oxbquant
@oxbquant
quant macro trader; always long convexity
academiamaxxers will talk down to people in ml/swe/quant after epsilonmaxxing application of overfitting a technique for the “real world” to scalp another NeurIPS publication being by journal auditors like this who could not pass the citadel quant research first-round interview.
Anyone knows adam?
midnight questions to self: are you willing to give more than any normal person can conceive to your craft? are you willing to lever up, no more hedging? are you willing to do anything to go from zero to one?
"The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd, but to think for yourself."
"Many men praise you; but have you any reason for being pleased with yourself, if you are a person whom the many can understand?"
“in the depths of hardship, there is always the seed of resolve; in the blaze of victory, the shadow of conflict endures. balance is not found, it is lived.”
i’m noticing that a lot of ideas i have in life/trading/philosophy all emerge from simple quotes
lmao - Jared Dillian
to scalp or not to scalp been getting the question of why did you choose the world of hedge funds rather than being at a prop trading firm/market-maker as a kid, going out to eat was a delight - pizza my favourite. i actively engaged in the “pizza” bias variance tradeoff.…
if some1 was a rates PM in H1 2025 he either had the steepener on and made money or he didn't and he didn't 100 hours of research a week, 10 minutes of research a week, same outcomes!
“I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed.”
to scalp or not to scalp been getting the question of why did you choose the world of hedge funds rather than being at a prop trading firm/market-maker as a kid, going out to eat was a delight - pizza my favourite. i actively engaged in the “pizza” bias variance tradeoff.…
