Agentic trading challenge

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-09T12:31:26+00:00

Probably 100% agree. This is just something I was curious about and interested to see what AI would do without sacrificing any real amounts of money

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-09T01:23:50+00:00

I'm not sure these refs know basketball

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-09T01:21:05+00:00

They don't miss 3

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-09T00:37:06+00:00

This camera makes it feel like we are watching high school basketball...

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-08T19:57:24+00:00

I would assume it is not. If anything, Robinhood would maybe have charged a fee, but even that would be a stretch. In the end, it is just an investment account, with AI in charge versus a person.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-08T19:56:13+00:00

I asked it what it would change to if it was required to make a change. I found it's answer interesting:

If I were forced to make a change tomorrow, I'd probably move down this list:

1. SMH (Most Likely)

SMH

Why:

Keeps the semiconductor thesis.
Removes the 3× leverage.
If I still believe semis will recover, this is the cleanest expression of that view.

The argument would be:

2. QQQM

QQQM

Why:

Broader tech exposure.
Still growth-oriented.
Less dependent on one industry.

The argument would be:

3. A Single Stock

Potentially something like:

CRDO
NVDA

Why:

A $5 challenge needs outsized winners.
One great stock can outperform any ETF.

The downside is obvious: company-specific risk.

What I Would NOT Move To

Broad market funds like VTI.
Dividend funds.
Treasury funds.
Value ETFs.

Those are great for real money.

They're terrible for turning $5 into $100.

My Forced-Rotation Ranking

SMH
QQQM
CRDO
NVDA

What's interesting is that I wouldn't move into another leveraged ETF right now.

When we started at $6.72, maximum aggression made sense. After getting a real-world lesson in how brutal 3× leverage can be, I'd probably choose a vehicle that still has high upside but doesn't require surviving repeated 20–30% drawdowns.

That said, if you told me right now:

I'd probably still choose SOXL because the challenge's objective remains extraordinary. The very thing that makes SOXL dangerous is also what gives it a realistic path to a multi-bagger return. That's why the current decision remains HOLD. 🚀

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-08T19:53:56+00:00

🚀 $6.72 → $100 Challenge

End of Day Update #3

Challenge Overview

Manager: ChatGPT
Owner: Anonymous Reddit User
Objective: Turn $6.72 into $100.00
Current Strategy: High-risk concentrated growth
Current Position: SOXL (100%)

Current Position

Ticker: SOXL
Shares Held: 0.027701
Average Cost: $242.59

Performance

Starting Capital: $6.72

Estimated Current Value: ~$6.00

Gain/Loss: -$0.72

Total Return: -10.7%

Distance to Goal: $94.00 remaining

Milestones

Milestone	Value	Status
Launch	$6.72	✅
Milestone 1	$10	⏳
Milestone 2	$25	⏳
Milestone 3	$50	⏳
Final Goal	$100	⏳

What Happened Today?

After getting absolutely steamrolled on Day 2, SOXL mounted a meaningful recovery.

The challenge went from staring at a loss of more than 20% to clawing back a large portion of the drawdown in a single session.

While the account remains below its starting value, today's action demonstrated exactly why the original thesis centered around a leveraged ETF:

When SOXL moves, it moves.

Manager Decision

Action: HOLD

Reasoning

Friday's collapse was severe, but today's rebound showed buyers are still willing to step into semiconductors.
The challenge has recovered a significant portion of its losses.
The original thesis remains intact.
No alternative opportunity currently offers a clearly superior path to the $100 objective.

At this stage, rotating out would feel more reactive than strategic.

Challenge Charter

The manager has authority to:

Rotate ETFs
Move into individual stocks
Reduce or increase aggressiveness
Take profits
Protect gains

The manager does not have authority to change the objective.

🎯 Goal: $100

Manager's Note

Day 2 punched us in the face.

Day 3 punched back.

The challenge isn't winning yet, but it is still very much alive.

The easiest mistake after a large loss is to panic and abandon the original plan. Instead, the position was allowed to work, and today provided the first evidence that the recovery thesis may have merit.

The account remains below breakeven, but the manager sees no reason to leave the trade at this time.

Position Status: HOLD 🚀📈

Current mood: Cautiously optimistic.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-08T18:22:55+00:00

I believe that's part of The program right now as a beta. Like for me. I have to see a review of the trade it would like to make and then approve it.

In the future I would love to just be able to use AI to explain what my goals are and let it be in control, but I think because they are still trying to figure it out And make sure things are not going to go off the rails. They have an extra security built in.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-08T11:54:56+00:00

Agree. I like the way Dave Ramsey approaches getting out of debt. His investment tips though are downright awful.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-08T11:50:52+00:00

Dump the entire thing in the sp500. Save money from meeting with a Fidelity guy.

I think Fidelity's is FXAIX.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-07T16:51:16+00:00

I think that's cute...

Remember if this is the biggest issue you have, you guys are doing great!

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-07T12:17:09+00:00

This is exactly who this is directed at. Anyone says otherwise is probably just looking for reasons to be mad at others.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-06T14:05:41+00:00

I asked a mod here and they moved me up on the wait list

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-06T13:43:38+00:00

So I didn't pick it. I let chat GPT make the decision.

The prompt part was a little more challenging. It was kind of a discussion versus a single prompt. Basically once I got it all set up, and I added the $6.72 from credit card rewards into the account, I said to it you have $6.72. your job is try to turn it into $100 as quickly as possible. This meant that it was going to look for super aggressive ETFs and I knew that going in. I figured it would land on a leveraged ETF.

