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Re:Ask HN: How to prepare for algorithm trading interview as... by AppeasingRoko on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:19PM (#14732961)
My not particularly informed view is it wouldn't be great. Overfitting would be the biggest problem, as well as the fact that people design trading software specifically to exploit other trading bots these days.

On the plus side, less human input in trading software may greatly reduce human biases which make us suck at trading.

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Re:Ask HN: How to prepare for algorithm trading interview as... by rl3 on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:52PM (#14733068)
>... as well as the fact that people design trading software specifically to exploit other trading bots these days.

I figured modern ML would be the first thing firms use for that purpose. Might be interesting though with bots trying to learn the behavior of their counterparts and vice versa. The ensuing feedback loops are probably quite interesting.

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