Artificial is a systematic algorithmic trading firm. We apply advanced data science to uncover statistically robust patterns in financial markets.

We keep our approach deliberately simple and are selective about adding complexity. Our strategies rely on a handful of high-quality signals. Every attempt so far to incorporate AI or agents in search of additional alpha has only degraded performance. In several instances, statistical analyses produced by leading LLMs have been outright wrong — missing nuances and misreporting failures as successes.

Where AI has proven genuinely useful is in the rapid generation of code to test new hypotheses. Over the past year, we have aggressively optimized our backtesting pipeline, cutting its runtime from 48 hours to 24, then to 6, then to 1, and finally to 2 minutes — on the exact same 13th-generation Intel Core i7 processor.

We currently trade highly liquid ETF options in the US market. On the horizon are US single-stock options, followed by international expansion and crypto derivatives. We will continue to focus on derivatives: they deliver the outsized gains we seek, albeit with considerable volatility, which we actively manage.

For the instruments we trade, we firmly believe the future cannot be predicted — only the immediate future. We therefore hold positions for minutes, and rarely for hours.

Risk management spans everything from position sizing to hard exits triggered by pre-calculated thresholds. The entire process is automated and predefined, with no human discretion.

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