Independent experiment2026
AP3 · Financial astrology
Astro
Double-check the astrology before a directional bet.
- Role
- Design in Figma · built with Codex
- Medium
- Responsive web app
- Prototype
- BuiltRead-only working prototype
DeFi product work by Connor Lee
Astro, project 1 of 9
UX experiment Financial astrology plugin · 2026
Astro
Astro brings financial astrology into a trading workspace as an optional second look before a directional bet. The plugin compares lunar configurations with historical market behavior, makes the evidence inspectable, and keeps the decision with the user. A historical association is not a forecast; inconclusive evidence is a valid result.
Working prototype · simulation only
Problem
Traders interested in financial astrology need a way to double-check timing before a directional bet and see whether the historical evidence supports the reading.
Approach
Make astrology an optional plugin beside the market and order book. Compare lunar configurations with historical returns, expose the sample and baseline, and keep research separate from human approval.
Working prototype
I designed the components in Figma, then built the workspace with Codex: a responsive, read-only research tool with Robinhood spot quotes, public Lighter depth, Coinbase history, and a deterministic lunar study with inspectable evidence. Model-generated analysis is not connected in the public build. No clear tendency and insufficient evidence are complete product states; trade execution is disabled.2,3,4
Selected artifacts
Product & process.
Product states, decisions, and the system behind them.
A financial astrology check, inside your market workspace.
Historical evidence → Market validation → Human decisionThe connection
Robinhood market integration.
Astro requests current spot bid and ask prices from Robinhood Crypto’s Trading API through a server-side, read-only connection. Validated quotes provide market context alongside separate historical and order-book data.
- Robinhood Crypto
- Current spot bid / ask
- Coinbase
- Historical candles
- Lighter
- Perpetual markets & order book
Public workspace: account access and order placement are disabled.
Robinhood API documentation01 The interaction
Plug in.
Keep your place.
Double-check financial astrology before a directional bet. Activate the plugin, inspect the historical evidence, then return to the same market and order book.
MARKETS · LIGHTER
SOL SelectedBTCETHHYPESUI
AppsSOL / USDSpot
FROZEN HISTORYCoinbase Exchange · Daily candles · Historical snapshot
1D42 daysPrice & volume
2026-08-28 → 2026-10-08UTC
Selected market stays in place.
Current holdingNOT CONNECTED
SOL / USD —
SOL-PERPLighter
9 Oct capture
Order Book
PriceQuantity · SOL
109.902363.960
109.901183.240
109.899182.023
109.89890.993
Captured depth
109.8590.623
109.858105.431
109.857361.477
109.85691.028
Perpetual depth.
Separate from spot research.
Research & review
ONE WORKSPACE.
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
Double-check
the timing.
Bring the lunar study into view without leaving your market. Frozen market context · Research outcomes are separate examples
Browser-rendered motion · Crisp at any sizeAstro off · Your market stays in place
A motion reconstruction of the working interface. Captured outcomes retain their original figures; bullish and caution show interface behavior with no measured result.
References & further reading
- 01Astro workspace
AP3 · 2026
The live prototype: market reads and the lunar study, with account access and order placement disabled.
- 02Robinhood Crypto Trading API (opens in a new tab)
Robinhood
The source of Astro's current spot bid and ask quotes, read server-side.
- 03
- 04Get product candles (opens in a new tab)
Coinbase Exchange API
The historical candles behind the lunar study.