This is a summary of links featured on Quantocracy on Wednesday, 09/22/2021. To see our most recent links, visit the Quant Mashup. Read on readers!
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Steal ideas, not implementations [Robot Wealth]Imagine youre a relatively small, independent trader trying to turn trading from a hobby into a serious business. If thats you, then there are a few concepts that will help you pick the right trades to get after. This is important because picking the right trades is most of the game. First, the Market Gods give no prizes for difficulty. So, to start with, youll want to play the easiest,
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Getting serious about part-time trading w/ @Robot_Wealth [Better System Trader]Kris Longmore from RobotWealth joins us to discuss 4 key areas part-time traders need to take seriously to be successful, including: Why its important to understanding market participants and why theyre trading, 3 common things traders do that almost guarantee they will blow up, Setting realistic expectations for retail traders, The edge pyramid and where retail traders should target,
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Factor contribution [Quant Dare]In this post we are going to examine two alternative methods of calculating the factor contribution to the performance of an equity portfolio. To evaluate the performance of an equity portfolio regarding the exposure to risk factors, it is common to calculate the contribution of each factor to the performance. When we use the term contribution we are speaking about the absolute return of something