Not only are the platforms table stakes they are the more straightforward part to build. Even at the bleeding edge of latency you can usually work your way to the limits of your platform budget without having to find anything novel.
The strategies though are where the discovery is. There are a few strategies that are well known and still profitable but those are largely consolidated to the biggest firms. For everything else it’s a discovery process. And done strategies are only profitable for very short regimes.
I miss it sometimes too, but so much has been consolidated it’s largely a big firm world now.
The strategies though are where the discovery is. There are a few strategies that are well known and still profitable but those are largely consolidated to the biggest firms. For everything else it’s a discovery process. And done strategies are only profitable for very short regimes.
I miss it sometimes too, but so much has been consolidated it’s largely a big firm world now.