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Building a Live Algorithmic Trading Engine at 18
After months of studying quant finance and systems architecture, I’ve built a complete algorithmic trading engine in C++. I’m Johannes, 18, and for a long time, I’ve been fascinated by the world of Quantitative Finance. After countless hours studying theory and learning from online resources, I decided it was time to build something real. It’s […]
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Building an Algorithmic Trading Engine at 18
I’m Johannes, 18, and I’m pushing hard toward a career in Quantitative Finance. To stay accountable (and share some cool insights), I’m documenting my learning journey every day. After diving into calculus, probability, and the theoretical side of things, I decided to put some of that knowledge to work. I built a functional algorithmic trading […]
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Rethinking Quant Prep: Why I Hit Pause on Models to Learn Math
The past week has consisted of mathematics, more mathematics, and even more mathematics. I had the most insightful conversation a week ago with a fellow quant enthusiast, a bit more accomplished than I am, who told me straight up: look, it’s cool and all to be able to speak the language of the quants, talking […]
