In building strategies, It seems like the more Math expertise one has the better. I know that some very successful traders / quants, like Jim Simons for example ( http://www.turtletrader.com/trader-simons.html ) are retired professors, or PhDs. What kinds of topics work well with market study? I've heard Stochastics ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_process ) Econometrics, and Probability Theory. Any other ideas? Any book recommendations here? Thanks!
<b>Were any of the areas you studied in mathematics applicable to developing trading systems?</b><br> Certainly - statistics.<br> (Jack Schwager & William Eckhardt in The New Market Wizards)<br> For a brief intro see Katz & McCormick, The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies, chap 4 Statistics.