{"id":105156,"date":"2021-01-23T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=105156"},"modified":"2021-01-23T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T12:55:02","slug":"robinhood-couple-in-viral-tiktok-discover-quant-momentum-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/robinhood-couple-in-viral-tiktok-discover-quant-momentum-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Couple in Viral TikTok Discover Quant Momentum Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buy when a stock keeps going up. Sell when it keeps going down.<\/p>\n<p>To quantitative investors, it\u2019s dubbed the \u201cmomentum\u201d trade &#8212; rooted in decades of behavioral analysis, backtesting and academic rigor. To TikTok users <meta itemprop=\"type\" content=\"WebLink\">@ChadandJenny, a basic version of this follow-the-trend strategy netted a more than 2,000% return on the Robinhood app in a month, they claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see a stock going up and I buy it &#8212; and I just watch it until it stops going up and I sell it,\u201d the user known as Chad said in a video re-posted on Twitter on Sunday that has been viewed 1.8 million times. \u201cI do it over and over and it pays for our whole lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As markets keep going up, day-trader bulls are claiming bragging rights and mesmerizing Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>A sneak peek of one of our top secret trading strategies. h\/t <\/span><span>@ryanfeller_<\/span><video preload=\"none\" playsinline=\"\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; background-color: black; top: 0%; left: 0%; transform: rotate(0deg) scale(1.005);\" src=\"https:\/\/video.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video\/1350854410080018434\/pu\/vid\/576x1024\/kzmrZ5egWskIjL5F.mp4?tag=10\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-jwli3a r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1sa8knb r-dnmrzs r-1dsia8u r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr r-gcko2u\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>6:16 PM \u00b7 Jan 17, 2021<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-1re7ezh r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"8.042\" r=\"1.25\"><\/circle><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-1re7ezh r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>2.3K<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-1re7ezh r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>1.1K people are Tweeting about this<\/span><\/article>\n<p>    <script src=\"embed.runtime.b313577971db9c857801.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <script src=\"embed.modules.7a266e7acfd42f2581a5.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <script src=\"embed.i18n.4cd1def684ffce71389c.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <script src=\"embed.main.5ea34c0f2d5e924c110d.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<!---------------------------------------------  0;_0  ----------------------------------------------><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video, which brandishes a chart showing stellar gains in their trading account, struck a chord with the institutional crowd including AQR Capital Management co-founder Cliff Asness, a pioneer of the quantitative version of the momentum investing style.<\/p>\n<p>While picking stocks is far harder than novices make it sound, an unabashed bid for the winning stocks remains ever-more lucrative.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest momentum exchange-traded <meta itemprop=\"security\" content=\"MTUM US Equity\"><meta itemprop=\"type\" content=\"SecurityLink\">fund is already besting the broader market by 2 percentage points so far this year, after delivering 8 percentage points of outperformance in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>@CliffordAsness<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-13gxpu9 r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-6zzn7w r-19fsva8 r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr r-q1j0wu\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>This is the exact right take. I have nothing to add.<\/span><span><span>Corey Hoffstein <\/span><span><\/span><\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-label=\"Verified account\" class=\"r-13gxpu9 r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-9cviqr r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>@choffstein<\/span><span>Me: This is so stupid.<br \/>\nAlso Me: The momentum and trend factors are supported by centuries of empirical eviden&#8230; <\/span><span><span>https:\/\/<\/span>twitter.com\/TikTokInvestor<span>s\/status\/1350854473598558213<\/span><span>\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/article>\n<p><span>3:57 AM \u00b7 Jan 18, 2021<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-1re7ezh r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"8.042\" r=\"1.25\"><\/circle><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-1re7ezh r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>173<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" class=\"r-1re7ezh r-4qtqp9 r-yyyyoo r-1xvli5t r-dnmrzs r-bnwqim r-1plcrui r-lrvibr\"><g><\/p>\n<p><\/path><\/g><\/svg><span>See Clifford Asness\u2019s other Tweets<\/span><\/article>\n<p>    <script src=\"embed.runtime.b313577971db9c857801.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <script src=\"embed.modules.7a266e7acfd42f2581a5.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <script src=\"embed.i18n.4cd1def684ffce71389c.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <script src=\"embed.main.5ea34c0f2d5e924c110d.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<!---------------------------------------------  0;_1  ----------------------------------------------><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The allocation style is subject to <meta itemprop=\"suid\" content=\"QJJ2NFDWLU6H\"><meta itemprop=\"type\" content=\"StoryLink\">crashes, especially around market regime shifts, but there\u2019s no question that it\u2019s netted billions in the rally since March.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as fiscal stimulus feeds the new retail-trading <meta itemprop=\"suid\" content=\"QMZLDIT1UM0W\"><meta itemprop=\"type\" content=\"StoryLink\">mania, the top-performing stocks from Tesla Inc. to Etsy Inc. have just kept gaining. And speculative euphoria is booming in everything from penny stocks and call options to Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>When systematic funds adopt momentum strategies, it\u2019s usually a far more complicated process than what day traders can implement at home. Professional traders usually rank stocks by their past year\u2019s performance and then adjust the results to give less weighting to companies at risk of short-term market reversals.<\/p>\n<p>The rationale for the strategy recalls the bullish mantra on Robinhood: Stocks tend to go up. Since human beings move in a herd, a high-flying company can gain even more.<\/p>\n<p>And as day traders increasingly hold sway over volumes and single stocks, more pros are sweeping Reddit, Twitter Inc. and social forums to find which companies are looking hot right now.<\/p>\n<p>As for TikTok Chad, he has seized on his newfound fame with a new account: <meta itemprop=\"type\" content=\"WebLink\">@crappywallstreetadvice.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-01-19\/robinhood-couple-in-viral-tiktok-discover-quant-momentum-trade?srnd=premium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy when a stock keeps going up. Sell when it keeps going down. 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