Quantopian Retro E1: The Dan Whitnable Interview

[@crdcj]

It was incredible to have access to Dan Whitnable knowledge at that time on an individual basis. He gave us clear explanations and was always very patient with those who were just starting out on the platform. But it was these explanations that made me jump into the world of finance with Python. Tks, Dan Whitnable!

[@arkadym3589]

I used Quantopian to backtest a few ideas and also explored the forum to see if others had tried variations of these ideas, which they had. I didn't participate in the competitions because my strategy are Martingale, and these didn't score well despite having multi years Sharpe ratio higher than 2. I keep trading the strategy till this day. The product, Quantopian API, was really well built and polished. Fawce, it's truly remarkable that you recorded the retrospective process-a rarity in itself-and then made the videos publicly available, an unprecedented move.

[@alighten_]

Dan is an incredible resource to have access to, over at Alpaca. It's nice to hear a little bit about his experience and mindset.

[@reto4]

(via Alpaca's Slack): Great to hear your voice and thoughts, thanks!

[@Quantopianvideos]

Thanks for listening

[@JRCM823]

Hi quantopian, it's good that you are back, I saw that you had free educational posts/lectures before, I would like to know if it is possible and where I can read them. Thanks.

[@Quantopianvideos]

Working on it, but will take some time to ship...

[@mattRRgraham1996]

Yoooo!! Holy shit omg is Quantopian back?

[@Quantopianvideos]

Just as a newsletter and interview series, for now…

[@cooltraderf]

The 'alignment problem' I agree with. Searching for new species that look like unicorns is spot on!. I had capital and time and needed better coding skills (they are better now). The data plus back-testing platform and community I would gladly have paid for that. Nothing even close exists even today (sorry Alpaca). Maybe ally with IB and reboot? (Francis in NYC)

[@vcool]

Quantopian wants to take people's new ideas again?