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What makes a trading strategy good?
Research

What makes a trading strategy good?

What makes a trading strategy good? Part 1: The Answer I analyzed over 100,000 different backtests. No, that is not an e…

November 3, 2025

Professional Quants Agree. Vibe-Trading Is Coming.
AI & Automation

Professional Quants Agree. Vibe-Trading Is Coming.

Integrating artificial intelligence makes good traders better. Don't just blindly take my word for it. Take it from one…

October 28, 2025

I Launched Automated AI Stock Trading Agents 5 Days Ago. Here’s What I Learned.
AI & Automation

I Launched Automated AI Stock Trading Agents 5 Days Ago. Here’s What I Learned.

I Launched Automated AI Stock Trading Agents 5 Days Ago. Here’s What I Learned.Lessons From Creating a Free No-Code AI A…

October 12, 2025

How to backtest hundreds of strategies in 15 seconds or less using AI Agents
AI & Automation

How to backtest hundreds of strategies in 15 seconds or less using AI Agents

A shortcut for finding the best trading strategies Imagine you had an idea for a trading strategy.  It can be dumb simpl…

October 6, 2025

I went through hell and back migrating to TimescaleDB. I didn’t last two weeks.
Research

I went through hell and back migrating to TimescaleDB. I didn’t last two weeks.

I went through hell and back migrating to TimescaleDB. I didn’t last two weeks.MongoDB vs TimescaleDB Performance: Real…

October 3, 2025

I accidentally increased my backtesting speed by 99.9%. Here’s how.
Backtesting

I accidentally increased my backtesting speed by 99.9%. Here’s how.

100 Backtests in 300 Milliseconds. No, that’s not a typo. Austin Starks Austin Starks 11 min read · Sep 11, 2025 Read t…

September 11, 2025

An AI Agent created this trading strategy autonomously with one prompt. It’s up $3,430 in the past year
AI & Automation

An AI Agent created this trading strategy autonomously with one prompt. It’s up $3,430 in the past year

This technology will UPEND trading forever When I first told my twin brother about my algorithmic trading agent, he loo…

August 30, 2025

I am building Aurora, the world's only truly Autonomous Algorithmic Trading Agent
Platform Updates

I am building Aurora, the world's only truly Autonomous Algorithmic Trading Agent

Building an Orchestrating AI Agent for Advanced Financial Research and Analysis When I was a software engineer at Oscar…

August 19, 2025

I tested Mswing, “the one indicator to rule them all”. It didn’t work.
Backtesting

I tested Mswing, “the one indicator to rule them all”. It didn’t work.

I tested Mswing, “the one indicator to rule them all”. It didn’t work.A Cautionary Tale to Doubt What You Read OnlineAus…

August 16, 2025