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I haven't read any of the Market Wizards books or Barry's book so I'm unable to compare.
I favor that approach, but most people don't have the patience to go through years of education before starting to implement anything.
If I understand you correctly, you're looking for a biography of successful experiences in quantitative trading firms. I don't think there's a book that does that as of now. It's not that exciting anyway, a good quantitative trading firm is like an assembly line, e.g. McDonald's. I found this description rather accurate:
Also, just some advice, but I don't mean to dissuade you from trying: If you want to make money from sprinting, you're setting the game up so that the person with the fastest legs wins. If you want to make money from mathematical trading, you're setting the game up so that the the smartest mathematician (and your broker) usually wins.
There's many ways to make a lot of money from the capital markets without being smart (take a look at IEX). And at the end of the day, there's a real pecuniary and time cost to get into this field, so if you're not completely passionate about mathematics, you're just going to feel very miserable and give up eventually.
I admire your courage to take on this challenge, but there's also hundreds of people you're competing against who know that the Fields Medals were awarded today, and who can define a "manifold" right off the top of their heads. It will take an enormous amount of effort to surpass them in mathematical prowess.
Yes and no. I'm looking for something that will go over a successful persons road towards success within the field. I would like for the book to potentially go over ways in which they came about developing their own strategies and even some examples of what they may be. Possibly even real world examples of past strats they used that may have worked out. Being that you are not familiar with market wizards, it's difficult for me to explain! It's funny you use that example, a couple members of my family, and family friend, are close with Jason Mccarthy of Five Rings. He attends the same American Jiu-Jitsu school I am apart of. I'm not looking for the excitement of the "stories" but more for a look into the mind of successful quants in the field and how they came to be/examples of their success.
Thank you. Is it wrong that I read manifold and thought of an engine?
Yes, it would take an incredible amount of time and effort to surpass them, but at the same time, many market related successes did not come from sheer genius. Unless, of course, we are talking about full fledged HFT type mathematical quant trading, in which case, the firm with nobel and fields winners, along with the largest budget for infrastructure will win most of the time.
Even an individual with a PHD in mathematics from a big five school doesn't grasp an automatic advantage to someone without the degree when it comes to success and making money. Am I aiming to become an award winning mathematician, no I am not. I do not desire to directly compete and walk to same road that those who have devoted their life to math have walked. My desire to learn quantitative mathematics in reference to trading is because I feel that it is a subject in which I have a natural gravitation towards and can possibly apply that strategy to a profitable trading portfolio.