I Built an AI Agent That Watches the Market While I Sleep
I have a full-time job and no time to watch the stock market all day. But I still trade — mostly US tech stocks. Last year I made at least three bad decisions because I was too tired or too rushed ...

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I have a full-time job and no time to watch the stock market all day. But I still trade — mostly US tech stocks. Last year I made at least three bad decisions because I was too tired or too rushed to think clearly. So I built an AI agent to do the watching for me. The stack: OpenClaw as the agent framework, Exa for information gathering, and Milvus as a personal memory store. Total cost: about $20/month. The NVIDIA Moment On February 26th, NVIDIA reported Q4 earnings — revenue up 65% year-over-year. The stock dropped 5.5%. I didn't find out until the next morning. But when I checked my phone, there was already a message from my agent, sent the previous evening: NVDA earnings analysis: Revenue beat expectations, but the market is skeptical about AI capex sustainability. In similar past situations, the stock tended to drop short-term. You had a similar experience in September 2024 — you panic-sold and the stock recovered within three weeks. Recommendation: hold, don't panic-sell. It didn