We're So Back.

After a long hiatus, we're proud to announce that The Quant's Playbook is back – and better than ever.

The Quant’s Playbook started as a personal project to share the experiences of a young quantitative trader who fell madly in love with the field.

From the start, our goal was to learn everything we could about the industry, openly share our successes and failures in public, then once we got better and found that one piece of research — we’d go for it — big.

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Before going any further, we wanted to say that if you’re still here — thank you.

We know disappearing without warning wasn’t ideal and we apologize for it.

Just for still reading this, we are deeply grateful and want to make it up to you by coming back 10x harder.

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We legitimately put our entire lives on the line for this mission — and now it’s time to show you what came of it.

What’s Coming

Before we announce what’s new, we have to announce what’s staying the same.

From the beginning, we wanted to deliver the kind of novel insights that you could really only know about by being in the proverbial “trenches”. Things you couldn’t get from Wikipedia or ChatGPT, but only from doing your own thinking and actually risking something.

So, we’re getting right back to that.

Just as a teaser, things really accelerated for us when we took a break from the land of niche option stuff and moved into crypto (alright, get your laughs in, we know) — but trust us, this stuff goes deep — managing risk across a network of decentralized exchanges, levering up 50x our initial capital for arbitrage plays, and stuff right from the dream of every quant. If any of that sounds like gibberish, don’t worry, we’ll break it down in just the manner you’re used to.

We’ll be doing deep dives into the exact specifications of our new strategies in the space, so if you’re even remotely interested in options, leverage, or just quantitative trading in general, you’re going to love this.

What’s New

To give you some raw perspective — running a quantitative finance publication is… peculiar.

Dropping fresh, novel quantitative insights every single week sounds great on paper, but in reality, for every post-worthy insight, there are 20 folders full of code experiments that ended up going nowhere — the necessary and natural cost of real research in any field.

We’ll never fake it just to fill space, however, we never want to keep you waiting again. So, we put our best minds together and designed a new content system that’s fresh, consistent, and — most importantly — free of slop.

There’s quite a few ideas in the pipeline, but one we’re particularly excited about is a brand new series where we dive into social media chatter across the major subreddits (e.g., r/quant, r/options), quant-twit, and other pockets of the quant world.

Every week, we'll pick some of the most insightful questions — and even some of the not-so-great ones — and break them down in the spirit of real generosity.

The goal isn't to dunk on amateurs, but rather to genuinely help by showing in-depth, practical experiments.

This is just one of many concepts we’ve cooked up — not everything will stick, but one thing’s for sure: every post you see will be built with care, substance, and an obsession with keeping it insightful, novel, and worth your time.

Closing Thoughts

Before we wrap up, we just want to say: thank you to everyone reading this.

Whether you’re new here or you’ve been following our journey for a while, we’re grateful you're a part of this next chapter.

And for those who stuck around during the quiet months — who stayed even when there weren’t new posts or new announcements — your loyalty means more than we can possibly say.

This comeback is for you.

Let’s do this. 🫡