TTU81: How A Serial Entrepreneur Built an Algorithmic Trading Firm ft. Oliver Steinki of Evolutiq – 1of2

Our next guest has started and invested in many companies, and is from an entrepreneurial background. First and foremost, he is concerned with running a business, but he also knew he wanted to be a portfolio manager from an early age. Hear the fascinating story of Oliver Steinki on this episode, as we dive into his new firm and the details behind his models and strategy.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• The entrepreneurial background that Oliver comes from.
• How he studied in Germany, Madrid, and Manchester.
• About his childhood and when he started to realize he was interested in mathematics and finance.
• What he likes doing when he is not managing his own firm.
• What algorithmic trading is all about.
• How the scientific trading model generates signals.
• What the trade implementation phase entails and how it works.
• What it is that Oliver is trying to deliver to his investors.
• About the other companies he started before his current firm, and all the different industries those companies are in.
• Why he is a business man first and a trader second.
• Who is on his team and the roles they fill.
• Why the early phase of his business is important and what you can learn from how Oliver tackles this phase.
• How he would scale his current business model.
• How he creates a culture and keeps a partnership with his cofounders.
• His track record so far.
• The details of how his strategy is created.
• What a levy-process model is.
• How many models he is testing and trading and how different they are.
• Why they need to be right 54% of the time with their models.

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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

• Read about the French mathematician that Oliver discusses, Paul Lévy.
• Niels mentions his earlier conversations with Dave Sanderson, which you can listen to here and here.

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