Felix Bick
Felix Bick is the founder of the Polar-Tensor imprint. He writes on AI trading, digital currency, and wealth building for The Meridian Wire.
How AI Is Changing the Way Retail Traders Analyze Markets
For most of financial history, market analysis was the domain of professionals with access to expensive terminals, research desks, and years of specialized trai
The Rise of Algorithmic Trading Bots in Everyday Portfolios
Algorithmic trading bots were once the exclusive tool of hedge funds and proprietary trading firms with dedicated engineering teams. Today, versions of this tec
Understanding Machine Learning Models Used in Stock Prediction
Machine learning has become a common phrase in financial marketing, but the actual mechanics behind stock prediction models are often poorly understood by the r
Digital Currency Market Cycles: What History Teaches Us
Digital currency markets are still young relative to traditional equity or bond markets, but they have already moved through several distinct cycles of expansio
The Role of Sentiment Analysis in Modern Trading Algorithms
Markets move on more than just numbers. Behind every price change is a collective shift in how participants feel about an asset's prospects, and increasingly, t
Why Volatility Is the Defining Feature of Crypto Markets
Anyone who has spent time following digital currency markets has noticed the same thing: prices move, and they move a lot. Volatility isn't an occasional featur
AI-Powered Risk Management: A New Era for Traders
Risk management has always been the less glamorous half of trading, overshadowed by the search for winning strategies. Yet professional traders consistently emp
How Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Reshape Finance
Central bank digital currencies, commonly known as CBDCs, represent one of the more significant potential shifts in the architecture of modern finance, and doze
The Difference Between Quantitative and Discretionary Trading
Trading approaches broadly fall into two camps: quantitative and discretionary, and understanding the distinction helps clarify what any given trading tool or s
Building a Diversified Portfolio in an AI-Driven Market
Diversification has long been one of the most repeated pieces of investment advice, and it remains just as relevant in a market increasingly shaped by AI-driven
How High-Frequency Trading Firms Use Machine Learning
High-frequency trading, or HFT, sits at the far end of the trading speed spectrum, executing thousands of orders per second based on tiny, fleeting price discre
The Basics of Technical Analysis for Digital Assets
Technical analysis --- the practice of studying price charts and trading volume to inform investment decisions --- has a long history in traditional markets and