Free online platforms help amateurs create, test algorithms
JoinQuant has more than 180,000 users, up fourfold since 2016
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Bloomberg News
China’s individual investors are catching quant fever.
Armed with cheap computing power and free online software, thousands of amateurs across the country are building trading algorithms that were once only available to market pros. JoinQuant, China’s most popular do-it-yourself quant platform, now has more than 180,000 users, up fourfold since 2016.
