How I outperformed the market by 700% because of artificial intelligence
Doubling down on my algorithmic trading strategy
Last year, I wrote this article explaining how AI and no-code backtesting tools give retail investors an unprecedented edge.
I likened it to Moody’s Manual, a series of publications on publicly traded stocks. Warren Buffet made his fortune by going through 20,000 pages of these reports, and found value stocks that other people were overlooking.
I claimed that AI is the modern-day Moody’s Manuals, and to prove it, I showcased my portfolio was at $36,382, which was up 49% year-to-date at the time.
My returns last year from Jan 1st 2024 to Oct 1st 2024I now have an update. From Jan 1st 2025 to July 5th 2025, my portfolio is up another 49%. My account is at $56,759 (up 49%) while the S&P 500 is up 6.04%.
A screenshot of my Robinhood accountIn other words, I’m outperforming the market by 700% (8x). Here’s how I did it a second time.
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Using AI to query for stocks with specific fundamentalsBeing a software engineer, I see first-hand the impact that AI is having on the world. Betting on the outperformance of AI stocks, I used NexusTrade to find fundamentally strong stocks within minutes.
The list of stocks retrieved by the AI, which includes NVIDIA, Microsoft, Google, and MetaThe AI searches through fundamental data from EODHD, a high-quality data provider. By doing this, it gets accurate, data-backed answers to financial questions.
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Personally, I chose to invest heavily in Google and NVIDIA. For NVIDIA, it is one of the fastest-growing stocks (of its size) that we have ever seen, with an astounding 40% compound annual growth rate for its revenue. It also has outstanding margins.
For Google, it owns powerhouses within the AI space, including Waymo, it’s self-driving cars, and Gemini, the best andmost cost-effective series of LLMs out there.
But buying and holding these stocks alone wouldn’t have lead to my portfolio’s outperformance.
Nope. I had a much more aggressive trading strategy.
Turning insights into trading strategies
Believing that the overall market would go up this year, but that these AI stocks will do even better, I transformed my stock choices into an aggressive trading strategy by using options.
I bought in-the-money, long-dated call options using 30% of my buying power. I then decided to wait.
I didn’t use indicators or technical analysis. I let time work its magic.
If the overall market went down, then my plan was to double-down slowly using shorter-dated options. At best, I’d like to buy 20% of my buying power in shorter-dated options every week. The market rarely goes straight down, and I could quickly buy and then sell short-dated options to recover my losses.
It is important to note that this strategy is incredibly risky. Even though I backtested similar strategies using leveraged ETFs, what happened in the past may not happen in the future. There is a legitimate chance of financial ruin if the market tanked for long-periods of time, or if I doubled-down too aggressively.
The backtest results of a TQQQ trading strategy with similar rationale – click here to check out the exact trading rulesThe risk is clearly demonstrated earlier this year, when my portfolio was down over 41% year-to-date.
However, I stuck to my trading strategy. Three months later, my account soared to all-time highs.
My account is at $56,754, a 452% increase for all-timeThe best part is that the majority of my portfolio is now in cash. I’m earning 4% APY with Robinhood gold with an account balance that’s more than 4x the initial value.
All of this has been possible due to AI and automation. Thanks NVIDIA!
Concluding Thoughts
I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I cracked the code for a 0-risk trading strategy. But I am doing FAR better than the average investor.
I have boatloads of cash earning risk-free interest, call options in my favorite stocks, and a profitable trading strategy. NexusTrade has given me the ability to turn $10,000 over $56,000. I’m not a savant that’s looking at 30 different indicators. I’m using AI to do the work for me.
The best part is, you can too.
Sit down, use the free app, and learn how to be a data-driven algorithmic trader who earns tens of thousands of dollars.
Or get left behind and continue gambling based on whatever is trending on WallStreetBets.
The choice is up to you.
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