AI you can understand
Most investing tools feel like black boxes. You give them your money, they do something with it, and you see a number at the end. SmartSwing is different. Every AI decision is recorded, explained, and visible to you.
Four-layer AI architecture
AI validates and enriches trading decisions. It does not generate them from scratch.
| Layer | Technology | Function | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Sentiment | FinBERT (local model) | Classifies news headlines as positive, negative, or neutral for each stock | $0.00/month |
| Signal Validation | Claude Haiku | Reviews ambiguous signals against news context and portfolio state; generates trade thesis | ~$0.30/month |
| Market Briefing | Claude Sonnet | Daily pre-market assessment: regime, watchlist, risk factors | ~$0.25/month |
| Trade Review | Claude Haiku | Nightly post-mortem of closed trades; identifies recurring patterns | ~$0.05/month |
| Total AI operating cost | < $1.00/month | ||
What AI does
- Validates trading signals that fall in a grey zone (not clearly strong or weak)
- Generates plain-English trade theses explaining every position
- Assesses current market regime and adjusts strategy weights
- Reviews closed trades to identify patterns and lessons learned
- Cross-references technical indicators against news sentiment
What AI does not do
- Generate trading strategies from scratch — strategies use deterministic technical indicators
- Predict future stock prices or market movements
- Guarantee the accuracy of any analysis or recommendation
- Replace the risk management engine — risk controls are rule-based, not AI-dependent
- Make decisions about your money without transparent, recorded reasoning
Example trade thesis
This is what a real AI-generated trade explanation looks like.
RSI at 27 indicates oversold conditions. Price is below the lower Bollinger Band for the first time in 45 days. FinBERT sentiment is neutral (recent earnings beat was already priced in). The mean reversion target of $425 (20-day SMA) implies a 1.6% upside within 3–5 days. Stop loss set at $406 (−3%).
Example daily briefing
Market regime: Range-Bound. S&P 500 has traded within a 1.2% band over the past five sessions. ADX at 18 confirms weak trend. Volatility (VIX) at 14.8 is below average. Mean reversion allocation increased to 70%, momentum reduced to 30%. Watching: AAPL earnings tomorrow may shift regime. Overnight: Asia flat, Europe +0.3%, futures slightly positive.
Example post-mortem insight
Closed AMZN position: +1.8% in 3 days (mean reversion target hit). The oversold bounce followed the expected pattern — RSI recovered from 26 to 42. Lesson: volume confirmation on the entry day was strong (2.1x average), which has correlated with faster mean reversion in similar setups over the past 60 days. Two open positions remain within expected ranges.
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