You would expect someone following quant trading to have sensitivities to quantity, but alas.

> It's just a rhetorical device!

It's a rhetorical device that I have yet to see used to good effect. The kind of rhetorical device that undercuts the argument rather than strengthens it.

your claim would be suspect with only 1 nine, given the evidence. Like, the guy failed spectacularly.

You're so caught up in irrelevant details like a rhetorical device that you've missed that this guy's fund is up 80% for the year and his investors are having a GREAT year. Worth reflecting on.