Quant funds are now about 30% of traded volume

[ajacobson]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-be-your-own-quant-1495801888

 

[Scataphagos]

All the more reason to be a "price chart, TA" player.

 

[wintergasp]

All the more reason to be a "price chart, TA" player.

How come ?

Quant includes dozens of different strategies, some of which may be price chart / technical analysis...

 

[Scataphagos]

How come ?

Quant includes dozens of different strategies, some of which may be price chart / technical analysis...

Because the price charts show what players are actually doing with their money. We'd all like to know the "why" for any move... but most of us never find that out in time to be of any value to our trade.

 

[dealmaker]

Crabel, Toby (1990).Day Trading With Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout