A $16B hedge fund CIO gives an easy explanation of quantitative trading

Ryan Tolkin, the CIO of a $16 billion hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors, helped us understand what quantitative trading actually is.

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[QUANT_Trader]

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[mintukalita]

VERY SIMPLE, YOU JUST NEED A SUPER COMPUTER COSTING MIGHT BE BILLION TO EXECUTE MILLION OF TRADES IN A MATTER OF SECOND.

[PrawnzHD]

What's the difference between quantitative investing and investing in those robo-funds controlled by ai?

This video is definitely unclear and his explanation feels extremely unfinished.

[grimx]

Wallstreet and hedgefunds like to use big and complex terms to make investing seem hard and only they can do it correctly. If they are so good, then why are index fund beating most of the mutual and hedge fund returns? My returns percentage so far in my individual trading account is greater than most hedgefund. Also keep in mind public companies have their quarterly earning reports online for anyone to read, so take the time to read them and understand the company before investing or even shorting. Teach yourself how to invest and stop giving these salesman of wallstreet your money.

[jesusvillalobos]

Hey i just tried to buy stock in an Australian bank on Vanguard and the symbol was unrecognizable. Anybody been through this and figured out what you have to do to buy foreign securities on Vanguard?

[astro]

It’s all market inefficiencies and Liquidity captures hence the power of 3 1.accumulation
2.manipulation (manual maneuver, news price manipulation)
3.Distribution
the institutional order flow
Master market structure from macro level to micro level
Master the times zone price moves in the most volatile and volumes times NY session AM & PM EST time no trading in market lunch hours which is 12:00 PM EST - 01:00 PM EST

[HaiLeQuang]

What are some of the best books on quantitative investing strategies I can read on?

[epicurusone]

As clear as mud.
So badly explained. He should be ashamed that he has failed in explaining an idea to people other than experts.

[johnatanfx]

Are Prop Firm Challenges a Scam Yes or No? Which ones can we trust 10%?

[SimbolicProductions]

Sounds like it adds a lot of value to every day people of the world LOL

[lilrexy]

I want to start daytrading. Any day traders out there want to tell me anything? (Tips/teach/anything)

[TheBatmanDC]

Cant understand it?, Dont worry your not supposed to!!!

[Gonz]

This is only relevant if the market is rational, which it isn't.

[Anna-depd]

Trading is a compounding game. I'm getting 8% ROl per week from hedgefund. This is 32% in a month and I consider this very realistic and OK.
But the problem is most traders are so greedy and that's why they keep blowing up because they want to turn 100 to 5k in short period. I'II just encourage more traders start going with hedge funds and you'll see the growth

[upgrader]

This was an ad for "Why you should put your money into the stock market."

ps - dont.

[roysmith]

A computer a.i makes the trading decisions not a human

[willywonka]

So basically a computer is doing there trading why not just say I want the program that does this so i can buy it

[jeff-hhmc]

He’s speaking jibberish in order to convince people he’s smart and to turn over their money.

[ryak]

What is that haircut? Why even bother wearing a suit if you're going to wear your hair like that?