mechanics

How Genesis backtesting works.

A walk-through of the Enigma backtester: how fills are modelled at each bar's close, how fees and leverage are applied, what the output metrics actually measure, and how the coordinate-descent optimiser works.

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02 · Research views

What a liquidation heatmap actually shows.

The heatmap overlays coloured bands on the chart that estimate where long and short liquidation clusters sit. Here is what goes into that estimate, what the colour-brightness scale means, and — importantly — what the heatmap is not.

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03 · Trust & safety

How Enigma's custody model works.

Enigma never holds your funds. Your exchange keeps custody; Enigma only ever sees API keys — encrypted at rest, decrypted in memory at the moment you instruct an order. Here is what that means in practice, and how to harden your key hygiene.

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