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by hendzen 3660 days ago
If you can actually reliably generate alpha from a model like this there is no point of running the strategy yourself. There are any number of hedge funds that will sign you on, let you keep all of the IP you develop, and give you 10-12% of any returns you generate. That sounds small, but it's mitigated by the fact that you will have access to potentially billions of dollars in capital to trade if your strategy has the capacity for it. So you get 10% of a much bigger pie, with way less downside risk. Plus you get access to all their internal trading systems, execution services, data feeds, etc, which are usually orders of magnitude better than what an individual has access to.
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Who do I contact? I have a deep learning startup that is trading forex right now, I would like to make some contacts and see if I can integrate
Create a public, real account on myfxbook.com and let them find you. If you contact them directly, you can link them to your myfxbook account to give them an instant view into how your algorithm has performed.
Why FX? More direct access to exchanges?
it's the most liquid market on earth, it's 24 hour for the majors, its depth is enormous, and it is less prone to event risk than individual equities (as long as you stick to unpegged currencies) so you can get tons of leverage on it.