I Asked Claude to Build Me an Early Retirement Simulator: The Results Blew Me Away
I’ve been using Claude Code quite a bit for various things related to my affiliate site, and have been blown away by how fast and capable it is.
But beyond my affiliate work, I’m also an accidental early retiree, and one thing I’m always thinking about is whether my portfolio is going to last.
So I figured, why not put Claude to the test on something that actually matters to me personally.
I asked Claude to set up a Monte Carlo Simulation for me and provided it with various variables and scenarios to test.
Then, after some back-and-forth questions, we had a great-looking simulation with slider toggles and all.
And this isn’t a basic calculator…it runs 1,000 simulations using real financial modeling, accounts for inflation, Social Security, your mortgage, and multiple market scenarios.
I was so blown away by what Claude is now able to do. Financial planners be damned. Claude may be better!
Claude Built a Better Retirement Simulator Than Most Financial Planners
Here is a video of what I was able to produce:
I kept going back and forth with Claude for a bit until I got the simulation just right for my needs, and then I asked it to send me a prompt so I could share it with my readers.
You’ll be very impressed with the results, and the nice part is that it will live in your own private chat with Claude and not be living on anyone else’s servers.
If you aren’t familiar with Claude, it is Anthropic’s excellent chatbot product that competes with ChatGPT, has become my new go-to.
Setting Up Your Own Early Retirement Simulator With Claude
- Copy and paste this into Claude.
- Fill in all [BRACKETED] values with your own numbers before sending (or perhaps slightly easier, copy/paste the prompt and hit enter -> then Claude will ask you for the numbers as a follow-up)
- That is it!
You can fine-tune from there by asking Claude to make any changes or additions you need.
And be sure to let me know if you were able to use the prompt and how it turned out for you.
Cheers!