Right way/HFs to approach

I used to work as a Quant Researcher in a short term CTA and was running my systematic strategies for almost 2 years before the fund got closed. I was not the PM so I never got the official track record. Those strategies were profitable and 6 months ago, after a hiatus of 1.5 years, I started trading my $300K to build the track record. This capital is way too small but I thought it is better than backtested numbers.


The recent traded numbers are also good (Sharpe 1.75+) and I want to run it on a larger notional but given the length of the actual track record is just 6 months & the notional is small, I want to understand how should I approach it. How should I convince people to also consider my previous 2 yrs of running these strategies along with the recent 6 months of actual numbers? Do I even stand a chance here?


These strategies have a capacity of at least $300M and earlier I used to run $50M. Probably big HFs like Millenium are out of my league but are there funds that can entertain me?

 

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