Getting rich quick with machine learning and stock market predictions

Algorithmic trading has revolutionised the stock market and its surrounding industry. Over 70% of all trades happening in the US right now are being handled by bots[1]. Gone are the days of the packed stock exchange with suited people waving sheets of paper shouting into telephones. This got me thinking of how I could develop my own algorithm for trading stocks, or at least try to accurately predict them. I've learned a lot about neural networks and machine learning over the summer and one of the most recent and applicable ML technologies I learnt about is the LSTM cell [2]. Long Short Term Memory cells are like mini neural networks designed to allow for memory in a larger neural network.