The idea behind Hummingbot is to provide a customizable and user-friendly open-source trading bot for various cryptocurrency exchanges. The bot can improve trading efficiency, reduce price volatility, and provide market liquidity. It supports various trading strategies such as arbitrage and market making and offers advanced features like backtesting, risk management tools, and cross-exchange market making.
Hummingbot does has its limitations, including network latency, exchange downtime, and some paid features. It has a trading volume of over 100 million dollars a day and supports connections to tier 1 CEXs and DEXs such as Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, dYdX, and Uniswap. Additionally, there is limited information about its performance or its shortcomings.
Overall, I give Hummingbot 4 stars. While it has some impressive features, it is not clear what sets it apart from other bots, and more information is needed to assess its performance and limitations. Show Less