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Edge decay accelerates when a strategy becomes widely known, shrinking the time to profit
  • As more participants copy a profitable idea, the informational advantage erodes.
  • Nang explains that once an edge is “gone,” the price moves in the expected direction much faster, reducing the window for profit.
  • This creates a race: the first mover captures most of the alpha; late adopters see diminished returns.
  • Continuous innovation and monitoring of edge health are required to stay ahead.
Rishi NangTitans Of Tomorrow01:41:38

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If the edge is gone, what should happen is that the time it takes for the thing to move in the direction that you expected goes down a lot. It moves there much faster. Rishi Nang
Because that means someone's doing it before you. So it's not that the thing no longer happens. It's that someone's better than you at it. Rishi Nang

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