AI Coding Just Blew My Mind

So I Built an AI Stock Advisor….

I’ve always learned best by experimenting, and over the past few weeks, I have been playing with incredible AI-powered coding tools. I started with a basic online tutorial from an awesome YouTube channel called DeepCharts (this one), and then, using the latest Claude Code AI tool, I built an AI-powered stock advisor that anyone can run on their computer.

What amazed me the most? The speed and ease with which I went from a simple idea to a working product. This is not just a toy—it’s an actual AI-driven stock analysis tool that provides detailed insights, trading strategies and risk analysis on individual stocks.

Disclaimer: This is an experimental tool for AI-driven stock analysis and not financial advice!!

What It Does

• Takes in a stock ticker (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, TSLA)

• Uses AI to analyze trends, risks, and market sentiment

• Generates a detailed stock report

• Saves the report to your local machine for future reference

Why This Matters

AI coding tools like Claude can take an idea and turn it into reality faster than ever before. I have no coding experience or training, and I would never have been able to code this myself —now, I built and deployed it in about 2 hours.

Even if you have never touched any code before, I highly recommend just diving in. The tools are mind-blowingly good, and the possibilities are endless.

I Want Your Feedback!

This is just the first version—so I’d love to hear from you!

Use my substack chat area to send me feedback.

• Does the AI provide useful stock insights?

• Any bugs or issues you run into?

• Ideas for improvements?

Try It Yourself: Run the AI Hedge Fund Advisor

All you need is Docker and a Perplexity API key (get one here).

I’ve packaged everything into a Docker image that you can run in a few simple steps. If you have Docker installed, you can spin up the AI stock advisor on your machine and start analyzing stocks within minutes.

_^🚀 Step-by-Step Guide to Run the AI Hedge Fund App

Prerequisites

• Docker installed on your system
  • For Windows/Mac: Download and install Docker Desktop from docker.com
• A Perplexity API key (sign up at https://docs.perplexity.ai/)
  • You need to create an account, then you can click on “Generate API Key” and save the long code it gives you as you will need it later.

Steps to Run the Image

Create a folder where you want to store the AI reports (e.g., on your Desktop) and go to that folder in file explorer or finder.

Open a Terminal Window Inside the Folder

Windows:

Using File Explorer: Navigate to the folder in File Explorer.

• Shift + Right-click inside the folder (on empty space).
• Select “Open PowerShell window here” or “Open Command Prompt here” Mac (Terminal)

Mac:

• Navigate to the folder in Finder.
• Right-click the folder and select “New Terminal at Folder”.

In the terminal window type the below commands:

Create the reports folder inside your working directory

mkdir -p reports

Pull the Docker Image

docker pull charleshaworth/ai_hedge_fund:latest

Run the Container

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -v ./reports:/app/reports --name AI_Hedge_Fund charleshaworth/ai_hedge_fund:latest

Access the Web Interface

• Open your web browser
• Navigate to: http://localhost:8080
• On first run, you’ll be prompted to enter your Perplexity API key
• The key will be saved for future use

Using the Application

• Enter a stock ticker symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, TSLA)
• Click “Analyze Stock”
• Wait for the analysis to complete (this may take 1-2 minutes)
• View the analysis report directly in the browser
• Click “Download Report” to save the HTML file to your computer

Managing the Container

Stop the app:

docker stop AI_Hedge_Fund

Start the app again:

docker start AI_Hedge_Fund

Remove the app:

docker rm -f AI_Hedge_Fund

Note

Reports are saved to the local “reports” directory you created

The API key is stored inside the container for persistence