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The NexusTrade Blog
AI, finance, and the intersection between the two.
How the real platform is built
Two companion essays. Read the trading system first, then the agent that runs on it. Junior to senior, with interactive maps of the live NexusTrade architecture.
August 29, 2026
01 · The platform
How to Design an Algorithmic Trading System: Junior to Senior
System design guide · NexusTrade case study How to Design an Algorithmic Trading System Start with the smallest trading…
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02 · The agent
How to Design an AI Trading Bot: Junior to Senior
AI agent system design · production case study How to Design an AI Trading Bot: Junior to Senior Aurora is the NexusTrad…
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I used OpenAI's brand new O3-mini model to create a trading strategy. It's DESTROYING the market
I used OpenAI's brand new O3-mini model to create a trading strategy. It's DESTROYING the marketYou can copy this strate…
February 1, 2025
OpenAI is BACK in the AI race. A side-by-side comparison between DeepSeek R1 and OpenAI o3-mini
For the entire month of January, I’ve been an OpenAI hater. I’ve repeatedly and publicly slammed them. I talked extensi…
February 1, 2025
Don’t Be an Idiot and Sell NVIDIA Because of DeepSeek. You Will Regret It
If you haven’t been living under a rock this weekend, you know that China shocked the AI world with its unveiling of Dee…
January 27, 2025
The Chinese OBLITERATED OpenAI. A side-by-side comparison of DeepSeek R1 vs OpenAI O1 for Finance
Before today, I thought the OpenAI O1 model was the best thing to happen to the field of AI since ChatGPT. The O1 famil…
January 21, 2025
TikTok is now BANNED! Here’s how to make a profit from this.
Over 170M people impacted; here's how to invest As of 11:23 PM EST, TikTok has officially been banned in the United Stat…
January 19, 2025
You deserve to fail if you use ChatGPT for financial research. Here’s how to use AI the right way.
People that claim that language models are ineffective at financial research are being intentionally obtuse. And no, I’…
January 17, 2025
You’ve missed ALL of the best stock moves this year. Here’s how to never miss a trade again.
There are over 4,000 US stocks. And in your arrogance, you think you can watch them all. Or worse. You keep your eyes o…
January 17, 2025
I’m building an algorithmic copy trading platform. Here is the subscription-income idea
I’m building an algorithmic copy trading platform. Here is the subscription-income idea Austin Starks5 min readNancy Pel…
January 13, 2025
Stop Whining About Losing Money In The Stock Market — It’s Your Fault
“Wall Street laughing at retail losing all of their money” Here’s what I CANNOT stop seeing on Reddit. Wake up whe…
January 12, 2025