What is a Quant Trader? | Systematic Investing | What is a Quant Hedge Fund? | Trading Ideas

Todays video is all about quant trading or investing. I have been a quantitative trader for over twenty years, and one of the most frequent questions I get in the comments section of my videos is what does a quant trader or quant hedge fund investor actually do. In this video we will talk about the different approaches followed by quant traders and discretionary traders and we will talk about the typical backgrounds of quantitative or systematic investors. What is a Quant? Quant is short for Quantitative or Quantitative Analyst on Wall Street. Patricks' Books: Statistics for Traders: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0 Financial Derivatives: https://amzn.to/3fq8Bao Corporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Visit our website: www.onfinance.org Follow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/PatrickEBoyle To learn about different hedge fund strategies, check out this video: https://youtu.be/ToGIX1op0bY