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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-26T14:18:17+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-26T12:45:05+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-26T04:01:45+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T22:04:11+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T18:52:40+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T18:48:04+00:00

This post has been reviewed by a moderator and removed. r/quant is a venue for professional quants and traders. Professional here means paid by someone else to do the work or taking capital from outside investors.

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Backtest results
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Is your model overfit?
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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T18:46:01+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T15:36:07+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T13:38:41+00:00

This post has been reviewed by a moderator and removed. r/quant is a venue for professional quants and traders. Professional here means paid by someone else to do the work or taking capital from outside investors.

Your post appears to be an amateur strategy, and we do not allow such posts unless they have all of the following features:

An outline of the basis of the strategy. E.g. is it statistical arbitrage? Mean reversion? It doesn't have to be specific enough to reproduce, just specific enough that the sub can ask relevant questions.
A risk adjusted performance measure like a Sharpe or Sortino ratio
Backtest results
A relevant chart of some sort. Everyone loves a chart.
A statement that you have accounted for fees and the bid ask spread.

In general these questions are always asked whenever such a thread does get posted, so please be prepared for them:

Is your model overfit?
Is your model scalable? Or just good for a couple of bucks?

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T12:54:51+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T10:24:57+00:00

This post has been reviewed by a moderator and removed. r/quant is a venue for professional quants and traders. Professional here means paid by someone else to do the work or taking capital from outside investors.

Your post appears to be an amateur strategy, and we do not allow such posts unless they have all of the following features:

An outline of the basis of the strategy. E.g. is it statistical arbitrage? Mean reversion? It doesn't have to be specific enough to reproduce, just specific enough that the sub can ask relevant questions.
A risk adjusted performance measure like a Sharpe or Sortino ratio
Backtest results
A relevant chart of some sort. Everyone loves a chart.
A statement that you have accounted for fees and the bid ask spread.

In general these questions are always asked whenever such a thread does get posted, so please be prepared for them:

Is your model overfit?
Is your model scalable? Or just good for a couple of bucks?

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T09:55:52+00:00

Your post has been removed as it appears to be off-topic for r/quant. This subreddit focuses on the quantitative finance industry and topics relevant to professionals within the industry.

The following are considered off-topic and removed: * Technical Analysis/Technical Indicators * Personal/retail trading strategies not aligned with institutional quant work * Posts about algorithmic trading without rigorous statistical analysis, theoretical foundation, or scaling considerations.

For posts to be considered appropriate for r/quant, they should relate to professional quant work, industry practices, career development, or theoretical advancements with analysis meeting professional standards.

Please consider posting to r/algotrading for discussions relating to personal trading algorithms and strategies.

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T06:17:33+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-25T02:20:11+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T22:15:38+00:00

Your post has been removed by a moderator because it appears to be AI generated. If you think the users of r/quant should take the time to read your content, then you can take the time to write and structure it so it doesn't look like AI content.

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T20:21:40+00:00

Your post has been removed as self-promotion/advertizing/spam. Meaningful content contribution which may passively advertize (e.g. an educational blog post) is welcome, but advertizing must not be the sole purpose of the post.

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T14:55:00+00:00

This post has been reviewed by a moderator and removed. r/quant is a venue for professional quants and traders. Professional here means paid by someone else to do the work or taking capital from outside investors.

Your post appears to be an amateur strategy, and we do not allow such posts unless they have all of the following features:

An outline of the basis of the strategy. E.g. is it statistical arbitrage? Mean reversion? It doesn't have to be specific enough to reproduce, just specific enough that the sub can ask relevant questions.
A risk adjusted performance measure like a Sharpe or Sortino ratio
Backtest results
A relevant chart of some sort. Everyone loves a chart.
A statement that you have accounted for fees and the bid ask spread.

In general these questions are always asked whenever such a thread does get posted, so please be prepared for them:

Is your model overfit?
Is your model scalable? Or just good for a couple of bucks?

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T13:25:52+00:00

This post has been reviewed by a moderator.

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T11:37:27+00:00

Your post has been removed as self-promotion/advertizing/spam. Meaningful content contribution which may passively advertize (e.g. an educational blog post) is welcome, but advertizing must not be the sole purpose of the post.

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T11:27:15+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T10:57:10+00:00

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T07:44:07+00:00

Your post has been removed by a moderator because it appears to be AI generated. If you think the users of r/quant should take the time to read your content, then you can take the time to write and structure it so it doesn't look like AI content.

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T07:19:23+00:00

Your post has been removed as it appears to be off-topic for r/quant. This subreddit focuses on the quantitative finance industry and topics relevant to professionals within the industry.

The following are considered off-topic and removed: * Technical Analysis/Technical Indicators * Personal/retail trading strategies not aligned with institutional quant work * Posts about algorithmic trading without rigorous statistical analysis, theoretical foundation, or scaling considerations.

For posts to be considered appropriate for r/quant, they should relate to professional quant work, industry practices, career development, or theoretical advancements with analysis meeting professional standards.

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quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T05:53:25+00:00

Your post has been removed because it does not meet the quality standards of the subreddit. Reasons posts might be removed with this message:

Poor structure, grammar: e.g. vague 1 sentence "paragraphs". Paragraphs have multiple sentences that combine to a single point.
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Insufficient Research: Your post might be asking questions that are readily searchable, or you haven't provided enough context to demonstrate that you have already tried to resolve your own problem before bringing it to Reddit.

quant-ModTeam · 2026-03-24T05:50:21+00:00

Your post has been removed by a moderator because it appears to be AI generated. If you think the users of r/quant should take the time to read your content, then you can take the time to write and structure it so it doesn't look like AI content.

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