A friend of mine, a nurse with zero finance background, made more money in a market crash than her broker did. Her secret wasn't luck. It was a simple algorithm running on autopilot while she slept.
She didn't watch charts. She didn't panic-sell at 2 AM when the market dropped. The code did the thinking. That's the whole promise of algorithmic investing: taking emotion out of the equation.
But here's what most guides won't tell you—algorithms can also lose money fast, and new regulations are changing the rules right now. Let's break down what actually works.
