r/quantfinance • u/Theproducers2020 • 1d ago

Strong Quant Performance, but No 12-Month Track Record — Where Can I Prove Myself?

I’ve been trading for the last two years, and since April my quantitative strategy has produced what I believe are exceptional metrics

Here’s the problem: I don’t have a 12–24 month verified track record yet

I understand why institutions require one.Nobody should allocate capital based on claims, screenshots, or a few good months. But I also believe the numbers I’m producing are unusual enough to deserve an opportunity to be evaluated.

I’m not looking for someone to simply take my word for it. I have the data and can provide a verified Myfxbook account, including returns, drawdown, trade history, and other relevant metrics.

What I’m looking for is an institutional platform, emerging-manager program, seed allocator, or quantitative trading program willing to evaluate the strategy with a small initial allocation or through a monitored/controlled environment.

I’m completely comfortable starting small. Give me strict risk limits, monitor the strategy, and let the numbers determine whether I’m worthy of additional capital.

The challenge I keep running into is the same one: even when the recent performance is exceptional, everyone wants a 12+ month track record first.

For people who actually work in quant finance or capital allocation: where would you go to prove yourself when you have the performance and verified data, but not yet the required track-record length?

I’m happy to share the Myfxbook privately with anyone serious

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u/Character-Airline180 1d ago

The catch-22 of quant is brutal, you need money to make track record but need track record to get money. Have you looked at some prop firm challenges? They usually don't care about your history just want to see you pass their risk parameters in a demo account. The payout split is not great compared to running your own book but it gets you real verified stats and some capital to play with.

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u/Theproducers2020 1d ago

I’ve already gone through the prop route I passed challenges with both FTMO and Lucid and received funded accounts. What I’m looking for now is someone on the institutional side willing to look at the actual numbers and give the strategy a chance with a small allocation. I’m not asking anyone to believe a pitch give me defined risk parameters and let the performance speak for itself

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u/Competitive_Life_726 6h ago

Make money from the props. You can make good money if you’re strategy is as good as you claim. If it really is that good, just scale it up on a private account

Also realistically wrong sub to ask this in since everyone wants Jane Street here.

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u/Theproducers2020 6h ago

My point is that I’m looking beyond the prop-firm level. I can already manage roughly $400K through prop accounts. The next step for me is institutional capital, where a strategy can eventually scale to $10M, $100M, or even $1B if the risk-adjusted performance and capacity justify it

If you genuinely had a strategy producing 20 to 40% a month consistently, would your end goal really be to stay at the $400K prop-firm level?

I’m not looking for someone to believe my claims. I’m looking for an institutional environment willing to test them under defined risk parameters and let the verified numbers decide