Selling data to feed hedge fund computers is hottest area of finance
Is this just another way of hedge funds who are not profitable. This is sort of like this ‘quants’ to enter into consulting since they most likely cannot trade well on their own
https://qz.com/1082389/quant-hedge-funds-are-gorging-on-alternative-data-in-pursuit-of-an-investing-edge/
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If you are wanting to read about the latest in machine learning/AI for quant hedge funds, you should read this
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-27/hedge-fund-quants-close-in-on-designing-ultimate-trader-s-brain
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NOTE I now post my TRADING ALERTS into my personal FACEBOOK ACCOUNT and TWITTER. Don't worry as I don't post stupid cat videos or what I eat!Steve Cohen Is Trying to Teach Computers to Think Like Top Traders
SAC had a quant group that sought to amplify the firm’s profits by using algorithms that replicated the trades of its best-performing managers
Hedge Fund Investors Dump Humans for Computers, Still Lose
Maybe the computers were not programmed right ?
Steve Eisman, portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman, discusses the “massive changes” happening in the Hedge Fund industry. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”Losses at Leda Braga’s computer-driven hedge fund this year are running at about twice the level suffered by a macro fund run by billionaire Alan Howard. Yet, while Braga has raised money, investors have pulled billions of dollars from Howard’s fund.
To read the entire article, go to http://bloom.bg/2fEKERT
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NOTE I now post my TRADING ALERTS into my personal FACEBOOK ACCOUNT and TWITTER. Don't worry as I don't post stupid cat videos or what I eat!Computers have won, Wall St has now changed
When will Wall St old guard human traders get it? When will retail trader who chase charts with technical indicators get it? Pffffttttttttt
http://www.businessinsider.com/quant-funds-dominate-hedge-fund-rich-list-2016-5
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There have been so many stories about hedge funds letting their computer algorithms run versus some human set of traders. In this case, we get an annual return of an extra 19%. Pretty good considering the low returns the other hedge funds are getting.
Read more about the story here
Last week, I created a my new set of equations for my options and features trading phase of this “Independent Trading Algo Business in Python” course series, I will be needing to switch gears to extract all the trading logic out of all these videos that I mentioned in the past. This is from the long-standing UC Davis University course I have hinted over the last year or so. In fact, I made a quick video to highlight what I mean.
While I am typing this email, I am waiting in the wings to present my next topic for this course or is which includes my introduction to Python for trading, how to set up the environment, etc. etc. In fact, there should be a video playback video once this presentation is complete. If you are interested in learning more about this course series, go here now.
Why would you want to keep missing these LIVE presentations I keep doing each Tuesday?
Thanks for reading
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No matter how you slice, computers will still rule the roost in quant trading
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Will computers replace human trading
From a fellow trading educator I respect. Also, my answer is always a definite yes!
http://sermantraders.com/could-computers-completely-replace-all-human-traders/
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So How Fast Are Your Computers for quant analytics?
I wrote a little benchmarking application here:
http://www.liquidnitrogenoverclocking.com/node_count.zip
Download the program, run the app (takes about 2 minutes) and post your results here.
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mance ratio = 1.7028
Equivalent speed on an i7-980X platform = 5.67 GHz
Total time = 89.4220 seconds
Link to result = http://www.liquidnitrogenoverclocking.com/vortex_f5.shtml
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It is a said day when the computer industry loses it best, RIP Steve Jobs RIP Apple Computers
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/us/obit-steve-jobs/index.html?iref=BN1&hpt=hp_t1
The curtain has now closed and he is resting on his ICloud.
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