That sounds like weeding out insider trading, not finding people with legitimate market beating strategies.
If you're trading on confidential information, your profile will look very interesting indeed. You'll be trading near announcements, and you'll be right all the time. Your turnover vs profit and number of trades will be through the roof. By contrast quant shops with real models will be using the law of large numbers.
If you're trading on confidential information, your profile will look very interesting indeed. You'll be trading near announcements, and you'll be right all the time. Your turnover vs profit and number of trades will be through the roof. By contrast quant shops with real models will be using the law of large numbers.