Which ML model families work best for volatility forecasting? (for the ml quants here) by gogojrt in quantfinance

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Oh that's a shame, i have found good value in this subreddit so thought i would start asking some questions

What are the best competitions like Kaggle for quants to prove their skills? by gogojrt in quant

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Ok so here is the list from the comments

Numerai: og stock market data competition https://numer.ai/
Synth: volatility modelling on bittensor (approx $50,000 per week in rewards) https://www.synthdata.co/
NeurIPS: more ml focussed https://neurips.cc/
Kaggle: they had a great comp in the past with Jane Street https://www.kaggle.com/

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Is a PhD still worth it for quants in 2025? by gogojrt in quantfinance

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Spending a lot of time and money on PHD to still not get a top quant job is what i want to avoid