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LLMs Can't Predict Stocks — Here's Why That YouTube Ad Is Wrong
A developer explains why ChatGPT and Claude cannot reliably predict stock prices, despite YouTube ads claiming 90% accuracy. LLMs are next-word predictors, not financial models, and their output is often 70% wrong. The article breaks down tokenization and probability to show why these tools are unsuitable for trading.
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The piece correctly debunks a common misconception, but the underlying lesson — that LLMs are pattern matchers, not calculators — is one many tech users still need to learn.
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