Trend-following is not such a good model. It’s simply eroded. Things change and being able to adjust is what made Mr. Simons so successful. “Statistic predictor signals erode over the next several years; it can be five years or 10 years. You have to keep coming up with new things because the market is against us. If you don’t keep getting better, you’re going to do worse.
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions.A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.