If you haven’t heard yet, 35 year old James Holzhauer has been killing it on Jeopardy of late. Per fivethirtyeight.com: Holzhauer has played this game like no one has ever played it before — large bets coupled with expert navigation of the game board. He has now [won 19] games with his total winnings sitting […]

  One of the best follows on non-financial Twitter is Salesforce.com’s Chief Digital Evangelist: Vala Ashsfar. He comes up with inspiring lists highlighting what it means to be a good mentor, what money can’t buy (happy home, manners, etc.), and companies founded by immigrants (Apple, Google, Amazon to name a few). Not to mention his […]

  We’ve been talking a lot about quants and algos recently – like this whitepaper, this blog, and this blog – which only strengthens the thought that, though necessary, quants and algos can be confusing. Even for us, who happen to share coffee and donuts with a whole in-house team of quants dedicated to working on that stuff all […]

  A recent graphic by Tractica shows that over $7.5 Billion dollars is forecasted to be spent on Algorithmic trading strategy improvement via AI in the next 10 years. Wow! That’s a lot of quants in the world’s payroll. What exactly is a quant?  How do algorithms (algos) fit in? And what does Artificial Intelligence […]

  Trade idea testing + trade order execution + trade size generation = algo??? That’s one way to look at it, and indeed we have a whole in-house team dedicated to building algos to do some of these pieces every day with our RCM-X team. While the difference between an alpha generating algo and an execution […]

  It’s clear that computerized algorithms are finding their way into nearly every sector of our modern lives, from what shows we watch to what route we take to work, to what goods are suggested for us to get delivered right to our doors. The investment and trading world is no exception. Over the past […]

  The VIX has spiked to its highest level since 2008. The stock market has had the fastest bear market correction ever.  Oil fell 33% in overnight markets, in one night. We’re seeing 6% moves in the S&P in the matter of 14 minutes. Suffice it to say, things have been volatile and spreads are widening. We’re quants […]

  California, Washington, New York, and now Illinois have been issued stay-at-home orders.  With restaurants closed and the work from home rules in effect, gone is the easy access to the well-stocked office kitchens and pantries. We wondered how the RCM-X team of quants and engineers would survive. Note: Our team of mathematicians, physicists, and […]