Re:Quant Strategies Implemented by the Quantopian Community
by this_user on Thursday February 13, 2014 @03:45PM
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Quite a few of these strategies appear to be underperforming their benchmark index. Some others are known to not work anymore like the 'Turtle' system or only work under special circumstances like the gold/gold miner arbitrage (requires sufficiently high crude oil prices). I haven't checked this in detail, but I would also be very wary of curve fitted backtest results that won't hold up for future market movements.
Re:Quant Strategies Implemented by the Quantopian Community
by frankc on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:29PM
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Total returns versus the benchmark is not the only important measure. For instance, the minimum variance strategy visibly underperforms its benchmark but it has way lower volatility and fewer drawdowns. These are more important in the real world where you are likely to be heavily levered.
I wonder how good that'd be.