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Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about how Candlesticks.ai works.
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Your questions, answered
Is Candlesticks.ai a trading platform or broker?
No — Candlesticks.ai is an educational and research platform about algorithmic trading, AI/ML in trading, and custom trading technology; it is not a broker, exchange, or investment adviser, and nothing here is investment advice.
What is a candlestick chart?
A candlestick chart displays price movement over a time period — the open, high, low and close as a single 'candle' — and it's the foundation most manual and algorithmic trading is built on.
Can AI actually improve a trading strategy?
AI and machine learning can help surface patterns in historical market data, but a model is only as good as its data and validation process, and no model, however built, can guarantee future returns.
What's the risk of overfitting a trading model?
Overfitting happens when a model is tuned so closely to historical data that it looks great in backtests but fails on new, unseen data — it's one of the most common and costly mistakes in building automated strategies.
Do backtests prove a strategy will work going forward?
No — a backtest shows how a strategy would have performed on past data, not how it will perform going forward; market conditions change, and past performance never guarantees future results.
I'm not technical — can I still get a custom trading system built?
Yes. If you know the strategy you want but need someone to build the algorithm, AI model, or trading bot itself, want it built? Call Jeff Cline at 972-800-6670 to discuss a custom build.
Is this investment advice?
No. Candlesticks.ai is for education and research only — never investment, legal, tax or financial advice — and trading involves substantial risk of loss, including loss of principal.