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I'm up $2,546 in one week because I trusted an AI with my portfolio.
$25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge · Episode 9 · Week 1 recap I'm up $2,546 in one week because I trusted an AI with my…
May 11, 2026
My AI bought a stock it shouldn't have. Then I couldn't get rid of it.
$25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge · Episode 7 · Day 2 My AI bought a stock it shouldn't have. Then I couldn't get rid o…
May 7, 2026
Day 1 of trading $25,000 with AI. The strategy was the easy part.
$25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge · Episode 6 · Day 1 AVGO showed -$2,000 fifteen seconds in. Then GOOG wouldn't fill.…
May 6, 2026
An AI built this trade. An AI is watching it. Tuesday at 9:30 ET, $25,000 finds out if any of it works.
$25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge · Episode 5 An AI built this trade. An AI is watching it. Tuesday at 9:30 ET, $25,000…
May 5, 2026
I used to be a better software engineer than AI. Claude Opus 4.7 changed that.
NexusTrade · Infrastructure · April 2026 I used to be a better software engineer than AI. Claude Opus 4.7 changed that.…
April 21, 2026
Your AI trading bot will fail because it's optimizing the wrong thing. Here's how to fix it.
AI Agents from Scratch · Module 5 Your AI trading bot will fail because it's optimizing the wrong thing. Here's how to f…
April 13, 2026
Cursor beats Claude Code. Here's the memory architecture that proves it.
AI Agents from Scratch · Module 4: Memory Cursor beats Claude Code. Here's the memory architecture that proves it. Austi…
April 11, 2026
Coinbase calls their chatbot an agent. I got fired for building a real one.
NexusTrade · AI Agents from Scratch · Module 3 Coinbase calls their chatbot an agent. I got fired for building a real on…
April 10, 2026
Everyone thinks ChatGPT is an AI agent. It's not.
NexusTrade · AI Agents from Scratch · Module 2 Everyone thinks ChatGPT is an AI agent. It's not. What actually makes a l…
April 9, 2026