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The NexusTrade Blog

AI, finance, and the intersection between the two.

Platform Updates

Prop Shops and Hedge Funds Deserve to be making more money than retail investors

Maybe its time for NexusTrade to align itself with the 'bad guys'. I used to champion the retail investor, but my perspe…

July 1, 2024

Education

Stop wasting your time with backtests! Do this instead…

NEVER use a backtest to improve your strategy idea Austin Starks ∙ 6 min read ∙ View on Medium Stop wasting your time wi…

June 30, 2024

Research

I spent 18 months rebuilding my algorithmic trading in Rust. I’m filled with regret.

I was a young, hopeful Rust fanatic. On paper, Rust seemed like the programming languages designed by the gods. Austin S…

June 29, 2024

Education

The step-by-step guide on outperforming the market

Making money either involves doing research or taking risks Austin Starks in DataDrivenInvestor ∙ 5 min read ∙ View on M…

June 28, 2024

AI & Automation

Anthropic Dominates OpenAI: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o

Anthropic is beating OpenAI at their own game. Austin Starks ∙ 9 min read ∙ View on Medium Anthropic Dominates OpenAI: A…

June 25, 2024

Platform Updates

How NexusTrade plans to level the playing field in the stock market.

Hi ${user.firstName}, How can we create a truly level playing field in the stock market? 🤔 I'm excited to share the lau…

June 2, 2024

Backtesting

Six Years Ago, this Redditor proposed “the Neckbeard Index”. It’s DEMOLISHING the Market

I was scrolling Reddit to get backtest ideas for my algorithmic trading platform. Long ago, I had heard of “the White Gi…

May 14, 2024

Platform Updates

If you can’t beat them… steal their idea Pt 2: Designing the rebalance action

In my last article, I discussed the evolution of my passion project NexusTrade.io — a no-code algorithmic trading platfo…

May 2, 2024

Education

Mathematically Improve Your Trading Strategy: An In-Depth Guide

The Most Important Guide for All Traders in 2024 Austin Starks ∙ 8 min read ∙ View on Medium An In-Depth Guide On Mathem…

April 30, 2024