India, Sept. 21 -- A quiet restructuring is underway in global financial markets. The traders and firms that once competed on the speed of their rules are now competing on the quality of their machines. Quant trading, long associated with mathematical formulas and rule-based automation, is being rebuilt around artificial intelligence, and the gap between those adapting and those waiting is widening quickly. While traditional systematic strategies remain widely used, AI tools are changing how traders generate ideas, process data, validate models, and adapt to changing market conditions. Today, competitive advantage depends less on access to technology and more on how effectively research, data, and automation are combined within a discipli...