A trading champion argues mechanical systems are surface-level, like seeing only an iceberg's tip. Statistical trading doesn't create profit from nothing, but amplifies what already works, pushing a strategy to its limits with more nuance and responsiveness than rigid rules allow.
Statistical trading is the future of trading because mechanical is objectified all the concept. It made me profitable, but I knew when I was trading mechanical, I was just looking for the tip of the iceberg. Statistical trading doesn't make a strategy profitable. It takes a strategy that already works and puts it on steroids. That's the big difference because mechanical asks response to the question, you look like this and you follow always like this. Statistical responds to the question, oh, you can squeeze your strategy to the limit. That's the huge difference between mechanical and statistical trading.
