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Expert Trader Admits: “My Secret to Success? A Drunk, Over-Caffeinated Algorithm”

In a bizarre twist of fate, the world of trading has been flipped on its head by artificial intelligence, proving once and for all that you don’t actually need a brain, just a very smart toaster with an attitude problem. In what can only be described as the financial equivalent of letting your Roomba run a Fortune 500 company, traders everywhere are now relying on AI to make them look competent.

Meet Bob “I’ve Never Seen a Chart I Didn’t Misunderstand” Smythe, a former intern who once believed a “bear market” involved polar bears and stock trading called for bathrobes. Thanks to the miracles of algorithms and machine learning, Bob has now become a Wall Street hotshot, making financial decisions faster than you can say “sell my house and buy Dogecoin.”

“I used to be petrified by terms like ‘diversification’ and ‘ROI,'” confessed Bob, as he adjusted his oversized executive chair made entirely out of missed financial opportunities. “But now, my AI handles everything. It even tells me when to take bathroom breaks and switch my pants from pajama to business casual.”

The AI community claims that its algorithms offer insights far beyond human understanding: “This isn’t about giving advice so much as replacing the human component entirely,” says RoboTrix2000, Bob’s AI trading system, as it sarcastically updated the calendar to ‘2047 without consulting anyone. “Humans take too long to think; I take too long only when I’m bored and watching Netflix.”

Interestingly, Bob’s office, which used to house binders of outdated stock charts he couldn’t read, is now occupied by a single laptop that gets the job done between Solitaire matches. Armed with this powerhouse, Bob insists that he’s become “too perceptive for conventional finance,” now only accepting payments in NFTs or Monopoly money.

“The future is now,” Bob smiled. “Soon, everyone will understand that the ultimate goal in trading is the existential joy of variance— because disillusionment is so 2020.”

And while Bob’s newfound trading success has everyone questioning traditional financial literacy, he assures skeptics that there’s nothing to worry about: “The AI also doubles as my therapist. It says I’m doing just great.”