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points by chasd00 2 days ago | 0 comments
My friend and I have built portfolio management agents and pit them against each other to see who can make the most money (not real money just a simulated bank account and stock portfolio). So mine runs every morning to read the news and do analaysis and all that. I have it write a daily blog that I read to keep track of what it’s doing.

A daily blog for status and reasons for decision making works pretty well for tracking an agent that works unattended. It’s also kind of funny when it writes things like “well I got that one wrong” and “this is not what I expected to happen” hah

[–] perforator 2 days ago
How long have they been running for and do any of them consistently beat index funds? Was always curious about the idea, but thought the market would already price it in.
[–] chasd00 2 days ago
They've been running for a few months, my friend's was beating SPY (VSP500) for a few days but not any more. Mine never beat SPY or VOO (Vanguard SP500 index). Now, let me tell you about my little sister. She says she just does what ChatGPT tells her to do and she's #1 on the leaderboard beating everyone including the SP500.

stewbot-v1 = my friend's bot

stonker = my bot

https://stonks.jettdigital.app is my little vibecoded stock market sim website, the bots work with via API. Each account starts with $10k and then you get a $500 deposited each month. If you want an account drop me an email ( see my profile ).

here's my bot's page with the daily posts (the key is like a password but it's no big deal, if my server catches fire i'll just change it). Link to the daily posts are at the top left https://stonker.jettdigital.app/?key=a87f2427bf1e281dda1a513...

[–] rootusrootus 14 hours ago
There are so many quants working 24x7 to eek out any advantage they can in the market, it's basically noise. If you want to algorithmically (or using AI) gain an advantage in market, pick a smaller one, like a niche betting market of some kind, that isn't overrun with other actors already doing it.