# Just a heads up

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/just-a-heads-up/4694>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [February 28, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/just-a-heads-up/4694 "2021-02-28T15:04:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![kris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/kris/32/163_2.png) [@kris](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/kris)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/just-a-heads-up/4694/1 "2021-02-28T15:04:13Z")

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Some people might want to consider not sharing there work, after what happened to me… i started trading more then 3 years ago but ive been in programming for a majority of my life. i had made an open source project on here for automated stock trading, and even had the approval of alpaca to post it… mind you this was a winning strategy for over a month when i decided to do this. after i had put it on github and google drive to share. i started to see i was down trending… so keep that in mind the more you share the less you make, the more everyone makes… lesson learned