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I accidentally increased my backtesting speed by 99.9%. Here’s how.
Backtesting

I accidentally increased my backtesting speed by 99.9%. Here’s how.

100 Backtests in 300 Milliseconds. No, that’s not a typo. Austin Starks Austin Starks 11 min read · Sep 11, 2025 Read t…

September 11, 2025

An AI Agent created this trading strategy autonomously with one prompt. It’s up $3,430 in the past year
AI & Automation

An AI Agent created this trading strategy autonomously with one prompt. It’s up $3,430 in the past year

This technology will UPEND trading forever When I first told my twin brother about my algorithmic trading agent, he loo…

August 30, 2025

I am building Aurora, the world's only truly Autonomous Algorithmic Trading Agent
Platform Updates

I am building Aurora, the world's only truly Autonomous Algorithmic Trading Agent

Building an Orchestrating AI Agent for Advanced Financial Research and Analysis When I was a software engineer at Oscar…

August 19, 2025

I tested Mswing, “the one indicator to rule them all”. It didn’t work.
Backtesting

I tested Mswing, “the one indicator to rule them all”. It didn’t work.

A Cautionary Tale to Doubt What You Read Online I came across this Medium article about a technical indicator dubbed Ms…

August 16, 2025

How I used this well-known technical indicator to beat the market by more than 100%
Trading Strategies

How I used this well-known technical indicator to beat the market by more than 100%

How to use the Simple Moving Average to Outperform the Market I saw a "TikTok guru" make an outrageous claim. And it tur…

August 15, 2025

GPT-5 Mini is the BEST AI Model for Complex Reasoning Tasks
Research

GPT-5 Mini is the BEST AI Model for Complex Reasoning Tasks

GPT-5 may have disappointed. But its "mini" model punches above its weight class Like the entire world, I too was disap…

August 12, 2025

I Tested Every Major LLM for Algorithmic Trading. There is One Clear Winner
AI & Automation

I Tested Every Major LLM for Algorithmic Trading. There is One Clear Winner

It’s not Gemini Pro or GPT-5. It’s something else entirely I make a lot of money in the stock market. Press enter or cl…

August 11, 2025

I tried my best to like GPT-5. I just can't. It fucking sucks.
Research

I tried my best to like GPT-5. I just can't. It fucking sucks.

OpenAI lied to us, over-promised, and (severely) under-delivered I had very high hopes for GPT-5. In my defense, they…

August 10, 2025

🎥 [Recording Ready] Deploy Your First Trading Strategy with a Single Click (54 mins)
Education

🎥 [Recording Ready] Deploy Your First Trading Strategy with a Single Click (54 mins)

🎥 Your Seminar Recording is Ready! Watch How to Deploy Your First Trading Bot in 60 Minutes Hey ${user.firstName}, As p…

August 9, 2025