1. Focus on building a trading system that delivers consistent returns across multiple market regimes, not just short term gains. Your goal should be robustness and adaptability over years, not just performance under ideal conditions. 2. Leverage your Computer Science expertise to develop custom tools that enhance your trading process. Your technical edge can be a big differentiator. 3. Avoid tying yourself to building a specific trading bot.
the philistines have taken over this thread. I will exit. To the OP, you have to determine who are the right people to listen to (its an essential skill in trading/portfolio management). The choice you make here, will determine if you will succeed in this industry. PM me if you want, I'm happy to help you anyway I can.
I know it's heresy to say... but you don't need math. The best, most simple way to "clean the market's cat"... is to learn and trade "Price Technical Analysis".... Trade the chart... Trade "what you see"... disdain all else. The simple key to trading success... "Buy Support Sell Resitance Chase Breakouts". That's IT. Anyone who tells you different doesn't know what he's talking about.
yes op heed this advice - this guy @newwurldmn hasn't ever done anything on this forum but disparage anyone who makes an effort at meaningful discussions. look at @newwurldmn 's post to likes ratio and you will just see a shit talking fanatic that is part of a small group on here destroying threads everyday.
There are only a handful of guys on here with similar sell side experience and he trades a large book. Maybe put aside your TDS and read.
@MarkBrown every accusation is a confession. i look forward to your next thread in economics about how awesome trump is. Truly insightful stuff.
For not much money you can try this backtester. Should be very easy to use for a CS student. This and a small account, and you can try a few stat arb type things without blowing all your tuition money: https://www.amibroker.com/