Quant Momentum Trade Is Hot Again in Crypto
- Research from Man Group, academics backs up value of strategy
- ‘In crypto, you see excesses, you see FOMOs, you see panics’
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To the crypto faithful, buying and holding Bitcoin is the only trading game in town — offering about a 50% return so far this year alone for new investments.
For quantitative hedge-fund investors and a spattering of academic researchers, however, there’s a better way to capture the volatile asset’s rally, while also profiting from the huge drawdowns: Simply follow the wisdom — or folly — of the crowd.