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EP: 142 Evolution of Algorithmic Trading

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Guest:

Jared Broad

CEO of QuantConnect

Record Date: 8/1/17

Topics:

1. Evolution of Algo-Trading
2. Quant Community
3. Crowd Sourcing Quant Traders
4. Artificial Intelligence

Rapid-Fire:

1. How has your trading evolved?
   • Manual to purely algorithmic. We went from equities to options to futures, and now I’m trading crypto.
2. The moment trading just clicked for you?
   • 2011, I was trying to figure out a universal theory of everything. I learned with any strategy you can increase the leverage to increase the returns, focus on the smoothest possible equity curve.
3. 1 source you spend your time on?
   • Quant Connect.
4. Favorite Book About Trading:
   • Inside the Black Box.
5. Favorite Movie About Trading:
   • The Big Short.
6. Best Advice Ever Received About Trading:
   • Use Risk Control. Adjust your positions size according to volatility.
7. Advice to Give to Others About Trading:
   • Don’t just use technical indicators. Use other real-world data.
8. If you weren’t a trader you’d be what?
   • A.I.

Resources:

• Website:  httpss://www.quantconnect.com/blog/
• Twitter: httpss://twitter.com/QuantConnect