Q3: Jonathan Larkin – Seeking Alpha? Try MORE Alpha Factors
In practice, no one trading model will ever be that good on its own. Luckily statistics has come up with a lot of theory about how you can combine weaker models to create better overall predictions. W...
5 Dec 201651min
101: Siam Kidd – Latching Onto Trends, Strategic Business Moves, and Breaking the Norm
My guest for episode 1-0-1 is Siam Kidd, from Norwich in the UK. He’s a former-air force pilot, turned retail trader. He’s also a serial entrepreneur, and on a quest to dramatically improve the school...
1 Dec 20161h 55min
Q2: Jessica Stauth – Seeking Alpha? Try Alpha Factors
Factors are at the core of a modern quant equity workflow. This episode introduces the notion of alpha and risk factors at a high level, and delves into some of the use cases which include: understand...
28 Nov 20161h 7min
100: Bao, @Modern_Rock – Overcome Adversity, Dominate a Niche, Become ‘the House’
My guest for this special milestone (being episode 100!) is someone who I’ve been attempting to bring on since before episode one was even released… Folks, I’d like to introduce you to Bao—or better k...
24 Nov 20161h 20min
Q1: Delaney Mackenzie – You Don’t Know How Wrong You Are
The worst case in finance is when you think you’re right, but you’re actually wrong. This can be especially dangerous when you’ve used some methodology or statistics to justify a decision, but are una...
21 Nov 20161h 21min
099: Brynne Kelly – What Happens on a Merchant Trading Desk—with an Energy Veteran
My guest for this episode is Brynne Kelly; an electricity, natural gas, and crude oil trader who’s spent the majority of her career on merchant trading desks, for the likes of BP amongst others. She h...
17 Nov 20161h 16min
098: Peter To – How Successful Day Trading Can Fly in the Face of Conventional Wisdom—with a Former Poker Player and Ex-Prop Trader
Before day trading equities, Peter To played a lot of online poker and did fairly well for himself. He then dabbled in markets as an investor, but was soon attracted to OTC stocks after discovering a ...
10 Nov 20161h 19min
097: Derek Wong – How to Think About Strategies Like a Quant and Diversify Like a Boss
On this episode, I have our very first guest from China; Derek Wong—he is the Director of Systematic Trading and Options at a private fund in Shanghai. Initially though, Derek got his start in the agr...
3 Nov 20161h 10min
