Our ambitious experiment using LLMs for market analysis has revealed some uncomfortable truths. While we've made fascinating discoveries about the capabilities of language models, our current approach may be fundamentally flawed. In this deep-dive critique, I'll explain why we need to radically rethink how we leverage AI in trading - and propose an alternative direction that could actually give us a genuine edge in the market.

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This milestone marks significant progress in our trading system development, with validated performance metrics and clear next steps for enhancement.

Introduction​

Over the past month, Mercury has evolved into a fully functional market-sorting system, identifying profitable opportunities in both long and short directions. The system is now in a stage where evolutionary fine-tuning is the focus, with all components in place and tested. Despite some setbacks, including an Ubuntu upgrade distraction, the process has been mostly enjoyable, reinforcing confidence in the system's foundation.

Performance Analysis​

Recent shadow portfolio results indicate that Mercury is consistently generating 4-5% daily returns with controlled risk. Key takeaways:

• Consistent profitability: The system captures a variety of market movements, adapting dynamically to trends.
• Directional balance: Long and short opportunities are evenly distributed, mitigating extreme market conditions.
• Loss control: Future iterations will enforce proper stop-loss placement at the moment of position creation, ensuring that potential outlier losses remain within expected parameters.
• Scalability potential: Despite minor inefficiencies in risk management in past test runs, the system remains adaptable and structured for growth.

Here's your awesome guide to a clean Btrfs installation:

Chapter 1: Preparation​

# Backup your precious 10GB
rsync -avzP /home/dev /mnt/capsule/backup_feb2025/

Welcome, young padawan, to the ancient and forbidden knowledge of true system administration. These sacred teachings have been passed down through generations of sleep-deprived admins, fueled by nothing but coffee and hubris.

When evaluating approaches for bullshit detection in LLM outputs, we need clear criteria that prioritize practical value over theoretical elegance. This post outlines key criteria for evaluating different approaches.