I actually find how he flaunts his wealth and success entertaining. There is a scene in one of his videos where he and the interviewer are in Singapore and they go for a high end hair cut and then a straight razor shave. Next he is flying first class to New York, reclining and chilling out in...
Trade the strategy yourself and build a track record with it and then explore other options. Having an actual track record will improve your chances greatly of either being able to lease or sell the strategy or to raise capital.
That is like asking..."I have a friend who is really good at playing basketball, is he also good at playing football?" Of course the answer is...we have no idea. We don't know your friend!
So I got to 2:32 of the first video. Correct me if I am wrong but looks like he was doing a seminar for Wizetrade! lol Who remembers those infomercials!!
I have been writing software for about 18 years. I can tell you right now this project will likely never get off the ground. It is going to be nearly impossible attracting talented developers to this project given the project initiator (you) really does not have much to bring to the table...
Here is my take away:
1. Trade multiple strategies
2. Assume that at some point strategies will lose their edge
3. Use metrics to determine number 2 and remove strategies when necessary
4. Have pipeline for finding new strategies
5. Don't get blown out
How many HFT shops use Python for their Algos in production? I would venture to say zero. And yet that is the language used by Alpha Trading Labs and they market their platform as built for HFT.
I paid $269,000 for a 4 bds 2.5 ba pool home centrally located in Tampa, FL 3 years ago. I am 10 minutes from an airport and there are plenty of well paying tech jobs close by. Home is currently worth 300k. Half a million would buy you plenty more home in an even nicer neighborhood. These...
The article is a good read. From the article:
Robert Mercer was a pioneer in AI and machine translation. He helped invent algorithmic trading – which replaced hedge fund managers with computer programs – and he listened to Wylie’s pitch. It was for a new kind of political message-targeting...
Project sounds cool. They talk about automating idea generation which is something I am interested in. The design I have in my head is to be able to classify data sets/indicators and then the machine learning engine "knows" how to test the data sets/indicators based on the classifications...