Our Algo team fulfills the same role that a hybrid trader would at a traditional quant firm - They interpret and implement the theoretical signals conceptualized by the research team, combining them with their economic and technical knowledge to program, backtest, and deploy various trading algorithms.
Low-Latency: Programs are written entirely in C++ and Rust to minimize latency, runtime, and slippage. To further this effort, checks are almost completely removed for extra speed. Theory and Practice: Members must work closely with the Research Team to understand the theory behind their signals, but also make use of their own understandings to optimize how said theory is converted into market performance. Economic Intuition: Members draw heavily upon economic and finance understanding to best interpret market state and cater algorithms to perform optimally. Seamless Integration: Algo students are expected to integrate their low level code themselves, and as a result become specialists at building fast, easy to implement code.
Algo is mainly intended for those interested in systems or quant development, and teaches individuals to harness the power of lightning-quick programs and hardware to drive latencies to 0.