What Is Quantitative Trading — And Why It Changes Everything
I lost five years trading on instinct. Here’s what I should have understood from the start. I spent five years in crypto markets using the same method. Look at charts. Get a feeling. Place an order. Sometimes right. Sometimes wrong. Long term — always losing. It took me years to understand: it wasn’t bad luck. The method itself was unwinnable. Where Quant Trading Came From Quantitative trading isn’t new. In the 1980s, Wall Street started replacing human judgment with mathematical models. James Simons’ Medallion Fund ran from 1988 to 2018 with a 66% annualized return. Thirty years. Never a losing year. Not built on tips or instincts — built on mathematics. ...