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Hi, Hello everybody, i heard about 2 - 3 days ago that 87 percent of machine learning models developed in the test phase didn't even exist in real time to deploy on real-time is it true that, so the hedge funds only run billions of dollars on 13 percent of the research?
Energy Trading -> Quantitative Trading Career Path
Hello all, I am currently a software engineering student in Canada exploring a front-office analytics internship opportunity at a major Canadian power trading firm. From my understanding, the role and industry are highly quantitative, with a large focus on statistical modelling, machine learning/AI,...
Realistically, do I have a non-zero chance at getting into private equity?
Sorry for such a clueless question. I'm a new grad from an Ivy League school (not HYP). I'm going into a non-banking, non-consulting job, so I'm aware my chances of getting into private equity is close to zero if not actually zero. I very recently found out about private equity and think that it is...
Would a Quantitative Trading internship be good for my CV?
Hello, I am a last year Master’s Degree student in quantitative finance. I do not have any experience whatsoever in the industry, so I’m having a hard time getting an internship at banks. I may be getting an interview at a prop trading firm as quantitative trading intern. Would this be useful...
Hope of being a quant?
Hi, so my goal is to become a quantitative analyst/researcher at a BB firm and I'm going to LSE this September studying undergrad Maths and Economics. Problem is I've read that firms primarily recruit from Imperial/Oxford/Cambridge and that LSE's courses don't have the reputation of being...
Is this a viable path to becoming a FO Quant?
Hello everybody. I am a high school junior researching colleges one thing I noticed is that most target schools for quant trading are either too expensive for me or unattainable. I think I am a very bright kid, I am great at math and CS and I am passionate in both subjects and my test scores/GPA are...
How much capital do new recent grads get as "quantitative traders"? What happens if you lost your firm money?
If you just graduated college recently and now you are a "quantitative trader", what is the starting/maximum capital given to a NEW college grad by finance firms? Also, over the course of a year as a new "quantitative trader", if you lose the firm money after 1 year, what will happen to you? Would...
Dublin quant salaries
From what I can gather, trading firms in London and Amsterdam like Jane Street, Optiver, Flow Traders, ... offer graduates a total compensation that comfortably clears six figures. Does anybody have insight into how the pay in Dublin shops (Virtu and SIG) compares (maybe broken down into base, bonus...
Path to Quantitative Trader at Hedge Fund
I am currently a high school junior, and I know this is an extremely competitive field, but I want to be a quantitative trader at a firm like Renaissance Technologies, Two Sigma, Citadel, DE Shaw, etc. 1. An article titled "Getting a Job in a Top Tier Quant Hedge Fund" on QuantStart mentioned that...
UK stock market API
Hi, not really sure where to post this as it's quite computer program oriented, but someone here might know. I'm looking for a Python3.8-compatible stock market API for the LSE, or any other major non-US exchanges. Only simple closing prices, or EOD data needed. I already use Alphavantage for the...
How to make a quant internship as a sophomore
I am a "freshman" math major with a 4.0 GPA (likely will stay this high for a while since I am taking similar classes next semester) at a lower tier ivy. I am on track to graduate in 2.5/3 years, so I cannot really intern as a junior. What should I be doing to help set myself up for a solid quant...
Career Paths For Successful Quants
I was wondering what the typical path is for highly successful quants (ones that are making upper 6 figures/into the millions). Obviously, I understand that everyone is different but I'm just looking for a general overview of the following: College/Major - Target schools are probably a given as well...
Quant Prop firm vs. Chop Shop
I think this question may seem like a no-brainer to many on this forum, but I would still really like to hear some outside opinions - I have two offers from proprietary trading firms. One is focused on quantitative analysis in order to minimize risk. I would be paid a starting salary here, but most...
Finding a home for my equity quant strategy
I worked on the sell side for 10+ years, mainly in equities. I have been working with a brilliant artificial intelligence researcher who has developed a group of quant strategies that have excellent performance and characteristics. We have spent an enormous amount of effort to benchmark and evaluate...
Ernest P. Chan's "Quantitative Trading" - Best book for starter ?
Author's got mad quant cred: PhD in Physics at Cornell, worked at IBM's Watson Center and BBs . However, man dedicates the topic of his book to individual day- trading ; dude is humble and super instructive, even pointing out things like how to download and align data ... So, monkeys, discuss ?...
Construct implied PDF of returns from implied volatilities?
Alright nerds, help out a finance noob. I have a feeling that it should be possible to reconstruct an implied PDF (or at least N moments) of returns for an asset given it's implied volatilities. I have some ideas about how one could do this, but it would be awesome if someone smarter than me has...
Has Tudor Investment Corporation become a quant fund?
They don't seem to engage in as much discretionary global macro relative to their quantitative strategies. However, this observation is only founded on the basis of the linkedin employees. If they are making such a transition to have more than half their assets and employees devoted towards quant...
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