Category: Algorithm Trading
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39% After Fees…
More on Jim Simons vs other great traders and investors. Also explained (by Charlie Munger) is why Medallion is/was not able to scale past 10B in AUM and some built in promo for Patrick Bet David products and services.
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Who’s Ready to Trade All Night?
The NYSE is conducting a survey to gauge demand for overnight trading and is considering the necessary infrastructure changes. Robin Hood, Interactive Brokers, and other platforms already offer after-hours trading, with significant growth in overnight transactions. However, challenges such as central clearing and settlement, market manipulation, and resistance from market participants remain. The opening bell ceremony…
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Chief of Payment for Order Flow
Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, discusses his history, market research, and the current state of the US economy with Norges Bank Investment Management. He expresses concern over the economy being near full employment with inflation around 3%, while the government continues to engage in massive spending. Griffin argues that this spending binge leaves the…
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Trillion Dollar Assumptions
“The Trillion Dollar Equation,” video from Veritasium explores the model that spawned multi-trillion dollar industries. More specifically how Bachelier applied Fourier, how Ed Thorp made money applying the model, and finally how Black, Scholes and Merton published the model. Some immediate.trade content and expected ranges come from Black Scholes, but the rest of the content…
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The Greatest Active Manager Ever
“How a Mathematician Became the Greatest Trader of All Time,” Jim Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies and its successful Medallion hedge fund, is profiled. Simons, a mathematician and code-breaker, took a scientific approach to investing, using vast data sets, computer models, and algorithms. His strategies, which challenged traditional intuition-based investing, led to average annual…