Superinvestors and the Art of Worldly Wisdom #54: Tian Yang On The Virtues Of Variant Perception Versus Unconscious Conformity
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Sep 14, 2022 
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Tian Yang's Finance Origin Story
- Tian Yang was inspired by Jonathan Tepper's books early in university, sparking his interest in finance.
- He later worked with Tepper in 2014, which was pivotal to his career path.
Man Plus Machine Philosophy
- Variant Perception combines empirical historical economic studies with machine learning to avoid overfitting.
- This man plus machine approach balances biases and detects regime shifts better than purely quant or purely human methods.
Advanced Tactical Trading Methods
- Their tactical trading approach uses specific event signals and context indicators like sentiment, trend, and historical analogues.
- They apply dynamic time warping to find better historical price analogues, improving predictive power beyond simple patterns.