A comic strip about building a trading AI
The Edge
Case
Based on real events.
The checklist was real.
The instruments were not.
In 2025, a closet technologist decided to build an algorithmic trading company using AI agents. The plan was elegant: prove edge on personal capital, build a track record, scale.
"The model was validated. Thirty instruments were deployed live. All thirty failed immediately."
Every episode documents something that actually happened. The governance frameworks were real. The prop firm rules were real. The 48-hour DNS propagation window was, apparently, not something anyone had validated.
Ian
The human · Hubris
Closet technologist.
Checks the checklist checker.
Checks the checklist checker.
The System
The machine · Reality
Does not hate Ian.
Simply does not care.
Simply does not care.
