I got this:
1) A software to research, develop and test option trading strategies on historical market data, then run them on live data by using Interactive Brokers API.
2) Several strategies developed using this software, latest of which I previewed in the thread labeled "How do these equity curves look in the eyes of a trader?".
Now I'm starting the next step: marketing. Way out of my comfort zone but no way around it if I'm gonna make money out of this.
The marketing campaign will target the following segments, in order of preference and only move to a latter if I fail in sustained efforts to make a successful sell to the former:
1) Professional finance: hedge funds, investment banks, pension funds.
2) Retail traders willing to pay for proprietary trading strategies.
3) Open source and give all for free.
Making a sale means giving up all the proprietary knowledge involved in running the strategy presented here: fundamental basis on why it's profitable and how it works up to complete algorithmic implementation. No black box, full disclosure. So if a #1 entity chooses to run it, it's a strong validation of the value of my research and a moral compensation (apart from the many $$$) for the many years of effort I've put into this.
Anyways, it's not gonna be a walk in the park and this is the point where I need an associate if not for something else, to avoid getting ripped off. ( Hopefully not by the associate itself
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It's a bit thick-skinned to ask free advice on this, but nevertheless: any ideas on how to formulate a compelling advert to be sent by mail? I intend to spam a hell lot of #1 in order to get a foothold with someone in a position to deploy a trading strategy to serious capital. The top-down approach, not the usual rectal examination you get in a bottom-up "get hired" by recruiters approach.
1) A software to research, develop and test option trading strategies on historical market data, then run them on live data by using Interactive Brokers API.
2) Several strategies developed using this software, latest of which I previewed in the thread labeled "How do these equity curves look in the eyes of a trader?".
Now I'm starting the next step: marketing. Way out of my comfort zone but no way around it if I'm gonna make money out of this.
The marketing campaign will target the following segments, in order of preference and only move to a latter if I fail in sustained efforts to make a successful sell to the former:
1) Professional finance: hedge funds, investment banks, pension funds.
2) Retail traders willing to pay for proprietary trading strategies.
3) Open source and give all for free.
Making a sale means giving up all the proprietary knowledge involved in running the strategy presented here: fundamental basis on why it's profitable and how it works up to complete algorithmic implementation. No black box, full disclosure. So if a #1 entity chooses to run it, it's a strong validation of the value of my research and a moral compensation (apart from the many $$$) for the many years of effort I've put into this.
Anyways, it's not gonna be a walk in the park and this is the point where I need an associate if not for something else, to avoid getting ripped off. ( Hopefully not by the associate itself
)It's a bit thick-skinned to ask free advice on this, but nevertheless: any ideas on how to formulate a compelling advert to be sent by mail? I intend to spam a hell lot of #1 in order to get a foothold with someone in a position to deploy a trading strategy to serious capital. The top-down approach, not the usual rectal examination you get in a bottom-up "get hired" by recruiters approach.
