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I tested 11 AI models to build a $25,000 trading strategy. The results shocked me.
NexusTrade · AI Bakeoff · April 2026 I tested 11 AI models to build a $25,000 options trading strategy. The results shoc…
April 6, 2026
The Best Agent Harness for Algorithmic Trading
The Best Agent Harness for Algorithmic TradingWhy my trading bot generator BEATS Claude Code and CursorAustin Starks8 mi…
April 1, 2026
How you can use $2,000/month data to build an options trading bot for free
How to deploy a trading strategy with AI. No code required. I’m unfortunately at the stage of my business where I can’…
March 30, 2026
An ex-Jane Street trader told me the secret to AI trading. So I built it.
Episode 2 of the $25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge If you ever watched "The Big Short", you know the type. "My quantita…
March 8, 2026
I’m giving an AI access to my Public trading account. Here’s how you can watch it destroy $25,000
I think I’m a pretty decent trader. I would say my results speak for themselves, but the truth is, I’m still a novice.…
February 28, 2026
I launched 10 AI models to battle for the best trading strategy. The cheaper models won every time.
Claude Opus 4.6 Costs 10x More. It NEVER Beat the S&P500 The first time I ran this experiment, I did not believe the res…
February 25, 2026
I analyzed 140,000 backtests, then built an AI algotrading agent. It’s CRUSHING the market.
I analyzed 140,000 backtests, then built an AI algotrading agent. It’s CRUSHING the market.How I 2x’d the S&P 500 with a…
February 4, 2026
Too many idiots are using OpenClaw to trade. Here’s how to trade with AI the right way
Too many idiots are using OpenClaw to trade. Here’s how to trade with AI the right wayHow to ACTUALLY trade using AI age…
February 3, 2026
Building a lightning-fast highly-configurable Rust-based backtesting system
How I built a no-code backtesting system with millisecond execution speed The first backtesting system I ever built was…
January 19, 2026