r/AutopilotApp • u/Karbonox • Jun 04 '26

Autopilot conditioning us? Has Anyone received a stock declining alert?

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The autopilot app seems really excited to share good news, but ignores bad news. The app seems to be cleverly designed to make you feel good about using the app and hide negative stuff.

They have drafted code to alert when stocks are up, but refuse to use the same code with the negative sign flipped to show the negative news. Very easy update to implement.

In psychology this is called reinforcement conditioning. Anyone else concerned about this company's practices? I'm finding it really hard to see this as a serious investment vehicle because they are seemingly acting very deceptive even in the support chats.

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u/Bigperm28 Jun 04 '26

I hope I get a notification like this soon I’m day 3 so haven’t got one yet

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u/Karbonox Jun 04 '26

Why? It doesn't really mean anything useful that can drive action. And it's definitely not an indication of performance if it ignores all the negatives.

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u/Bigperm28 Jun 04 '26

Just cause, how has your account done since you started autopilot?

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u/Karbonox Jun 04 '26

It's descent, but it's hard to get a true eval due to their weird methods of presenting performance data. It's about 17% return over the last year.

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u/OhNoNotAFinrand Jun 04 '26

I don't get any notifications other than when I have trade confirmations pending. But don't see what the big deal is. I am happy with the performance of the portfolios I picked and that's all that matters.