How did Jim Simons Beat the Market? The Greatest Trader on Wall Street

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How Jim Simons figured out the market and became the most successful money manager in the modern era. Using his mathematical background and large sets of data
Computer algorithms help Medallion fund make innumerable split-second trades in the equities and futures markets. On the other hand, Renaissance holds stocks for several weeks or months to beat the S&P 500 with less volatility
Renaissance analyzes the past because it believes investors will behave according to their past preferences. Traders are people who create patterns based on their emotions and opinions. Price patterns can repeat, so investors must learn to trade on these patterns and get an edge.
Jim Simons’s trading strategy adopts the scientific method to counter biases—cognitive and emotional. They propose hypotheses, then test and use them or review them to achieve their pre-determined output.
Renaissance has demonstrated that traders can decipher many latent forces impacting the security price movement with adequate data, computational power, and modeling

Jim Simons' trading strategy, employed through his hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, is based on a quantitative and systematic approach to trading financial markets. This strategy is often referred to as a "quantitative" or "algorithmic" trading strategy. Here's a simplified explanation of how it worked In this video

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