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, algo trading, strategy, and data, and they frequently recommend/review data provider, trading book, and futures broker.
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)"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Journey of developing algo infra and questions regarding your algos infra."
8 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Personal algo trading platform I've been working on"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "IBKR API is a fucking joke!"
2 posts
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."
74 posts
#2
Backtesting
: "Cheap Backtesting Data"
35 posts
#3
Algo Trading
: "If beating buy-and-hold is so hard, what’s the actual point of retail Algo Trading?"
29 posts
#4
Strategy
: "My Strategy outperformed the S&P 500 over 3 years with 1/3 of the drawdown"
19 posts
#5
Data
: "The algo trading Data model I wish existed when I started — 4 layers, 12 tables, 3 dashboards"
14 posts
#6
Api
7 posts
#7
Strategy Development
: "Personal algo trading platform I've been working on"
7 posts
#8
Paper
: "Built a multi-asset algo trading bot from scratch. 4 weeks of Paper trading, thinking about going live."
7 posts
#9
Historical Data
: "The absolute nightmare of "premium" Historical Data"
6 posts
#10
Algo
: "Journey of developing Algo infra and questions regarding your Algos infra."
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/algotrading
Data Provider
43 reviews
#1
Polygon
4.3★ from 7 reviews
#2
Interactive Brokers
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
Alpha Vantage
4.3★ from 3 reviews
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
Futures Broker
12 reviews
#1
Interactive Brokers
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#2
Tradovate
3.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
AMP Futures
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/algotrading
#1
Strategy
: "It’s finally working!"
80 posts
#2
Data
: "My strategy outperformed the S&P 500 over 3 years with 1/3 of the drawdown"
52 posts
#3
Infrastructure
: "First day testing out my breadth algo"
29 posts
#4
Education
: "How to create a Mean Reversion strategy (by ex HFT quant trader)"
17 posts
#5
Other/Meta
: "Guys guys, I only speak the truth"
15 posts
#6
Research Papers
: "Deep learning for algorithmic trading: A systematic review of predictive models and optimization strategies"
4 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
+74k members(4.2%)
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Last updated: June 6, 2026