Renaissance Technologies

9867.941 - 9887.272 Ben Gilbert

Greg has a quote in his book, they hold thousands of long and short positions at any given time, and their holding period ranges from one to two days or one to two weeks. They make between 150,000 and 300,000 trades a day, but much of that activity entailed buying or selling in small chunks to avoid impacting market prices rather than profiting by stepping in front of other investors.