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What Does 'Alpha Chasing' Mean?

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Jumping between trading strategies the instant one underperforms, never staying with any single approach long enough to validate it.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"It took a screenshot from a friend for me to even notice the alpha chasing had been happening for weeks."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named for the pattern of mistaking short-term variance for a failed strategy.

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