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So this summer I did a CS/data science internship at a fairly large Wall Street firm and most of what I was doing was semantic analysis of social media and machine learning. I learned an incredible amount from them and how they manage to develop trading algorithms to profit. One of the largest factors they used for publicly traded stocks was the brand perception of the company on social media. This can be quantified using semantic analysis and the correlation between positive posts and stock increases is incredible. After the internship I set off to tweak what they had done and apply it to crypto. Though ostensibly similar, there are a number of differences due to the lack of truly stable cryptos (unlike Microsoft, Apple, McDonald's, etc. who are pretty consistently profitable). It took 300 hours of work this September to finish the program and I began using it in October. With an initial investment of $10,000 I now have a fairly diversified profile of cryptocurrencies worth in the 7 figures. The way my model works is that given certain factors (again primarily social media perception) it predicts the future of the crypto within 5n/10% accuracy with n being the number of days in the future. I am in a number of high-profile investor chats regarding DENT and they all believe it to have potential. They see all these higher valued shitcoins with no practical value and view this as a golden opportunity for incredible profits. I can't guarantee profits, no one can of course, however there are many people in positions of power over the marketplace who want to buy more DENT and see it grow. I know many people responsible for pump and dump. They see the future in DENT and the incredible potential profits in simply buying and holding this gem. Thank you for reading, have a good night, and get excited!
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The interesting thing about crypto (and how it's weirdly predictable) is that there are almost no barriers to entry. The lack of regulations means that you don't need verification, don't need a broker, and there isn't really an established media regarding these coins. This is why they are so easy to predict using semantic analysis and a little psychology. Many of the "whales" I know aren't incredibly smart people. They're the somewhat techie sons and daughters of millionaires and billionaires. When predicting the market don't overthink things. There are very few academic articles written on cryptocurrency trading so people don't know what to expect. These kinds of "pioneer markets" are very volatile, yet predictably so. I encourage everyone to try to learn some machine learning; it truly is amazing.