Tony Yamin

co-founder @tryconviction (YC S25). cs @columbia

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

from simple calls and puts to iron condors and butterflies, the options are endless.

trade options on @tryconviction

[Conviction @tryconviction]

Options trading is still painfully manual.

Watching charts on TradingView. Scanning options chains. Setting price alerts. Managing exits.

Today, we're launching Options Trading on Conviction.

What if trading options was as simple as describing your strategy? Conviction turns your idea into a trading agent that monitors the market, selects contracts, and executes when your conditions are met.

Link in comments.

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

october has been a crazy month for @tryconviction

we launched prediction markets and options trading. funny thing is we’re just getting started

a lot more shipping next week

couldn’t be prouder of this team. stay tuned 🚀

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@Jaco_Guzo @StockMKTNewz @tryconviction This was before building conviction

[Conviction @tryconviction]

We’re launching our first cohort of Conviction Ambassadors.

Get paid to share trading strategies, earn referral rewards, and receive early access to new features.

Apply in the comments.

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@ZJoncev congrats @ZJoncev @drecmb

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

prediction markets are now live on @tryconviction. check it out: https://t.co/2aONJ4tDEZ

[Conviction @tryconviction]

Prediction Markets are now live on Conviction.

Conviction's AI agents can now:

1.⁠ ⁠Trade on Kalshi automatically.
2.⁠ ⁠Monitor event odds 24/7.
3.⁠ ⁠Use those odds as signals to automatically execute stock trades.

You can now trade on what the crowd thinks.

[Conviction @tryconviction]

The results are in.

After two weeks of paper trading, the Alpaca × Conviction Trading Hackathon officially has a winner.

Congratulations to Swaraj Banerjee for taking first place and the $2,000 Grand Prize.

We saw some incredibly creative strategies across the competition, spanning equities, event-driven ideas, technical signals, and automated trading logic. Huge thank you to everyone who participated, tested their ideas, and pushed the platform in interesting directions.

And thank you to the Alpaca team for making this event possible. @AlpacaHQ

This was our first trading hackathon, but definitely not our last.

[Conviction @tryconviction]

The markets have officially closed, and we have our Alpaca × Conviction Hackathon winner.

After two weeks of live paper trading, the final results are in.

Stay tuned for the official announcement on Monday.

@AlpacaHQ

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

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[Conviction @tryconviction]

The Alpaca × Conviction Hackathon leaderboard is live.

Your strategies are officially competing, and they'll be battling it out till the end of next week. Winners will be announced on October 2nd 2026.

View the leaderboard here:
https://t.co/SdFsaOgnha

Good luck, and we’re excited to see how the strategies perform.

@AlpacaHQ

[Emir Ayaz @emirayaz]

our client conviction reached the top of yc launches.

here’s how we got their design ready for launch:

they wanted a brand that felt professional, minimal, and trustworthy.

we started with the visual identity, then carried it through to the product pages, taking everything from an initial idea to a finished launch.

at @arcstudio, we don’t just hand over a figma file. we work with founders to make sure the whole product feels ready for the world to see.

congrats to the conviction team on the launch. we’d love to help more yc companies get there.

some product shots below

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@Jaco_Guzo fully agree

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@Leooweb3 not anymore. check out @tryconviction, the trading desk in your pocket

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

shoutout to @arcstudio behind the design

[Emir Ayaz @emirayaz]

our client conviction just launched

conviction lets you describe a trading idea in natural language, test it on historical data, and deploy an ai agent that trades for you

the brand and product had to make something this technical feel clear and immediate

so we built both together

one system from the first impression to the product itself

branding + product design for conviction

a few shots below

[Aria Vikram @AriaVikr]

We’re hiring! Come reinvent trading with us. Link to apply in comments!

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@cactuscompute bullish

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

join us on sunday for our trading hackathon with @AlpacaHQ

[Alpaca @AlpacaHQ]

We’ve seen strong interest in our recent hackathons and in building with Alpaca’s Trading API, so we’re bringing the builder community together again. 🚀

On September 20th, we’re co-hosting the Alpaca × Conviction (YC S25) Trading Hackathon in San Francisco.

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@michaelhrobersn @tryconviction @AriaVikr first user 🤝

[Tony Yamin @Tonyyamin_]

@emirayaz @tryconviction @AriaVikr 🤝🤝