Seven months ago, we started building Mercury on a shoestring budget. Today, we discovered our broken trading bot is pulling 2.5% daily ROI while running on infrastructure held together with duct tape. We just beat 99% of hedge funds on the planet. 🚀
After deep architectural analysis, we've discovered the true competitive advantage of Mercury's instance system:
Key Insight: Shadow portfolio's value isn't simulation—it's complete data capture for strategy optimization that demo trading cannot provide.
After months of architectural development, Mercury reached a critical milestone: all core components were implemented and operational. We transitioned from building the foundation to the fine-tuning phase—optimizing our AI-powered trading system for maximum profitability. However, this phase revealed significant challenges in our experimental framework that ultimately hindered progress rather than accelerating it.