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cschneid on April 25, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Anyone making money through algorithmic tr...

In 2017, the S&P 500 was up 18.74% - not that the extra 2.5% you made is nothing, but it's not a get-rich-quick type of return.

How many trades did you do over the course of the year? Was your volatility lower than the market overall?

baccredited on April 25, 2018 [–]

96 trades. 4 active strategies that each buy 2 stocks a month and hold for a year.

I care so little about volatility that I'm not even measuring it yet. And I admit that might be dumb.

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