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So after 8 years are you now consistently profitable?

• chasingsparks 16y ago
  Profitable, yes. Consistently, depends on your view of consistency. My goal has always been and continues to be developing profitable algorithms. I have a few that are interesting, but none profitable enough to be noteworthy. (Although one is very very promising.) I do actively trade, but not algorithmically. I make short to intermediate term bets based on macro-level observations. I've gotten progressively more profitable and more consistent, but given the events of the past three years, you could claim it was just luck and I wouldn't get defensive. Regardless, trading has been my educator. For me, it was a valuable exploration, even if it never makes me rich. Trading forced me to be a better programmer; gave me an intuitive grasp of risk and statistics; and inspired my intellectual growth. In fact, it caused such a strong interest in certain types of system that am starting a masters/Ph.D program in computational social sciences this fall.