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An ex-Jane Street trader told me the secret to AI trading. So I built it.
AI & Automation

An ex-Jane Street trader told me the secret to AI trading. So I built it.

Episode 2 of the $25,000 Public Portfolio Challenge If you ever watched "The Big Short", you know the type. "My quantita…

March 8, 2026

 I’m giving an AI access to my Public trading account. Here’s how you can watch it destroy $25,000
Platform Updates

I’m giving an AI access to my Public trading account. Here’s how you can watch it destroy $25,000

I’m giving an AI access to my Public trading account. Here’s how you can watch it destroy $25,000Austin Starks6 min read…

February 28, 2026

 I launched 10 AI models to build trading strategies. Cheap models won two of three runs.
AI & Automation

I launched 10 AI models to build trading strategies. Cheap models won two of three runs.

I launched 10 AI models to build trading strategies. Cheap models won two of three runs.Claude Opus 4.6 Costs 10x More.…

February 25, 2026

 Most Courses End in a Certificate. This One Ends With a Live Strategy in the Market
Education

Most Courses End in a Certificate. This One Ends With a Live Strategy in the Market

Learn to Trade For Free — No Coding Knowledge Required Five years ago, I tried to build my first algorithmic trading st…

January 5, 2026

 How to deploy an algorithmic trading strategy without writing a single line of code?
Education

How to deploy an algorithmic trading strategy without writing a single line of code?

Why this course is the nightmare of the trading guru The trading niche has a specific script on social media. Instead…

December 29, 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

 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

 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