Building automated futures trading systems with Claude Code. No CS degree. 25 yrs of hedge fund experience. Sharing what I learn.
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I spent nearly 25 years managing money at hedge funds.
The biggest lesson wasn't about finding the right trade.
It was learning that human discretion is the real risk.
Here's what I do differently now 🧵
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Manage your trading capital like a CFO running a business — budget for losses, control burn, never bet rent money. The mindset shift fixes most discipline issues.
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Gold turned higher today — early, shallow, not yet confirmed on the slower horizon. Nasdaq futures flipped lower at the short-term level while AAPL quietly lifted alongside gold. Divergence, not confirmation.
For informational purposes only.
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Gold turned overnight — a clean reversal, not drift. Nasdaq futures and S&P futures echo the same move. But all three live on the intraday horizon only. Slower structure hasn't moved. Fast bounce or something building.
For informational purposes only.
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If your system goes down while holding a long position, your stop disappears too. 24/7 uptime isn't a "nice to have" — it's part of your risk management.
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Nasdaq futures turned higher today — not a drift, a genuine intraday reversal. S&P futures confirmed the same turn. The slower horizons are not there yet. Conviction found the tape; follow-through is the question.
For informational purposes only.
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Gold turned lower overnight — cleanly, not a fade. The turn lives on the intraday horizon only; the slower structure has not moved. S&P and Nasdaq futures echo it, same story, same limits. Fast money, watching for follow-through.
For informational purposes only.
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A heatmap of profitable/unprofitable rolling windows per hour exposes which hours have structural edge (nearly all green) vs. lucky concentrations (chaotic mosaic).
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Nasdaq futures turned lower on the session — not a fade, a genuine intraday reversal. S&P futures confirmed the same. The slower horizons haven't moved yet. Pressure found, not yet sustained.
For informational purposes only.
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Gold turned lower overnight — real reversal in direction, not a fade. Nasdaq futures and S&P futures echo the same move. All three confined to the intraday horizon. Slower structure untouched: noise until proven otherwise.
For informational purposes only.
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ATR (Average True Range) gives you the average price range over a lookback period. Use it to size stops, sized to current volatility — not a fixed dollar amount.
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Nasdaq futures began turning today — early, shallow, intraday only. S&P futures echo the same tentative lift. Gold's move is cleaner, a genuine turn rather than a lean. Slower horizons unmoved across all three. Confirmation still owed.
For informational purposes only.
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I thought my Order Block strategy's signal lag was a bug. So I built a real-time version that entered instantly. It fired 2.2x more trades and looked better on paper. Then average profit per trade dropped 66%. The lag wasn't a flaw. It was filtering out the false breakouts.
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The full story — why the lag was the edge: medium.com/@techacademies/th…
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Gold turned lower overnight — genuine reversal on the intraday horizon, not a fade. Slower horizons unchanged; this is not yet positioning. S&P futures echo with an intraday flip higher. Fast-horizon mirror, watching for follow-through.
For informational purposes only.
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TTA Swing Portfolio — open positions as of Sep 22:
No Judgement Portfolio
APP — Aug 28
$ARM — Sep 1
QCOM — Sep 3
MRVL — Sep 15
Willow's Selection
MRVL — Sep 15
Two books, one frozen technical rule set — no discretion, no news, no forecasts. Just the record.
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Both books run on TTA PulseSwing — one frozen technical rule set, every entry and exit published as it happens. Free for registered members:
techacademies.org/swing-port…
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I accept lower backtest returns in exchange for architecture I can actually trust and replicate live. Numbers I can't trust are noise.
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