{"slug": "ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made-money-on-the-spread-and-still-lost", "title": "Ep. 3: Debugging a $4 Trading Bot: It Made Money on the Spread and Still Lost", "summary": "A developer documented debugging a $4 trading bot that captured profit on the bid-ask spread yet still ended up losing money overall, walking through the diagnosis in the third episode of the Agent of One podcast. The show, produced with AI agents and an AI-generated voice, focuses on building a one-person business with a fleet of AI agents and reporting real numbers.", "body_md": "The audio version of this post: https://blakelapierre.substack.com/p/debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made . I write this show through my AI agents, and an AI voice reads it to you.\n\nDiscussion about this episode\n\nAgent of One Podcast\n\nBuilding a one-person business with a fleet of AI agents, real numbers included.\n\nBuilding a one-person business with a fleet of AI agents, real numbers included.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made-money-on-the-spread-and-still-lost", "canonical_source": "https://blakelapierre.substack.com/p/ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it", "published_at": "2026-10-23 07:24:30+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-26 01:13:16.780303+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Agent of One Podcast", "Blake LaPierre"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made-money-on-the-spread-and-still-lost", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made-money-on-the-spread-and-still-lost.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made-money-on-the-spread-and-still-lost.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ep-3-debugging-a-4-trading-bot-it-made-money-on-the-spread-and-still-lost.jsonld"}}