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The NexusTrade Blog
AI, finance, and the intersection between the two.
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.
August 29, 2026
01 · The platform
How to Design an Algorithmic Trading System: Junior to Senior
System design guide · NexusTrade case study How to Design an Algorithmic Trading System Start with the smallest trading…
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02 · The agent
How to Design an AI Trading Bot: Junior to Senior
AI agent system design · production case study How to Design an AI Trading Bot: Junior to Senior Aurora is the NexusTrad…
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Why it took so long for my algorithmic trading platform to execute real trades
Last weekend, I re-watched one of my favorite movies: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In the movie, Miles Morales wa…
December 18, 2024
🎉 Real-time Trading with Alpaca is officially launched!
🎉 Live-Trading is officially launched! Live-trading is now available on NexusTrade! Please note that live-trading is on…
December 18, 2024
How to use Gemini, Claude, and OpenAI to create trading strategies that DESTROY the market.
Large language models have enabled a new way of interacting with the stock market, available to everybody. Instead of s…
December 13, 2024
I’m using autonomous trading rules to manage over $10,000 in investments. Here are my EXACT strategies.
I am launching a no-code fully automated trading platform to the world of retail investing. I don’t mean a simple app t…
December 8, 2024
I spent 2 years rebuilding my algorithmic trading platform in Rust. I have no regrets.
One day, after a particularly arduous coding session with Rust, I decided to vent my frustrations with this language on…
December 5, 2024
Trade like Wall Street – A Step-by-step Guide For Deploying Your First Algorithmic Trading Strategy
Ten years ago, algorithmic trading was reserved for the elite. Even backtesting a strategy (testing a set of trading ru…
December 4, 2024
Is there empirical evidence of a "Santa Claus Rally"?
A Warning About Market Truisms. As an investor, I'm absolutely sick of market myths and unverified beliefs. Other invest…
December 2, 2024
1400 days ago, I started building an algorithmic trading platform. Today, I executed my first real trade with it.
Four years ago, during my Masters, I drew my first diagram for “the Money Printer”. I had no idea what the future would…
December 1, 2024
I did NOT turn $683 into over $100,000 this year. Here’s why.
I did NOT turn $683 into over $100,000 this year. Here’s why. As an entrepreneur in the financial technology space, my…
November 21, 2024