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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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I created an AI Trading Platform, as well as a community of traders that use it. It’s free.
Platform Updates

I created an AI Trading Platform, as well as a community of traders that use it. It’s free.

When a trader tells me about their “Epic Discord!1!!!!” I physically feel my adrenal glands activate and my amygdala goi…

May 9, 2025

 Here’s why I, a 27 year old black man, left my $400,000/year fully remote job to become an influencer
Platform Updates

Here’s why I, a 27 year old black man, left my $400,000/year fully remote job to become an influencer

First some self-congratulatory bullshit. Because the title of this article has an extraordinary claim, allow me to firs…

April 28, 2025

 AI Helped Me Write Over A Quarter Million Lines of Code. The Internet Has No Idea What’s About to Happen.
AI & Automation

AI Helped Me Write Over A Quarter Million Lines of Code. The Internet Has No Idea What’s About to Happen.

If you ask 10 developers what they think of ChatGPT and AI-first code editors, you’ll get 10 different answers. For one…

April 21, 2025

 GPT-4.1 just PERMANENTLY transformed how the world will interact with data
Research

GPT-4.1 just PERMANENTLY transformed how the world will interact with data

Despite being called out for "misinformation", my prediction was 99% right.  When a mysterious model called "Quasar Alph…

April 15, 2025

 I used OpenAI’s rumored GPT 5 to create a trading strategy. Financial advisors should be in full-blown panic mode.
AI & Automation

I used OpenAI’s rumored GPT 5 to create a trading strategy. Financial advisors should be in full-blown panic mode.

“Quasar Alpha” trading in the stock market OpenAI is being sneaky. It started a few days ago when OpenRouter announced…

April 14, 2025

 I evaluated Grok 3 as the best AI model for traders and investors. Here’s how you can fully utilize its power
Education

I evaluated Grok 3 as the best AI model for traders and investors. Here’s how you can fully utilize its power

If you ever wondered what the best, non-stealth AI model is for complex financial tasks, the answer is simple: Grok. Fig…

April 10, 2025

 I lost $16,649 on NVIDIA. Here's why I bought more.
Trading Strategies

I lost $16,649 on NVIDIA. Here's why I bought more.

My Robinhood account year-to-date. Before I describe why I bought more NVIDIA, I want to start this article with a stron…

April 5, 2025

 This is LITERALLY the best mean reverting strategy (theoretically). Here's how I created it with a single click of a button.
Trading Strategies

This is LITERALLY the best mean reverting strategy (theoretically). Here's how I created it with a single click of a button.

How retail investors are using an algorithm inspired by evolution to beat Wall Street. In my last article, I created a m…

April 3, 2025

 How to use AI to create a market beating algorithmic trading strategy?
Trading Strategies

How to use AI to create a market beating algorithmic trading strategy?

The strategy that would've survived the Trump tariffs Today, my mind was blown and my day was ruined. When I saw these…

April 1, 2025