The $1000 / month cofounder

Discussion in 'App Development' started by Aquarians, May 18, 2018.

  1. fan27

    fan27

    It uses machine learning techniques that are very intuitive and does not require the user to be an expert data scientist. With a little bit of code you can test millions of strategy combinations based on indicators or whatever price action rules you already use. Should have a beta version ready by late summer.
     
    #21     May 19, 2018
  2. Might work, let's not be negativists, so good luck!

    What I don't like is relying on things outside of my control. And selling stuff to someone else (traders, funds, customers in general) is not something I can control. Can be the greatest tool ever built, either you make money using it yourself, case when you don't need to sell it (and I'm doubtful you should), or you don't case when how can you expect others to find it great? And even if it's great but they don't wanna buy it, you're funked coze you're not in control and can't MAKE them buy it if they don't want / don't care.

    Lastly, there is no magical strategy unless you happened to steal or use one that you didn't build yourself. If you built it yourself, then it's engineering and not magic. And if you got one right, that's only the tip of the iceberg (see Handle123's post for "100s of strategies").

    Good luck!
     
    #22     May 19, 2018
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  3. Thanks for the offer, it's good to have alternatives (even if just for the morale).

    As for trust, my experience so far is that people aren't exactly rushing to help you when you don't have the means to pay or force them to (like trough legal agreements). And if you lose your edge, you're back to the meat grinder, a commodity along other cogs who all claim worth being payed 6+ figure salaries in exchange for their competence, but shame away from themselves paying 100x less in order to validate that excess talent. In your particular case, that figure claim would be legit (you already proved yourself once), but if you no longer have the capital to get off the ground again, good luck getting yourself remarked by some "investor" amidst all the copy-cat posers, one or several of them who stole your business.

    It's unlikely I'll find an experienced trader to associate with and in that case I recognize the absurdity of equal equity split. There are three things that I value: money, time, knowledge. I'm fine with even just one of them in excess quantity, since I can synthesize the remaining from it. Jobs are the worst since they take 10 hours per day (effectively all prime energy), teach you next to nothing (most of the time they implacably make you dumber) and offer just enough money so your only option is to get enough shelter, food and rest (essentially repairs at your own expense) so that you can start grinding again tomorrow. And if you can't, there's always a significant reserve of cogs to replace you (an important part of the mechanism is to always have a reserve of destitute desperate drones in reserve).

    Not sure where to place equity (shares in a business) along the money-time-knowledge axis, what's for sure is they are the opposite of a job. Will think about it and post again if I'm getting some idea :)
     
    #23     May 19, 2018
  4. Handle123

    Handle123

    I am not a believer of taking in OPM till I can prove to general public a Hedge Fund will be profitable, drawdowns comfortable, so first few years, it will remain private and use my own funds. I would think that those who had to quit their hedge funds/CTA's would find it very difficult to find monies to go onto an endeavor of trading for people, and again, in my belief, who would feel comfortable putting in funds when hedge fund owners have no game(money) in the fund. I think the owners when turning public should have like 30 million into it to be able to show they have made it but more importantly show general public and Institutions you have enough faith in oneself to put your own money on the line.
     
    #24     May 19, 2018
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  5. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    #25     May 19, 2018
  6. fan27

    fan27

    First and foremost, the technology has to be very useful to myself and make me money. Selling the technology is secondary to that. If I had a seven figure trading account or had a hedge fund who was interested in hiring me along with my technology for a piece of the profits, I would consider not commercializing the tech. Until that happens and assuming I can average 20% per year in trading profits, I need another mechanism for raising capital.
     
    #26     May 19, 2018
  7. On one side you have person with real name and a professional and you recommend to connect him to half a time drunk anonymous guy!

    imho this would be a disservice to @kmiklas
     
    #27     May 20, 2018
  8. Do you get a boost in endorphins being a nasty vicious POS? Or what else?
     
    #28     May 20, 2018
  9. OK, so I drink sometimes. Like 50%+ of the times when I post here. What does this say about me and you?

    1) That you're boring.
    2) That the only times I find myself willing to spend some bits of my precious time with you is when I know it's *wasted* anyways. Pun intended :)
     
    #29     May 28, 2018
  10. Thanks to the wonders of the Internet (as compared to my (yeah, I know it's me but I like the archaic) exchanging letters with students of the Soviet Union some 30 years ago), I'm sending to you my first letter of friendship, collaboration and generally, peaceful setup and you go on like:

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    You took tests all your schooling years to be where you are and now you cry wolf.This field is not like any of those tests,here you need to learn the actual staff to excel and be really good at it.That involves a lot of time and enormous effort.
    All those tests that propelled you to think you are smart are worth shit when it comes to trading,in other fields yes you could be quite capable to impress people about being bright etc.
    Aren't you the guy who started a thread "How much does it cost to start a hedge fund"?
    So here we are,all that greed is working against you,it's too late.System that suppose to put you in the lead actually left you on your own.Should've been a eye doctor,genealogist even academic.That comfort zone that you been near "the big stage" is same as countless musicians who never make it to be on the big stage.It's like a curse,honestly!

    Disclaimer
    1.I am sure in school,University etc you were better student than me.(Thank God i didn't do those dumbed down tests to end up like that)
     
    #30     May 28, 2018