Sam Miesse

Small Cap Quant Trader Grows $10K into $3.8M in 3 Years · Sam Miesse

Sam Miesse, Ian Cox

A quantitative trader successfully scaled an experimental account from $10,000 to $3.8 million between 2019 and 2021 by developing an automated, data-driven strategy targeting intraday volatility in small-cap stocks. The methodology combines algorithmic processing of over 10,000 securities with manual verification to navigate liquidity constraints and market regime shifts, though the approach hit a plateau in 2022 and 2023 due to reduced retail participation. Now transitioning back to the U.S. to resume active trading in 2024, the trader utilizes his platform @apathetictrader to document performance transparently and advocate for risk management over the fraudulent marketing common in financial education.