I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly invoked as a joke in threads about monkeys or darts beating professional stock pickers, and about loose definitions of AI.
What it is
Michael Reeves rigs up a camera and software that tracks a goldfish's movements to choose stock trades, tied to wallstreetbets sentiment. It is a comedic programming and electronics stunt.
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What Hacker News said
Cites SuoDuanDao · 2023-03 · on “The Inverse Jim Cramer ETF Has Officially Arrived”
I came across a humorous video of someone getting his fish to invest in stocks [this video] He was essentially teaching algo trading, and also tracked wallstreet bets sentiment analysis. He went so far as to pitch his investment strategy to serious tech investors (it was ahead of the nasdaq at the time). His Wallstreet bets tracker had been tanking so he focused on the fish investing fund, but I was waiting for one of the investors to suggest he inverse wallstreet bets and make a lot of money.