This is why I miss Quantopian. They had a great discussion forum, an ongoing competition, and annual conferences.

I would be interested in some kind of regular meetup as well to discuss new techniques and to analyze publicly disclosed strategies, etc.

I recently posted this article on HN... There is so much more knowledge to share:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36344587

There are dozens of us! I'd be open to a chat channel or something.

I wonder how many people are actually willing to share "secret" details versus how many actually have anything to share that is worth anything.

We all know how to load up OHLCV data and do basic math on it. Where does that gain us any edge, you know?

Myself included. One issue I've run into with the public Discords is there are just too many people and therefore too much noise. A smaller non-public group would be ideal.