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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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Let’s Think Outside the Box For Trading Strategy Optimization
Improving Algorithmic Trading By Mimicking Neural Networks I had 3 epiphanies about algorithmic trading… The first one c…
January 21, 2024
Reinforcement Learning is Dead. Long Live the Transformer!
LLMs are more powerful than you imagine To preface this article, I want to say that I’m not biased. If you search online…
January 13, 2024
The Guaranteed EASIEST Way to Perform DETAILED Financial Analysis
Streamline Your Financial Analysis with Artificial Intelligence Novice, uninformed, and uneducated investors purchase st…
January 12, 2024
Algorithmic Trading Does NOT Mean Day Trading! It Means Long-Term Investing Too.
A non-technical guide on applications of AI in long-term investing When I tell people I’m into algorithmic trading, the…
January 9, 2024
Prompt Engineering: The Definitive Step-By-Step How to Guide
Your No-Nonsense Manual for Mastering Prompt Engineering A Prompt Engineer, generated by DALL-E I used to not understand…
January 8, 2024
From Free to Freemium: Why I Chose to Add Subscriptions to my SaaS
Hey ${user.firstName}! It's Austin Starks. Did you know that NexusTrade offers a new premium option called "Starter Pack…
January 6, 2024
Algorithmic Stock Trading Was So 2023. It’s Time To AlgoTrade Crypto As Well.
Trading stocks has its advantages. For one, with any stock in the market, I can go onto NexusTrade or the SEC website an…
January 4, 2024
I created an automated trading platform. I’m shocked by how powerful it is.
There are few examples of really interesting software created by one-person. One the most famous examples is the creatio…
January 3, 2024
It's the New Year! Here are 3 ways AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE Software Engineering in 2024
AI is coming for the devs who refuse to get with the times Hey ${user.firstName}! Happy New Year! It's Austin Starks. Th…
January 1, 2024