Building a data-pipe for the FCA’s financial reference data (data.fca.org.uk).
Collecting the full universe of tradeable instruments straight from the regulator; and, crucially, free to republish analyses built on top.

Open, legal, composable data, as it should be.

October plan: wire up reference + market data. Goal: v0 Money Machine trading ETFs by Halloween. Skeleton’s built, now we feed it data.
You can follow along at www.moneyexmachina.com

New post in The Returns We Want series: Part 1
Diversification, compounding, dependencies: what shapes the return streams we build.

moneyexmachina.com/the-returns-...
moneyexmachina.substack.com/p/the-return...

In the process of drafting a new series: The Returns We Want.

It asks a simple but deep question: if we could shape the returns of a money machine, what would we actually want them to look like?

First intro piece just published:
moneyexmachina.com/the-returns-...

Configuring a Public MoneyMachine 🏗️
Every Money Machine needs a brain for context. mxm-config is that brain: deterministic, layered config that keeps the system reproducible, public in design, private in operation.
👉 www.moneyexmachina.com/configuring-...

After the pause of summer, la rentrée is here: time to sharpen pencils, open the notebooks, and return to building the Money Machine.
Starting with exploring the motivation, asking: "What is your Money's job?"
Substack: open.substack.com/pub/moneyexm...
Web: www.moneyexmachina.com/why-i-build-...

In an industry built on opacity and scale, I am building a principled, personal trading system; in public. Read the full Manifesto now:
Substack: moneyexmachina.substack.com/p/money-ex-m...
Web www.moneyexmachina.com/manifesto/

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After a decade in high finance, including 6 years at one of the world’s largest hedge funds, I’m building something different:
A personal trading system with institutional rigor and civic intent.