A job opening for quants - forex trading strategies wiki

A job opening for quants ~ forex trading strategies wiki

Alphacet told me that they have a job opening for a quant who will be helping their clients backtest trading strategies, among other responsibilities. Given that Alphacets clients include several major investment banks and hedge funds, this position should provide pretty good close-up view of how the major quantitative players operate.
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How is the job market for quants these days - forex trading systems and strategies

How is the job market for quants these days ~ forex trading systems and strategies

Felix Salmon claimed in this post (hat tip: J. Rigg) that the quant job market is alive and well. However, I havent heard much from the usually diligent headhunters in the last few months, which doesnt bode well. Maybe some of our readers can comment on the current state of the quant job market?

In that same post, Felix wondered whether to incorporate the extraordinary period of 2008 as part of backtesting data. Actually, I dont see much of a problem here -- of course one should include 2008. The only reason a trading model would have performed poorly in 2008, as opposed to 2006, 2007 or 2009, would be that its parameters are fitted too tightly to historical data. If you try out some parameterless trading models like I advocated, 2008 is not that unusual except for its higher volatility.
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