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The four hats of the solo trader At a trading firm or fund, the researcher doesn’t run the execution desk. The portfolio manager doesn’t build the tech and infrastructure. These are different jobs, done by different people, with different skill sets. When you’re trading solo, you’re all of those people (and more). And the thing ...


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Part 3 of a series on Statistical Arbitrage for Independent Traders Previously: In the last article, we built up a conceptual understanding of universe selection: how to find pairs that diverge and converge in a tradeable way. We talked about measuring the thing you actually care about directly, rather than reaching for statistical tests like ...


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Previously: ​A Tale of Two Prices (the core idea of stat arb)​ Last time we established that stat arb is really about betting on divergence/convergence behaviour continuing. Two things that have historically moved together come apart, and you bet on them coming back together. Remember the forced flows example, some fund or whatever having to ...


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Part 1 of a series on Statistical Arbitrage for Independent Traders. It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness… I’ve seen heaps of stuff published online about stat arb lately. Some genuinely good takes. And some other material that, while academically interesting, isn’t particularly useful for people like me and the ...


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What’s Past is Prologue Let’s be honest: 2025 was a pretty good year to be a systematic trader. If you had a diversified portfolio of risk premia, you probably did alright. Claiming we did anything overly special in such a favourable environment would be a tad arrogant. That said, there’s a big difference between “the ...


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