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He used his own money to test his algos? Come on. Taking a Machine Learning and Statistics course does not make you a trader. You need something else - access
by dschiptsov 14y ago
He used his own money to test his algos? Come on.
Taking a Machine Learning and Statistics course does not make you a trader. You need something else - access to the system.
This is why my guess is that he was an employee.
- oijaf888 14y agoAn employee of what? He states above that he was paying roughly $200/month for a server and $1800/month for the software/data connections to his broker.
- dschiptsov 14y agoPrior to setting up my automated trading program I’d had 2 years experience as a “manual” day trader. - mom's and pap's 401k?
- mattyppants 14y agoNo, he said he backtested them against data he collected from the feeds. He paid for the feeds just like everyone else does with his own money.
- dschiptsov 14y agoFor me it all looks like a bad-written fiction, and the source is just a blog post.
- rafkin98 14y agoAnd that's the beauty of it - take it or leave it.