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careers The rarest people at a trading firm.
Trading firms prize rare combinations of market instinct, technical skill and disciplined risk-taking.
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markets Tom Costello: everyone in quant finance is a genius.
Tom Costello says everyone in quant finance is a genius.
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ai Ex-Balyasny PM: Quant is like Blackjack, Fundamental is like Poker
Ying Hua explains how multi-manager hedge funds combine systematic position sizing, alternative data and discretionary judgment to generate equity…
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crypto Tom Costello: Sam Bankman-Fried would’ve never been hired at a hedge fund
Tom Costello says Sam Bankman-Fried would never have been hired at a hedge fund.
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derivatives ~100% Returns in 2025, No Losing Year Since 2008: Erik Smolinski on Edge for Retail Trader Edge
Erik Smolinski reports nearly 100% returns in 2025 and no losing year since 2008, using volatility risk premia, sector rotation and options…
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alpha Ex-Citadel PM: All Hedge Fund Failures Are Because of One Reason - Rich Falk Wallace
Rich Falk-Wallace says hedge fund failures stem from flawed portfolio construction and risk leakage, not weak fundamental research.
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ai Ex-Two Sigma Quant: Why You Should Bet Against Conviction
Former Two Sigma quant Omer Cedar explains how systematic funds turn discretionary signals and crowded consensus into alpha.
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ai Ex-Citadel Quant on Trading the Most Asymmetric Market - Neel Somani
Neel Somani explains how grid congestion, weather and outages create asymmetric power trades, then links AI data-center demand to infrastructure…
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hedge funds LTCM Co-founder Victor Hagani: “Taking Risk Is Always a Negative.”
Victor Haghani argues position sizing and variance control matter more than asset selection for compounding wealth.
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allocators Why Apathy From Allocators Is Worse Than a Hard No
Allocator indifference signals a failed pitch before a formal rejection arrives.
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asset management Quant Fund Partner on Why Hedge Funds Fail at Branding
Quant fund partner Duane separates marketing, branding and sales, arguing that a strong brand makes capital raising easier before the first meeting.
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elections Why Prediction Markets Work Best With Binary Outcomes
Prediction markets work best for binary events such as elections, while S&P 500 bets are better expressed through direct trading of the underlying…
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ai Ex-Third Point Data Scientist: “AI Agents Are Encoding PM Workflows”
AI agents are encoding hedge-fund workflows including earnings previews, narrative tracking and alternative-data synthesis.
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expected value How Andrew Checks If a Trade Still Works When He's Wrong
Andrew Courtney stress-tests prediction market trades by assuming his model is wrong and recalculating expected value after fees and spread.
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electronic trading Why Electronic Trading Was a Better Fit Than the Trading Floor
Andrew Courtney explains why electronic trading and the upstairs office suited him better than floor trading and the pit.
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gambling Prediction Markets Need to Be More Than Just Gambling
Prediction markets can provide news context and insurance-style risk transfer rather than just a venue for quick-money gambling.
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