Nick Sanchez

I'm a CS major who couldn't find a CS job. So I stopped waiting and started building. Here's what month one looks like 🧵: #buildinpublic #techlayoffs #algotrading

@MrBallaz @huber_wesley Built it from scratch. Python hitting the Polygon.io API storing directly into PostgreSQL. No templates. No tutorials. Just built it. 🚀

@StartSumwhere @huber_wesley The scraper is from where?

Founders, what are you building this weekend? Share your work🔥

@nik_algo Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

trading is one of the most miserable career choices you can make. it’s also one of the best. because trading gives you no guarantees. you can spend 10 years in the game and still end up with less than you started with. or make life changing money in what looks like a single month.... when in reality it took 5 years of pain to get there. that’s the nature of it. > constant pressure > constant uncertainty > constant exposure to yourself some people collapse under that. some build a level of resilience most careers will never force out of you. if you are wired for self-reflection and systems thinking, trading can become one of the most transformative things you ever do. not just because of the money. because it refines you. so yes, it’s brutal. but the upside is almost unmatched. financially, psychologically, existentially. and if you cannot learn without someone holding your hand, you either build the ability to educate yourself or you choose a different path. because long-term trading and dependence on external opinions do not coexist. that is the cost... and that is also the gift.

@I_Am_The_ICT Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

If there wasn't an Algo, I'd never have a trade example to show you and my students wouldn't be able to repeat what I do. They'd be guessing like everyone else does. Toodles!

@DevMuzzammil Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

Algorithmic traders had a 50% return this year using this AI trading tool. There are three trading strategies that performed exceptionally well. Here's how you can personalize and use them for yourself (no coding needed) 👇

@MerlijnTrader Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

$ALGO showing a bullish Stoch RSI divergence on the daily. Oversold levels. Momentum building Reversal incoming? Keep an eye on this setup!

@RetroValix @Polymarket Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

He built a trading bot that turned $2,440 into $377,000 on Polymarket This bot buys 5-min crypto markets with a median size of $8. It looks for arbitrage opportunities and does high-frequency scalping Its strategy: > Buys when there is a liquidity imbalance in the order book > Waits for the order book to rebalance > Keeps the stronger side or closes the entire position This bot’s profile: @vague-sourdough?via=670" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">polymarket.com/@vague-sourdou… Its average arbitrage edge is 3.4%. It repeats the same algorithm many times and multiplies its deposit

@gemchange_ltd Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

The scariest moment in algo trading is finding out your strategy works on random data too. neurotrader video shows the kill switch: "How I Develop Trading Strategies | Permutation Tests and Trading Strategy Development with Python." 21 minutes of pure framework. I wrote a companion deep-dive that takes this Monte Carlo foundation Extending it across every simulation method quant firms actually use From particle filters updating in real time on election night To copula models capturing tail dependence across correlated markets. Start with his video. Go deeper with the article.

@audiencon Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

Building alone is risky. Building in public is leverage.

@brightafia Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

Building in public is scary until you realize nobody is judging you; they are watching to see if it’s possible. GM to those who GM !!!

@mdnlabs Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

7 months ago I started building in public. Going from 0 -> $10k MRR this year. Currently at ~$2,000 MRR between X & Affiliates. 95% done with my app. It will be the first project that makes money. 💸 I have so much to talk about. 521 days until I quit my 9-5 job. Goal: $100k MRR Videos are coming back 😎

@the_chaoticsoul Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

I'm looking to #connect with people interested in.. • Full stack • Leetcode • AI / ML • Data Science • Freelancing • Startups • Building in Public • Space and Music if we are not connected yet..Let’s connect and grow together ✨ #LetsConnect #Tech #AI #DataScience #MachineLearning

@vivoplt Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

The vibe coding stack in 2026: Claude: $20/mo Supabase: $0 Vercel: $0 GitHub: $0 Cloudflare: $0 Domain: $12/yr Stripe: 2.9%/transaction You don’t need a CS degree. You don’t need funding. You don’t need a team. Ship it.

@Dutta_Souravd Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

Stock market isn't a salary scheme. It won't give money every month but can give 10yrs worth of money in 10 months and then stay silent for 5yrs. Be prepared. Don't cry about 1yr return.

@midascabal Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

Anyone who is 100% in the stock market is FUCKED.

@HolySmokas Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

Stock Market Drops 9.6%‼️ "I'm going to sell it all" *extremely rare Friday main channel upload*

@GuyTalksFinance Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

If you have +20 years until retirement a stock market crash is the best thing that can happen to you.

@WatcherGuru Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 $1 trillion wiped out from the US stock market today.

@GrindeOptions Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

The stock market will be GREEN Monday. 👀

@robert_shaw Weekend 1 complete. AI trading tool → Scraper built from scratch → 7,600 stock records stored → Deployed to cloud → Auto scraping live 24/7 CS grad who couldn't get hired. Building the edge they wouldn't give me. Weekend 2 next Saturday. 🚀

SaaS/Startup founders What are you building currently? Show your amazing product below, join 100+ founders here every week. #indiehackers #buildinpublic

@huber_wesley @MrBallaz Data normalization across multiple sources is exactly what's coming next for me. Polygon for price data SEC EDGAR for insider trades Options flow on top of that Getting all three to speak the same language is going to be the real work. EC2 vs Railway cost difference worth it?

@StartSumwhere @MrBallaz nice... railway is clean for that kind of setup. i used python + hyperliquid SDK hitting their API, storing in json state files on EC2. simple but it works 24/7. the data normalization across different sources is always the worst part lol