RQSI FundSeeder Harvest Fund
Instead of hiring hundreds of PhDs to build models in-house, we focus on identifying and partnering with the best independent traders worldwide—traders who have already proven their ability to generate returns in live markets.
Through FundSeeder, we're able to analyze thousands of real-world track records, finding traders who consistently perform across different regimes. These traders remain independent—meaning they aren't influenced by groupthink, internal politics, or the institutional biases that can creep into large quant shops. And because we aren't locked into a fixed team of researchers, we're constantly evolving, filtering, and refining our roster of trading talent based purely on performance and risk metrics.
A Different Path to Alpha Through Real-World Expertise
The traditional quant shop approach is to hire the best quants. Ours is to find the best traders—who have already proven themselves in real markets. And once we find them, we apply rigorous quantitative risk management and oversight to ensure we're backing the right strategies.
At FundSeeder, we think of the traders we partner with in the same way as a PM at a traditional quant shop. In order for a traditional quant shop to produce a PM, they go through a years long process that looks something like this:
Our process is much more efficient: we systematically evaluate thousands of FundSeeder traders in real-time. Approximately 2% pass our quantitative criteria; those who pass undergo 2-5 rounds of interviews for us to understand their strategy and evaluate their psychology. Approximately one third of interviewed traders become PMs.
Several traditional quant shops have built a strong brands by hiring some of the brightest PhDs in the world. But we believe their model—building quant strategies from the top down—misses something fundamental about where the best alpha actually comes from.
When the Few Outperform the Many
This is where the Pareto Principle comes into play. In almost any domain—whether it's business, investing, or innovation—a small percentage of participants generate the vast majority of results. For investors, that means that a tiny fraction of traders are responsible for a disproportionate share of the world's best trading strategies. The challenge isn't hiring more researchers to generate ideas—it's finding the traders who are already proving their edge in live markets.
That's what RQSI does differently. Instead of hiring hundreds of PhDs to experiment in a lab, we use FundSeeder to scan through thousands of independent traders, identifying the top 1% who are producing real, risk-adjusted alpha. And here's the key: because these traders remain independent, we aren't imposing any firm-wide models, assumptions, or biases. We avoid groupthink and institutional inertia, both of which can degrade returns over time.
We believe the best alpha already exists in the market—it just needs to be discovered and managed properly. That's why our approach is more adaptive, scalable, and anti-fragile.
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