Perspective8 min read
Why Are Only 1% of Day Traders Profitable?
Only about 1% of day traders earn consistent profits. The Brazil and Taiwan studies behind that number, the cost math that explains it, and what works instead.
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Articles from the Quant GT team on quantitative trading: what works, what doesn't, and why systematic beats discretionary.
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A Good Model Pays the Patient: Why Consistency Is the Whole Game
Why a real statistical edge rewards consistency: the binomial math of losing streaks, the law of large numbers, and the one case where quitting is right.
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High-Frequency vs. Low-Frequency Trading: What's the Difference?
High-frequency trading explained vs low-frequency investing: how HFT firms profit from speed, why retail can't compete, and where slower signals still win.
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How Does a Quant Firm Actually Operate?
Inside how a quant firm operates: the key roles, how an idea becomes a live strategy, pod shops vs centralized firms, and why capacity caps everything.
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How Much Do Quant Developers Make? Salary by Firm Type and Level
Quant developer salary breakdown by firm type and level: $300k-$450k for new grads at top prop shops, $500k-$1M+ for seniors, and why banks pay less.
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Quant Trading vs. Technical Analysis: Why Systematic Wins
Quant vs technical analysis: both read price data, but only quant rules can be backtested and falsified. Why systematic trading beats chart reading.
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The Limitations of Technical Analysis (and What Survives Testing)
Technical analysis limitations, audited: subjectivity, data mining, regime shifts, missing risk control, and the few effects that survive academic testing.
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The Most Influential Quant Factors, Ranked by Evidence
Momentum, value, quality, size, and low volatility: the five quant factors ranked by evidence, how each is measured, and what decays after publication.
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What Is Quant Finance? A Plain-English Guide
Quant finance explained in plain English: what quants do, how strategies are built and tested, why momentum factors work, and how retail investors use it.
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What Is Risk Control in Trading? The Discipline That Keeps You Alive
Risk control is the set of rules that caps trading losses: position sizing, diversification, and drawdown limits. The math of survival, in plain English.
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Why I Stopped Day Trading
I day traded for four years and lost to costs, taxes, and my own impulses. Here's why day trading fails most people, and the slower system I use now.
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Why Quant GT's Returns Have Been So High: An Honest Breakdown
Why Quant GT returns averaged ~58% a year over 8 years: a 5-stock concentrated portfolio, momentum ranking, monthly rebalancing, and the risks attached.
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