Phase 3: Trading Algorithms & Hedge Funds

Top 5% commodity futures trader and researcher specializing in quantitative systematic macro strategies and medium-frequency trading. Combines machine learning and deep learning.

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Phase 3: Trading Algorithms & Hedge Funds

Top 5% commodity futures trader and researcher specializing in quantitative systematic macro strategies and medium-frequency trading. Combines machine learning and deep learning with transformative ideas — creatively applying derivative ideas to financial time series data rather than relying solely on data-driven models.

Portfolio Performance

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
8.0% 3.0% 5.2% 32.7% 57.1% 20.5%

2018–2023 Metrics

  • Average Annual Return: 21.1%
  • Sharpe Ratio: 2.0
  • 2023 Return: 20.5%, Max Drawdown: 7.5% (2.3% since June), Sharpe: 1.9 (3.1 since June), Leverage: 1.2x
  • Correlation to Barclay Hedge: −0.16, Barclay Macro: −0.08, S&P 500: −0.20

Roles

Company Dates Role
Aargo Trade 2022–2023 PM, Head of Research
DRW 2020–2022 Quantitative Researcher
Graticule Asset Management 2018–2020 Quantitative Research, Systematic Trader
Kingstree Trading 2012–2018 Quantitative Research

Systems built

  • accumulator — client-server trading system (ZeroMQ, real-time signal processing)
  • cryptofactory — modular cryptocurrency trading with automated execution
  • Commodities — multiple individual and combined ML-based, beginnings of spiderweb concepts

Books

  • “101 Trading Ideas” (2016)
  • “Research Papers and Ideas from a Portfolio Manager, 2023 Edition”

See Also