>>11616643Hi OP,
I have some bad news for you. Realistically, unless you have an account of more than 6 figures, or quantitative strategies aren't really going to be useful to you personally, since most quantitative strategies rely on small, fractional percent gains.
So depending on what your goals are, I recommend you look into the basics of trading before attempting to develop a quantitative strategy. By understanding the basics of what moves stocks, you may even be able to develop a strategy that could become algorithmic, although again, most of the professional traders I know that are profitable and work for themselves, not a bank or hedge fund, tend to execute their own orders.
Something to think about. If you don't care about prestige, and actually only care about making money, then there are a lot of accessible strategies out there for beginner traders to use and grow a small account of thousands into a 5 and 6 figure account within the span of a year. Any of the strategies will require you to become familiar with SEC filings, reading charts, understanding supply and demand, risk management, understanding what criteria you need for a screener to actually select stocks for short or long strategies, etc.
I don't trade options but I know there are quite a number of profitable options strategies that might be more mathematically appealing to you, since when you combine different options you can get more and more interesting pay-off functions. Credit spreads are popular. Again, if your goal is to make money and not masturbate to the math of it, I would recommend focusing on the basics. Analyzing businesses, their sectors, estimating demand, risk factors, figuring out what variables should be given more weight than others, etc.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.I'll do the best I can to answer.
