r/algotrading
Algorithmic Trading
Founded June 2012 · Public — anyone can post
A place for redditors to discuss quantitative trading, statistical methods, econometrics, programming, implementation, automated strategies, and bounce ideas off each other for constructive criticism. Feel free to submit papers/links of things you find interesting.
Members
1,897,095
1.9M
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
5.6
from the last 100 posts, spanning 17.8 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
—
not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
+0.5%
+8.5K members · ≈37d
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 19
sampled Oct 20
Distinct posters
77%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Sep 13 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
Member growth
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r/algotrading — frequently asked
How many members does r/algotrading have?
r/algotrading has 1,897,095 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 20. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/algotrading growing?
Over the last ≈37 days r/algotrading changed by +0.5% — a gain of 8.5K members. We compare against the nearest snapshot we actually hold and state the real span rather than rounding it to a clean "30 days".
How active is r/algotrading?
Around 5.6 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 17.8 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
When was r/algotrading created?
r/algotrading was founded in June 2012 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Who posts in r/algotrading?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 77% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 19. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.
Can I promote my product in r/algotrading?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/algotrading yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
How do I monitor r/algotrading for mentions?
Hit Watch on this page. Prowlo starts crawling r/algotrading into your Dataset — every new post indexed and embedded, searchable semantically, queryable by your AI agent over MCP, and able to trigger keyword alerts in Slack. Prowlo is read-only; it never posts on your behalf.
Can my AI agent read r/algotrading's stats?
Yes. Everything on this page is one MCP tool call away: catalog_get_subreddit returns r/algotrading's members, growth, promo tolerance and similar communities as typed JSON — free, no credits. Connect your agent to api.prowlo.com/mcp and it can vet the community and start watching it in the same conversation.
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