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This is fun! What kind of prompts / prompting techniques are you using?


Thanks! I use several key prompting techniques:

1. Role + Goal Setting: The AI acts as a creative market analyst focused on discovering overlooked opportunities and emerging trends.

2. Structured Analysis Framework: - Detailed evaluation criteria (innovation, moat, management, growth potential) - Sector diversity requirements - Focus on finding hidden gems vs obvious mega-cap tech stocks

3. Time-Bound Precision: Instead of vague "3-6 months" holding periods, I require exact hour calculations tied to specific catalysts like: - FDA approval dates - Earnings releases - Product launches - Conference presentations

4. Quality Controls: - Must be valid NYSE/NASDAQ symbols - Diverse across sectors/market caps - Conviction level scoring (1-10) - Each pick needs unique thesis + catalyst - JSON output format for consistency

The key is combining structured analysis with creative discovery - pushing the AI to look beyond obvious choices while maintaining some analytical rigor.


What’s the investment horizon for these daily decisions? Does it have a maximum hold time? How long will you run the experiment and is it enough to cover all the catalysts that are expected?


I don't have a hard set maximum hold date, but planning on running at least buys for a year. I will re-evaluate consistently to see if it is still useful to keep up and running.


Makes sense. Any thoughts on expanding scope to have multiple 'analyst' roles per LLM model? Could be interesting to see if changing roles/prompts yields better results.


Sunny, given this investment objective, what would you consider a good (and transparent) benchmark? Thanks for sharing this.




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