An Early Look at the Quant (h)Edge Site

Sorry for any typos or grammatical mistakes, I’m super tired after a long day of coding and would like to get some sleep now that I feel sleepy, which is rare for me on account of insomnia.

Hey guys,

I’m so excited to be back to working on Quant (h)Edge fulltime and I’ve dedicated that time to developing the Quant (h)Edge website, which is nearly done. I say nearly done but really the hard work is just beginning. What I really mean is, soon, you’ll be able to access the live models I’ve been promising since forever. Some are even real-time. I have about 10 of them ready to go, 3 are on the site already, and 1 is real-time. These models come from work I’ve shared here before apart from one which is a nifty index high-frequency options trading AI model. Here is an early look at the site so far. There are a few bugs here and there. I have utilized a Claude Code pro trial to get a lot done in the part couple of days but a lot of this has been slowly and painstakingly developed since Feb last year. A lot of the stuff on here is placeholder. I’m learning as I go and using AI tools to ease the work load. So I often make some boilerplate stuff then fill it in with what I wanted. Saying this so you don’t go thinking this is the exact way it will look when it’s launched.

I did this because I saw information gaps that could only be filled quantitatively for people active in the markets. An example is Crypto Breadth. Here is the Crypto breadth as of yesterday(ignore the asymptote at the end, data error, will fix).

I pasted this chart into ChatGPT and asked it where I can get such a chart, ready-made. It gave me a tradingview indicator, which I found to be inaccurate;

a website that uses ByBit data, which isn’t comprehensive. Here’s what ChatGPT had to say about that:

and allusions to ‘niche’ sites and blogs.

None of these are going to be helpful to you if you are putting real money on the line based on say a breadth expansion.

My guiding principles in my work are accuracy and clarity, and Quant (h)Edge will always give you accurate models and backtests, that you can trust, and use with confidence. The real beauty about this is that each model on there will have stemmed from research and been put to the test in markets by real traders, starting with myself (some of it will be automated but that’s much later and only in the case where a human would be disastrous at it. Think replicating a crypto 100 index with a short-period rebalancing. No human can trade those many coins and keep track of the weights needed each day, week or month).

I’ve moved the blog there too. All set up an everything. I did that mostly for my own sanity. Substack is afterall a social media site so it comes with the negative effects of social media when used in excess, and if you are writing a substack, you will use it in excess. I borrowed what I liked from here, and discarded what I didn’t, but for a time, I will post any writing on both platforms.

I’ve also been quite active on the Quant (h)Edge trading discord server. I post everyday. It’s a lot easier for me to write my market thoughts there than whip up a new substack post each day. And I think I’ve been helpful. I even traded a funded account on there, but blew it on a very silly mistake (read more about that experience in a thread on X). One thing I found out is that with prop firms, you can’t have too good a day, or else you’re never going to meet the consistency rule (20-25% in most firms). But they are helpful to learn, develop your game, and make some extra money trading, especially if you are undercapitalized. I think my discord would be more beneficial for active but small traders like myself who want to grow their accounts, develop their skills, and get a more hands-on trading community. If that sounds like you come hang out on the server. It’s still just me thinking out loud for the most part, but I’ve made good calls over the past three months, I dare say. I would post screenshots but those usually precede a slum in form so I won’t do it. See for yourself. The discord is and always will be free. I’m not a trading guru or expert of some kind, I just enjoy trading and I’m happy to share what I know. I also encourage people to develop their own techniques, methods, ideas etc. At the end of the day, that’s what’s most important in this game.

Lastly, I made a portfolio website to show prospective clients. If you need a quant hit me up.

If this all sounds exciting for you, and you’d like to become a premium Quant (h)Edge member, or just support me as I develop the site. I got a sweet deal for you. You can pay-what-you-want for an annual subscription, and you will get: access to the archive here and all my past research, premium access on the new site and access to paywalled posts in future. The cool part is you will lock in that price forever. I could really use some funds to pay for the hosting and data subscriptions.

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I messed something in prod so the online version doesn’t have access to the database, which means you can’t see the models or blog posts, nor can you sign up or log in. The bug is actually because I ran a cron job on render free tier. I think they limited my account or something after that. Anyway, you can see it here. From tomorrow, you can use quantitative-h-edge.com to check on the progress. It’s not yet launched so if you make a profile you will have to do it over and over again. And I can’t send you emails because I’d need to add you to Amazon SES sandbox. But, if you would like to be an early tester, reply to this email or comment below. Your thoughts about the user experience and different features are very welcome.

In other news, I got a pet chameleon I named Frank. It’s a welcome change from my hyperactive nature and fast-paced life. I didn’t know chameleons had so much personality!!

I’m touched you guys stuck around despite the long hiatus and poor posting habits even before that. Perhaps you saw the potential Quant (h)Edge had, and I guess this post is to say thanks and show you that you weren’t wrong.

See you soon, hopefully from the other side.

Lago Brian

Founder & Analyst, Quant (h)Edge