Hunt Gather Trade

The Spreadsheet Experiment

Can you test a strategy in a spreadsheet? Maybe, but it doesn't appear worth it.

Oct 22 • 

Larry Kann

Getting Wild with 800 Lines (of Code)

Taking flat data files (binary and text, courtesy of Sierra Chart) and building continuous futures contracts to export to CSV.

Oct 8 • 

Larry Kann

2

September 2025

How NOT to use Sierra Chart’s DTC Server to Pull Granular Futures Data

This one was a flop, but I wanted to share anyway.

Sep 26 • 

Larry Kann

2

How Market Data Reaches You

Part two of the market data for quants series. Just more information you should know.

Sep 16 • 

Larry Kann

4

A quick guide to using Python for market data

Part 1 of 2. Just showing you simple ways to use Python to get data for testing.

Sep 15 • 

Larry Kann

3

Market Data for Quants

Honestly, the data matters no matter what kind of trader you are. It matters at least enough that you should know about it anyway.

Sep 5 • 

Larry Kann

4

June 2025

The path to quant trading

Is there actually a destination at the end?

Jun 24 • 

Larry Kann

21

Building quantKit -- Why I'm diving deep into stochastic finance

From burnout to breakthrough: Why I'm building quantKit from scratch

Jun 7 • 

Larry Kann

20

May 2025

Tariffs, China, and the Real Cost of Chinese Manufacturing

This seems to be a hot topic for folks right now. Unfortunately, people seem to miss some key points when discussing this subject.

May 8 • 

Larry Kann

4

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April 2025

Updating quantKit, the Python tool kit we are creating for research

Discussing updates to Python code base and goals for the project.

Apr 18 • 

Larry Kann

5

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March 2025

HGT Polls

I want to know what you think, so I created a bunch of polls to find out.

Mar 17 • 

Larry Kann

6

Updates -- TL;DR -- 03/17/2025

Stop updating and start publishing real content, Larry.

Mar 17 • 

Larry Kann

2