A cousin's friend was fired from Citadel last month.

He previously worked on market-making strategies there, earning an annual salary of $520k.
After being laid off, he didn't go to Jane Street, but instead deployed his own four-factor model directly onto Polymarket.
$800 → $40,600, seven weeks.
Total cost: $0.
He said, "The factors I ran at Citadel work even better here. Because market makers are grabbing a few basis points of profit in a multi-billion-dollar market, while on Polymarket, you're capturing large price dislocations in a few hundred-dollar markets."
He set up this four-factor system in one night.
The logic is exactly the same as the system Citadel used years ago to run client traffic.
1. Deep Wallet Analysis (Behavior Clustering)
Automatically identifies the top 2% of wallets with over 94% win rate, copying only their core advantages.
2. Priority Mode (Minimized Execution Delay)
Completes trades within 0–2 seconds, while ordinary retail traders wait 14 seconds. The faster one profits.
3. Capital Velocity (Cycle Optimization)
Elite-level capital turnover rate is 51 times that of retail traders. The same $500 can be used as $25,500 in his hands.
4. Network of Connections (Monitoring 240+ Markets)
Simultaneously monitors over 240 market pairs. When the spread deviates more than 14%, automatically identifies pricing errors and enters the lagging contract.
Four factors score simultaneously.
Only when signals align does it enter; deviations trigger exit.
Maximum single position limit is 7%, requiring multiple models to vote before executing.
Citadel's model runs on $60 billion in funds, backed by an entire floor of quantitative teams.
His system runs on $800, backed only by Claude + Kreo + free data.
A former team leader offered $650k to bring him back.
He said he can earn that amount in just one quarter now.
Deployment tonight:
Deposit $50 to activate the four-factor system:
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First signal alignment will execute within 24–48 hours.
He no longer needs Citadel's bonus pool.