u/Jack242 ·
Reddit — r/algotrading
· July 05, 2026 at 06:49
· ⬆ 30 pts
· 💬 9 comments
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Post critiques algo traders who boast about bots making 30% annual returns while Nasdaq is up 30% in the same period, questioning the edge.
Author argues that truly profitable, consistent outperformance should be kept secret rather than shared or monetized on Reddit.
The post is meta-commentary, not based on data or analysis; it is speculative opinion with no concrete financial thesis.
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Is it just me, or is it kind of funny seeing people post here that they spent 6 months building a trading bot that makes 30% a year?
The Nasdaq is up around 30% this year. 😅
Rule #1: if you've actually found a profitable strategy, managed to automate it, and it consistently outperforms the major indexes over the long run, the last thing you should be doing is posting about it all over Reddit or trying to sell the bot.
If you've really built a money-printing machine, why would you risk ruining your own edge?
At this point, I don't really see much difference between people selling trading courses and people promoting the "amazing" trading bots they built.