I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks

Name: I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks
Uploaded: 2022-03-31T23:49:49Z
Duration: 919 s
Description: Michael Reeves rigs up a camera and software that tracks a goldfish's movements to choose stock trades, tied to wallstreetbets sentiment. It is a comedic programming and electronics stunt.

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13.7M views · Mar 31, 2022 · 15:19 · 0 HN recommenders · 6 mentions · discussed 2022–2025

Michael Reeves rigs up a camera and software that tracks a goldfish's movements to choose stock trades, tied to wallstreetbets sentiment. It is a comedic programming and electronics stunt.

Why Hacker News points people here: Mostly invoked as a joke in threads about monkeys or darts beating professional stock pickers, and about loose definitions of AI.

Satire & parody Investing & personal finance Computer vision, speech & NLP Comedy #goldfish #stock trading #computer vision #wallstreetbets #satire

What Hacker News said 6

Cites itSuoDuanDaoMar 2023

“I came across a humorous video of someone getting his fish to invest in stocks”

Humorous video of a fish picking stocks, tracking WSB sentiment

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I came across a humorous video of someone getting his fish to invest in stocks this video He was essentially teaching algo trading, and also tracked wallstreet bets sentiment analysis. He went so far as to pitch his investment strategy to serious tech investors (it was ahead of the nasdaq at the time). His Wallstreet bets tracker had been tanking so he focused on the fish investing fund, but I was waiting for one of the investors to suggest he inverse wallstreet bets and make a lot of money.

JokeLinuxBenderMay 2022

“A similar technique was implemented and produced results using a Goldfish.”

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A similar technique was implemented and produced results using a Goldfish. [1] [1] - this video [video] [warning:language]

JokeLinuxBenderJun 2022

“The fish did pretty good in my opinion.”

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Is this in line with the concept of pitting r/wallstreetbets vs a fish? [1] The fish did pretty good in my opinion. [1] - this video

JokedilippkumarNov 2023

“This camera tracking a goldfish to pick stocks is AI by this definition”

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It doesn’t even have to be software. This camera tracking a goldfish to pick stocks is AI by this definition: this video Update: A coin toss meets this definition.

JokeModified3019Jul 2024

“Fish were an excellent choice. They are very versatile”

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Fish were an excellent choice. They are very versatile: this video (“I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks”)

JokeBenderDec 2025

“Spoiler, the fish did great vs wall street bets .”

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This experiment was also performed with a fish [1] though it was only given $50,000. Spoiler, the fish did great vs wall street bets . [1] - this video [video][15 mins]