The AI Trader Was Right 71% of the Time. It Still Lost Money

author@aicaver.com (Denys Voroshylov) — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Since my first review, AI models have traded real money, beaten market indexes, suffered serious losses—and given us a much stranger answer to the question of whether machines can trade. On January 12, 2026, six leading AI models received $10,000 each and entered the prediction markets. They could search the web, read contract rules, compare prices, calculate position sizes, and place trades without human approval. This was no longer the familiar demonstration in which a model explains why it likes a particular stock.

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The AI Trader Was Right 71% of the Time. It Still Lost Money