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Article Series

Deep-dive multi-part series on AI, algorithmic trading, and quantitative finance.

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. No finance degree r…

6 modules
AI Agents from Scratch

How Cursor, Claude Code, and every production AI agent actually work — from the leaked source file to a live evaluation loop. Five articles. No CS degree required.…

5 modules
How the real platform is built

Two companion essays. Read the trading system first, then the agent that runs on it. Junior to senior, with interactive maps of the live NexusTrade architecture.…

2 modules
The $25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge

I deposited $25,000 into a live brokerage account and made the whole thing public. Every trade, every AI model test, every failure — documented in real time. This is what actually …

11 modules