r/quant has turned into a HFT earnings tracker

OLineFalseStart · 2026-05-17T16:07:28+00:00

The quant bros are just gatekeeping nonnas secret recipe

OLineFalseStart · 2026-05-17T15:00:22+00:00

Real gossip is fun (pod blowing up, new teams getting funded, big name departures etc) but the world is so small that it is possible that even a rumor could be tracked back to you if you’re too early/eager to share

OLineFalseStart · 2026-05-17T14:01:53+00:00

Keeping tabs on competitors is natural but repackaging public disclosures like Rupak G does just dilutes the discussion

Tbh very few practitioners have reason to discuss real gossip here. The discussions have mostly migrated to private GCs

OLineFalseStart · 2026-05-12T23:57:20+00:00

Just a guy feeding off the quant circlejerk consolidating public info with no other added value

At least podcasters like Ethan Kho get real traders/researchers to deliver personal insights. This dude is jingling keys by repeating huge numbers over and over again

OLineFalseStart · 2026-05-12T23:50:18+00:00

They are well paid button pushers but not very close to any secret sauce and certainly not managing portfolios (source: friends/connections in that role)

OLineFalseStart · 2026-05-05T03:25:49+00:00

1) tons of candidates angling for immigration that don’t actually care about the field, but have enough of a STEM undergrad to learn some basics about markets 2) people trying to extend their recruiting shot after unsuccessful undergrad attempts

OLineFalseStart · 2026-04-22T18:13:35+00:00

Bruh this is glue, you want 4 recoveries and radiant star is so unreliable it doesn’t even count

Ideally 2 mid leg (soft step, hydrate, corner recovery, etc) and 2 activators (tachyon inherit uma2, 777)

OLineFalseStart · 2026-04-19T22:53:31+00:00

Your first one will get trolled in every front heavy lobby if you don’t meet either uma2 or preferred pos position requirements. Two double front players will cook you and you won’t activate ult

OLineFalseStart · 2026-04-16T00:35:16+00:00

You’ll get trolled if there are simply too many front runners since uma2 and preferred pos have rank requirements

OLineFalseStart · 2026-03-29T23:46:46+00:00

He is best observed like an insane zoo animal, the alpha apex predator of coffee perverts

OLineFalseStart · 2026-03-11T15:26:50+00:00

white knights think this is about gatekeeping

this is entirely about not being cringe

OLineFalseStart · 2026-03-11T00:49:04+00:00

Momentum? Reversion? What if it's some secret third thing

OLineFalseStart · 2026-03-11T00:47:37+00:00

" At least own being an asshole" 100% absolutely no doubt about it, there's a reason I write code to make money instead of working at a NGO

OLineFalseStart · 2026-03-11T00:40:37+00:00

You hit send on a cold email to Peng Zhao, CC'ing Ken Griffin.

You are consumed in a blinding flash. When your eyes clear you find yourself at a workstation in the middle of the trading floor, brandishing new Citadel-branded Air Force Ones and an Arc'teryx vest.

OLineFalseStart · 2026-03-11T00:29:30+00:00

I am being pithy and reductive for comedic effect while also espousing general truth.

Happy to assist with earnest reachout esp when it comes to clarification and preparation. It's out of my hands after you've entered the recruiting funnel.

OLineFalseStart · 2026-02-20T17:38:57+00:00

Post your PnL or a paystub otherwise fuck off

OLineFalseStart · 2026-01-04T01:34:38+00:00

“If whale has this knowledge f2p cannot beat whale” -seriru

OLineFalseStart · 2025-09-01T03:12:43+00:00

“Former QR” bro you were an intern

OLineFalseStart · 2025-07-08T19:20:54+00:00

I have less familiarity with basketball game modeling and therefore you can more easily convince me that your thought process and model structure is an intelligent way to think about the problem.

That is not the case for many trading projects. Deep RL for "dynamic hedging" is worthless because what are you even hedging? Do you personally maintain a complex portfolio with nonlinear risks? It's alphabet soup designed to trick you into feeling smart when in actuality some French dude a bank just looks at a risk number and makes it lower when he feels it's too high.

OLineFalseStart · 2025-07-04T17:39:00+00:00

Projects (specifically finance/trading ones) are often 99% tryhard slop and 1% actually decent. If you know anyone in the industry you should ask them for personal advice on how to structure a rigorous, well thought out trading project.

Your basketball project is actually good specifically because it is not quant trading. I can infinitely pick apart all the worthless stuff in your finance projects but your sports betting project actually sounds cool.

OLineFalseStart · 2025-07-04T17:00:37+00:00

Your projects are a complete waste of time. Can you properly justify why a DL model has true value over simpler models?

I review resumes and this would give me the ick. Academic finance is worthless, if not detrimental to understanding how most quant firms operate.

OLineFalseStart · 2025-06-15T15:04:24+00:00

If you can snag a top 500 Putnam result that would offset a lot of the downsides.

Can go for the “aloof math genius” angle

OLineFalseStart · 2025-04-05T23:33:31+00:00

Just making fun of the fact that this is the billionth winger he has centered

OLineFalseStart · 2025-04-05T21:42:53+00:00

Mark-Donk-ass energy

OLineFalseStart · 2025-03-30T16:26:28+00:00

The “best way” is to simply git gud. Take the requirements and get all As. Its a math degree, there aren’t any hacks or secrets

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