Just a general question about another revenue source for Quantopian and the designers here....

Is there the possibility that Quantopian will co-brand with other platforms? There are fundamental ranking / backtesting platforms out there - and the one I used just got hooked up for auto-trading on IB. But I am sure that if the Quantopian community had algos to lease to improve the slippage and trade entry/exit - I believe there would be a market there.

All you would need to have is algos that worked well on reversion strategies, momentum strategies, etc. etc.

For example, one system I have is value momentum with upgraded earnings forecasts. These systems are only ranked weekly and our fill prices are assumed average of daily hi and low plus some slippage for testing purposes. But it would be awesome to know how these various algos would to enhance fill prices either on the entry day - or even by allowing a full week to accumulate or distribute.

To the Quantopian staff - is this even a possibility? What would be required for testing purposes is to have a trade list imported that simply had tickers,date, and max days to fill the order (1-5). The portfolio trade list is tested with a variety of algos and the the top 2 or 3 are showcased to the investor. Of course, for live trading the orders would be routed through the Quantopian platform from the 'other fundamental backtesting' platform - but this could also add additional revenue for Quantopian.

My belief is that a marriage alliance between this and other platforms could be great. Essentially you add the service of being a provider of 3rd party algos routed through IB to institutions and semi-pro investors who use fundamental ranking platforms - which are typically very weak in what Quantopian does best.

I love to hear some feedback on this.