no not really. you can use public information to give you an edge. And I say this as a person who trades and develops models at a vety successful market making

no not really. you can use public information to give you an edge. And I say this as a person who trades and develops models at a vety successful market making firm. Alternative data no one else can get easily certainly has tremendous value though. Of course, predicting one or two seconds into the future (my primary concern) is easier than days or years, so there's that.