Michal Zaremba isn’t just another trader. He was the first to go live on AlgoCloud with real trading capital — and he’s been pushing the platform’s limits ever since. In this exclusive interview, Michal shares exactly what’s working in his AlgoCloud real trading, why most traders fail, and how to build a portfolio that survives any market condition.
From strategy selection to using AI and no-code tools, this is a must-watch if you’re serious about algorithmic trading with AlgoCloud.
His advice is clear: don’t rush. Learn. Build confidence. Understand your strategies like employees — hire and fire them based on performance.
Watch: AlgoCloud Real Trading Interview with Michal
If you’re thinking about algorithmic trading or already building strategies in StrategyQuant or AlgoCloud — you need to hear this.
Full Interview Transcript: AlgoCloud Real Trading with Michal
Michal’s Trading Journey — From Day Trading to AlgoCloud
Cornel: Hello everyone, welcome to the next podcast. It’s my pleasure to introduce Michal, who is a very experienced trader. He is actually the first AlgoCloud user who started to use AlgoCloud with real money. He also helped us a lot from the beginning to take the product to the next level. Michal, please introduce yourself.
Michal: Sure, hi everyone. I’m from Poland. Before trading, for many years I was doing business — I was responsible for 17 years for commercial activities in quite a dynamic software company. That’s why I can recognize good software. I love technology, I love automation, but I’m not a coder, therefore I like no-code solutions.
I started my trading journey in 2017 because I realized that I work very hard for my money but I do nothing to let my money work for me. I tried different approaches — CFDs, Forex, futures for a few years. I did an institutional trading course based on order flow. I was also day trading stocks for one year in a trading room. I realized that day trading is not for me and from the beginning I gravitated to systematic approach and to automation. I’m quite experienced StrategyQuant user — I bought two licenses in 2018.
Best Strategy Types for AlgoCloud Real Trading
Cornel: What kind of strategies are working well for you?
Michal: I tried many different approaches. I can recommend for the stock market starting from some reversal strategies because they have high win rate — for the beginning it is quite good. But of course I like momentum strategies, we can call them trend following also. I like breakout strategies, I like to search for different biases in the market. I was also developing seasonal portfolios, but this is more difficult because you need a lot of seasonal strategies at the same time.
For new people I can definitely recommend reversal and momentum approaches.
Finding Inspiration for Trading Strategies
Michal: One starting point I can definitely recommend are books. Read books, read about people who have been on the market a very long time and try to recognize the strategies and code them. Using StrategyQuant it is really very easy. You can also do data research — seasonality patterns are based on data research. And the new way of discovering strategies I can highly recommend is AI research. I use AI for strategy ideas also.
But at the end of the day, we need to understand what kind of strategy this is, why it’s doing well or not. Strategy is like an employee for me — I need to know my employees. I can hire them, I can fire them if they are not working as expected. But I need to understand them.
My general advice is: give yourself time. Trading is not easy, but it is easier than ever before if you are a curious person.
Portfolio Composition for AlgoCloud Real Trading
Cornel: How do you think about composing a portfolio?
Michal: The portfolio is the key — the real target. I like to have at least 10 to 20 robust strategies which I understand and have been tested on a demo account. These strategies should have many different drivers and work in different market regimes.
I like to use correlation coefficient and search for negative or low correlations. I use monthly correlation by loss as one of my key measures. But also the key point is exposure — you need to know the exact historical exposure on both portfolio and single strategy level.
Every strategy before going to the market should be tested in different market regimes. Check the strategy in bull market, bear market, high volatile market, medium volatile, low volatile. If some strategy is not working in a certain regime, I filter that regime out.
Why Michal Chose AlgoCloud for Real Trading
Michal: The first main reason was the idea of trading not a single instrument but the whole portfolio. The backtesting and robustness of stock-picking strategies is much better than single instruments. The second very important reason was the stability of the platform.
I was trading algorithmically for over two years using TradeStation with VPS, and for me it was horrible time because of platform stability — every second day I had some problems. In AlgoCloud, in all of 2024, I had one day when there was a problem and it was fixed the same day. I can now not look at AlgoCloud for a few days or weeks and I have no problem.
Additionally — you have 30+ years of history to backtest, not just 10 years for futures. The unique features are on-bar-open and on-bar-close trading. You can deploy a strategy in two minutes — this is amazing.
Michal’s Advice for New AlgoCloud Traders
Michal: Give yourself the time to discover. Trading is not easy, but it is easier than ever before. AlgoCloud is cutting the way many times because you don’t have to be an advanced programmer. Focus on strategies — understand them. Learn what is robustness, what is overfitting, how to find stable areas.
I can highly recommend a few Ali Keis’ videos about this topic. Read books. And if you like some ready-to-use strategies, check out our research about trading costs — it’s important to understand real expenses.
Bear markets are the best time for starting your algorithmic adventure with stocks. After such events, momentum strategies and breakout strategies can produce amazing returns. Prepare yourself and take your time.