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What the research says about AI trading agents, how they fail, and what it takes to build one worth trusting. Everything here is sourced, and nothing here reports a return.

1. 10 August 2026

   Five brokers now let an AI trade your money. The research says we skipped a step.

   Four of the five brokers running MCP servers let an agent place a live order. What the reliability research actually found, why the field can't yet check its own claims, and the four things that separate an agent you could reasonably run from one you couldn't.