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Truly, both wave, but as d08 and others point out, there are different levels of scope depending on what the trader's objectives are, ie. research and backtesting, automated execution, signal generation etc.

Absolutely trdes - awesome that you were able to highlight your own availability and survivorship biases ;) But certainly an encouraging start, "I don't know of any that do that and have not succeeded."

Tend to agree with you Turveyd, particularly with respect to automated rule-based signals which should become predictable and thus easier to game, however I suspect that response-time is also an important element at play here. However, I am also interested about the value of programming perhaps...

Very helpful trdes, thank you. Without giving too much away, are you able to shed any light on the type of compensation arrangements these traders have agreed to? Curious if you will, on the perspective from both sides. (feel free to pm me directly if you'd like)

d08, is there a way to edit this post to add a poll? or do you think it is worth creating a new post with a poll ?

trdes, Have to say I'm surprised at how low the number you provided is, although perhaps not as surprised as I would have been before beginning to research. I suppose my next question is, what do you figure the reason is for this number being as low as it is? My best guess would be that many...

I have to say I was surprised when I wasn’t able to find the answer to this question within the archives, so I do apologize if the discussion has already been posted elsewhere... I am trying to uncover the extent (percentage) of traders who are capable of writing programming code for...