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Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
Everything you need to go from manual trader to deploying your first live strategy — indicators, conditions, actions, backtesting, and deployment. Six articles.…
The building blocks I Watched My Portfolio Crash From a Cornell Lecture Hall — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals Four types of indicators Why Technical Analysis Alone Will Lose You Money — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals Conditions & actions Conditions and Actions: Turning Indicators into Trading Decisions — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals Build your first strategy Build Your First Algorithmic Trading Strategy — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
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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

 These trading strategies are up 40% or more. Here’s how you can copy them with a single click
Platform Updates

These trading strategies are up 40% or more. Here’s how you can copy them with a single click

Last year, I created “the Neckbeard Index 2”. A Redditor proposed the market demolishing “Neckbeard Index”. I’m creating…

August 12, 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

 OpenAI just released GPT-oss, its first open-source model since GPT-2. Is it as good as they say?
Research

OpenAI just released GPT-oss, its first open-source model since GPT-2. Is it as good as they say?

OpenAI did something that even Raven Baxter couldn’t predict… They returned to their open-source roots. Today, OpenAI…

August 6, 2025

 How I built an AI that magically rebalances your portfolio
AI & Automation

How I built an AI that magically rebalances your portfolio

Imagine Executing a Dozen Trades With the Click of a Button Everybody has heard of “the Magnificent 7”. You don’t have…

August 5, 2025

 Last year, I used GPT o1 to create a trading strategy. It is the WORST strategy I’ve ever seen
Research

Last year, I used GPT o1 to create a trading strategy. It is the WORST strategy I’ve ever seen

No Exaggeration. This strategy did worse than penny stocks! Ten months ago, OpenAI shocked the world with their O1 mode…

July 12, 2025