SF Bayarea Machine Learning

Quantitative Trading is the methodical way of trading. It's a 300b industry, and Quantitative Hedge Funds are considered to be the elite of Hedge Funds. Today, with more and better data and software than ever, the application of machine learning methods on financial data becomes increasingly popular in the industry. In his talk Martin will introduce some basic concepts of quantitative trading including indicators, measures, common pitfalls, and best practices to avoid them. Martin worked for many years in the quantitative hedge fund industry - first as a quant, later as the head of quant research team. In 2014 Martin founded Quantiacs - the first marketplace for user-generated trading algorithms. Quantiacs vision is to make algorithmic trading accessible. The company connects user-generted trading algorithms and connects them to capital, so that "free-lance quants" can earn money without investing their own money.