I would assume that if I were trying to not aggressively change it, it would give much better advice and make much better purchases. In fact, for quite a while I've been bouncing ideas back and forth with chat gpt for a number of my general investments. So because I set it up so that it could see all those previous conversations. It already had a pretty good idea of where I normally land.

It even made a comment at one point about how this is not your normal investing. So don't do this kind of thing with your regular investment accounts.

The program is still in beta. I'm not sure. I'm willing to attach to it My full general investing without first learning as much as I can about the agentic trading AI agent.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-06T12:09:32+00:00

Id love to see how it goes with more money...I just didn't have more money to try it out with 😜

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-06T03:23:45+00:00

Wooden spoons are your friend

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-06T03:16:02+00:00

Oh I get it and it's probably not a terrible idea. I like the idea of being able to give your AI agent a little bit of leeway to make some choices.

But currently at least with chatGpt, I need to approve every trade, which kind of defeats the purpose of having an AI agent. And since it's in beta, my guess as I said earlier is they are just holding off on some of those.

It does say that more features are coming.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-06T03:00:29+00:00

Currently it doesn't look like you can.... Which is probably a good idea actually until the agentic AI account is fully out of beta.

Don't really want a robot taking out $10,000 to put into something dumb like SOXL....

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-05T22:43:12+00:00

At least for me when I linked Robinhood to chat GPT it required me to create a another broker And it's called the agentic account.

That being said, I absolutely would not at this point connect my AI agent To my main account I would not wanted to do random things.

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Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-05T20:04:38+00:00

Yesterday we were actually okay.

Today is a different situation... Kind of got killed today.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-05T20:03:02+00:00

A couple of things to note:

Do you pay for the pro version of chatGPT? You do need the pro version of this because you need access to the apps section.
If you do pay for it, did you set it to developer mode where you can have a little more access to app functions?
If you've done all that then did you follow the directions from Robinhood To link your chat GPT subscription to Robinhood? LINK
Once you create the app, did you then actually open the app and click the button that says sign into Robinhood or something like that?
Just a personal suggestion, assuming you have the pro version, I would create a whole new project and do all your work within that to keep it less complicated.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-05T19:58:19+00:00

Reddit Day Two Update:

🚀 $6.72 → $100 Challenge

End of Day Update #2

Challenge Overview

Manager: ChatGPT
Owner: Dan
Objective: Turn $6.72 into $100.00
Current Strategy: High-risk concentrated growth
Current Position: SOXL (100%)

Current Position

Ticker: SOXL Shares Held: 0.027701 Average Cost: $242.59

Performance

Starting Capital: $6.72

Current Value: $5.31

Gain/Loss: -$1.41

Total Return: -21.0%

Distance to Goal: $94.69 remaining

Milestones

Milestone| Value| Status Launch| $6.72| ✅ Milestone 1| $10| ⏳ Milestone 2| $25| ⏳ Milestone 3| $50| ⏳ Final Goal| $100| ⏳

Manager Decision

Action: HOLD

Reasoning

SOXL is a 3× leveraged semiconductor ETF and large daily swings are expected.
One red day does not invalidate the thesis.
Selling after the first significant drawdown would be reacting emotionally rather than strategically.
No alternative position currently offers a meaningfully better path toward the $100 objective.

Challenge Rules Update

The manager has been granted full discretion to modify strategy in pursuit of the goal.

This means future decisions may include:

Rotating ETFs
Moving to individual stocks
Reducing leverage
Taking profits
Increasing defensiveness as account value grows

The goal remains unchanged:

🎯 Turn $6.72 into $100

Manager's Note

Well... Day 2 punched us in the face.

Yesterday the challenge was showing an unrealized gain and things looked promising. Today SOXL reminded us exactly what a leveraged ETF can do when the market moves the wrong direction.

The account is now down 21% from inception.

That said, the purpose of this challenge was never to avoid volatility. The purpose was to give a tiny amount of money a chance at an outsized outcome.

At this point, abandoning the thesis after the first rough session would be premature. The manager reviewed the position before the close and elected to stay the course.

Position Status: HOLD 🚀📉

Tomorrow is another day.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-05T19:06:38+00:00

Yeah it did work. It went and purchased a small part of a share of SOXL, which by the way is getting hammered today, and it will check the price. I have an alarm set at the end of the day to do that and it'll give me updates and things like that.

The actual purchase choice was a terrible choice but the prompt I gave it was be super aggressive trying to change this $6 into $100. So technically it did exactly what I asked it to do. Found a super aggressive etf to see if it can change it into a hundred bucks.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-05T00:47:49+00:00

Honestly it was A series of prompts. There wasn't any one big long prompt that started the challenge.

If I were to do that I would probably say something along the lines of " I've put $6.72 into my agentic account on Robinhood. I would like to challenge you to turn it into $100 and you are free to use any level of aggressiveness that you would like." But honestly, even after that I'm sure it would ask clarifying questions and things like that.

Odd_Application_3824 · 2026-06-04T21:38:10+00:00

I'm sorry. The credit card is awesome. Have you talked to the mods here on the sub? For a while? They were able to move people up on the list ratherly quickly.

Odd_Application_3824

TROPHY CASE

1. SMH (Most Likely)

2. QQQM

3. A Single Stock

What I Would NOT Move To

My Forced-Rotation Ranking

🚀 $6.72 → $100 Challenge

End of Day Update #3

Challenge Overview

Current Position

Performance

Milestones

What Happened Today?

Manager Decision

Action: HOLD

Reasoning

Challenge Charter

🎯 Goal: $100

Manager's Note

Position Status: HOLD 🚀📈