I don't understand how my dumbass outperforms by such a large margin, is my edge that good or is the fact that I'm not trading an institutional account or an account 10Mil + play a HUGE factor?
The latter. It's very easy to find an edge that works on a tiny amount of capital (say under a million), it's a fair bit harder to find an edge that works on medium amount of capital (let's say from 2 to 20 million) and it's downright hard to find an alpha that can be deployed on a 100+ bucks.
WorldQuant’s New Fund Said to Lose 9.5% as Chaos Smashes Algos (Bloomberg) jess keepin' track o' things
Macquarie Said to Close Oldest Asia Quant Equity Hedge Fund https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...o-close-asia-s-oldest-quant-equity-hedge-fund
In other money-manager news, GAM Holding AG’s bad year just got a lot worse after the Swiss firm forecast a 925 million-franc ($931 million) loss for the full-year related to a series of goodwill charges at the group and its Cantab quant funds. Shares fell a record 30 percent. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-13/five-things-you-need-to-know-to-start-your-day
GAM Systematic Unit Battling Losses (Nov 18) A computerized trading unit snapped up by GAM two years ago reportedly faces heavy losses. The downbeat news adds to the asset manager's wider fight. Cantab is down 31.4 percent this year, according to «Financial News» (behind paywall), which cites hedge fund data from investment bank HSBC. The systematic trading unit's flagship fund fell by more than 6 percent last month alone, the trade publication reported. A spokeswoman for GAM declined to comment. https://www.finews.asia/finance/27776-gam-cantab-losses-november-schroders-sale-david-jacob
right on, that voice works great for BBC science documentaries too Probably wouldn't sound as impressive if Cramer were doing it