A short YouTube interview excerpt in which the speaker (affiliated with Minotaur) describes moving from speculative coin trading to algorithmic, data-driven trading. The speaker emphasizes using machines to trade instead of speculative personal trading, and frames Minotaur's objective as capital preservation, risk mitigation, and protecting the downside so the upside can follow.
I basically got started speculating with coins over time and realized that it's a game not worth playing. It's a game of hope. And I wasn't into hope. It wasn't my thing. I got into the algorithmic trading space when I understood the data led approach of what it is that we're doing. Because for me, as someone who didn't want to spend 10 years coming out to become a really good trader, I figured why not have a machine running things for me as opposed to myself? Here at Minotaur, what we do is really for those who can prioritize capital preservation and risk mitigation. What we're focused on here is protecting the downside so the upside can simply take care of itself.
