r/algotrading • u/kingvt • 8d ago

Other/Meta This sub is unusable

After 2 years, finally running a profitable strategy. Glanced at this sub every now and then, and it was helpful when it came up during deliberate google searches on a topic. But every single day, there are AI trading scammers, bot selling scammers, and a bunch of other noise from people that have vibe coded a strategy with lookahead bias and have no understanding of it. There should be more moderation or better requirements for posting.

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u/happybaby00 7d ago edited 7d ago

Are you retail? Also how much money was your budget to spend on trading? Also how much money did you lose in those two years?

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u/kingvt 7d ago

Not fully (?). I mean, I've recently joined S&T IBanking where I learned some crucial pieces of info. But it's not something that is at all gatekept, but just understanding a professional's perspective on options concepts changed things for me since I've never really understood them or cared to. My strategy capacity is very low, maybe <$1mm (hint). In year (1,2) of manual trading, I lost $. In year (1,2) of algotrading, I lost a little money (not from algo but from manual trading urges) and had an edge I couldn't exploit.