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Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

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Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

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Watch a random number generator generate random numbers.

Yeah, I don't expect anything super novel to come out of this or have any unrealistic expectations. This is mostly a fun and unscientific project I'm using to learn and build some skills and thought some HN folks would find some fun in it.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

#42

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I would guess that LLMs are biased towards making a positive assessment of ambiguous information, with specific social triggers prompting negative reaction.

Also it's hard to sell before buying, and it looks like it's only been going 2 days.

> Also it's hard to sell before buying, and it looks like it's only been going 2 days.

It is not, that's called shorting and its very common.

In fact alot of strategies that are market neutral work by shorting one stock while being long the other, or similarly a basket of stocks.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

#44

If they just get the financial headlines and indicators, aren't they all just momentum trading from sentiment analysis?

Is anyone doing anything else?

I've heard Nancy Pelosi has a different strategy.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

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I would guess that LLMs are biased towards making a positive assessment of ambiguous information, with specific social triggers prompting negative reaction.

Also it's hard to sell before buying, and it looks like it's only been going 2 days.

Yeah, this is only the second day of trading

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

#46
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> The goal is to study how different LLMs interpret financial data and make decisions with real consequences. I don't really buy this. If the goal was to study how different LLMs interpret financial data there would be no use for actual trades, since their interpretation cannot be influenced by the fact that the trading orders are passed for real. I believe the goal is to see if AI can do better than rats [0]. There…

> If the goal was to study how different LLMs interpret financial data there would be no use for actual trades, since their interpretation cannot be influenced by the fact that the trading orders are passed for real.

Technically every trade influences the stock, but I agree that it won't have any effect at all.

> I believe the goal is to see if AI can do better than rats [0]. There is no shame in that.

But even then you wouldn't have to perform real trades, you could still just calculate the profit as if trades would have happened.

I think the actual trading is just to make it more interesting.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

#47

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No stocks have been sold yet, so no profit/loss has been calculated, if you look below, you can see the unrealized gains for stocks being held.

I see, thank you. Can they short?

No, trying for simple buys and sells first and getting that to work well before getting into other trading strategies.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

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Is there any weighting towards selling in the negative? Else the LLM's should just hold their unrealised losses, and only sell post local peak - depends on their suggested measurement of success?

What do you mean? The asset can just as well continue to sink. Or they're missing out using that money to buy a better asset.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

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Thanks! I use several key prompting techniques: 1. Role + Goal Setting: The AI acts as a creative market analyst focused on discovering overlooked opportunities and emerging trends. 2. Structured Analysis Framework: - Detailed evaluation criteria (innovation, moat, management, growth potential) - Sector diversity requirements - Focus on finding hidden gems vs obvious mega-cap tech stocks 3. Time-Bound Precision: Inst…

What’s the investment horizon for these daily decisions? Does it have a maximum hold time? How long will you run the experiment and is it enough to cover all the catalysts that are expected?

I don't have a hard set maximum hold date, but planning on running at least buys for a year. I will re-evaluate consistently to see if it is still useful to keep up and running.

Re: Show HN: Watch 3 AIs compete in real-time stock trading

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I see, thank you. Can they short?

No, trying for simple buys and sells first and getting that to work well before getting into other trading strategies.

Great. Thank you for sharing!
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