r/algotrading is a subreddit with 1.9M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses trading, backtesting, strategy, algo trading, and algo, and they frequently recommend/review trading book and stock screener.
A place for redditors to discuss quantitative trading, statistical methods, econometrics, programming, implementation, automated strategies, and bounce ideas off each other for constructive criticism. Feel free to submit papers/links of things you find interesting.
Popular Themes in r/algotrading
#1
Advice Requests
: "Those of you who started Algotrading from zero - what do you wish someone had told you on day one? Looking for real, hard-won wisdom (not the generic version)"
18 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Journey of developing algo infra and questions regarding your algos infra."
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "IBKR API is a fucking joke!"
5 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Month 3 running my ES mean-reversion strategy on RunLobster (OpenClaw): Sharpe 1.14 across 614 live trades, here's the walk-forward methodology that didn't blow up"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "I kept seeing posts here from people who didn't understand what their option own contracts were. So I build this"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/algotrading
#1
Trading
: "Built a multi-asset algo Trading bot from scratch. 4 weeks of paper Trading, thinking about going live."
81 posts
#2
Backtesting
: "Interesting Backtesting for 5% drop close to 52 week high on QQQ"
30 posts
#3
Strategy
: "A Momentum Strategy Using Leverage and Monthly Rotations"
18 posts
#4
Algo Trading
: "Do you guys fully trust your Algo Trading systems or still monitor trades manually?"
16 posts
#5
Algo
: "Journey of developing Algo infra and questions regarding your Algos infra."
14 posts
#6
Data
: "The algo trading Data model I wish existed when I started — 4 layers, 12 tables, 3 dashboards"
12 posts
#7
Algorithmic Trading
: "Those of you who started Algotrading from zero - what do you wish someone had told you on day one? Looking for real, hard-won wisdom (not the generic version)"
9 posts
#8
Market
: "Ran a cross-venue arb bot on PolyMarket for 3 months. The arbitrage made +$8.3k, but the unhedged residual it forced me to carry lost $3.2k. Net ~$5k, wallet's public."
8 posts
#9
Bot
: "I was bored so i though of making a 5-min polymarket Bot. Here's the progress so far after 2 weeks."
7 posts
#10
Api
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/algotrading
Trading Book
12 reviews
#1
Rob Carver
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Ernie Chan
1.0★ from 1 review
#3
Sinclair
4.0★ from 1 review
Stock Screener
2 reviews
#1
TradingView
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Finbox
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/algotrading
#1
Strategy
: "It’s finally working!"
84 posts
#2
Data
: "My strategy outperformed the S&P 500 over 3 years with 1/3 of the drawdown"
49 posts
#3
Infrastructure
: "First day testing out my breadth algo"
31 posts
#4
Education
: "Market microstructure from first principles: the order book and what "last price" means"
16 posts
#5
Other/Meta
: "Guys guys, I only speak the truth"
11 posts
#6
Research Papers
: "Deep learning for algorithmic trading: A systematic review of predictive models and optimization strategies"
6 posts
#7
Business
: "How do you deal with small accounts?"
1 post
#8
News
: "Pizza Index - Doughcon 2 !!!"
1 post
#9
Career
: "Websites to verify trading results."
1 post
Member Growth in r/algotrading
Yearly
+76k members(4.2%)
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Last updated: June 12, 2026