📖 The Tradecraft Compendium
A Field Guide to 71 Algorithmic Traders
"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.
But teach a machine to fish, and it will drain the ocean while you sleep."
— Anonymous Quant, 2024
Part I: Crasher Class
→Buy severe momentum crashes — the original crash-bounce thesis
⭐ 1 base · 🔀 2 derivatives
Part II: Wrecking Ball Class
→Stock momentum crashes with macro/temporal filter gates
⭐ 1 base · 🔀 10 derivatives
Part III: Marcus Reversal Class
→RSI<30 mean reversion with macro/technical/temporal overlays
⭐ 1 base · 🔀 10 derivatives
Part IV: Victor Volume Class
→2x volume spike reversals with macro/technical filter gates
⭐ 1 base · 🔀 9 derivatives
Part V: Rebel Contraire Class
→3-day dip contrarian entries with macro/technical/temporal overlays
⭐ 1 base · 🔀 10 derivatives
Part 15: Independents
Standalone strategies with no derivatives
📅 The Age Spectrum
Each character's age corresponds to when their underlying strategy was first documented or became practical to execute.