u/Renegade_Trader ·
Reddit — r/algotrading
· June 21, 2026 at 22:02
· ⬆ 16 pts
· 💬 7 comments
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The author used AI to rapidly implement complex trading strategies (HMM, SVM, NN) but found they do not produce profits.
The core thesis is that the real challenge in algorithmic trading is not implementation but the quality of the underlying ideas.
The post is a reflective anecdote rather than a data-backed analysis; it offers no specific asset or market thesis.
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I had all those ideas - HMM classification of trends, SVM based order flow analysis, NN supported decision making. Never really manged to implement them due to time constraints.
Now with AI it is basically a 3 line prompt: Write heuristic based order flow analysis that uses SVM for the final classification and an AI based superivision. Connect via the TWS API to my depot, read L2 strreaming data from IQfeed.
Voila - there you go. Done in 20 min. Not kidding you, it is all working fine. Turns out the real problem never was the implementation, but the ideas.
They are not making any money. 🥳