Closing the Gap
The Queen's University Algorithmic Network & Trading Team is Canada's premier Quant-Finance community with a key focus on education and professional development. Our goal is to bridge the gap between undergraduate academia and the Quantitative Finance industry.
QUANTT's Three Pillars
Collaboration
Compounding returns begin with compounding relationships
Research
The financial markets are continuously evolving, our work must evolve with it
Application
A model must be usable in production, an idea must be grounded in reality
Timeline
Stage 1 Hiring
September 2020
Stage 2 Hiring
September 2020
Team Formation
October 2020
Teams are created. Ideation and development of the algorithms begins.
First-Draft Pitch Competition
November 2020
Teams present their first drafts and receive feedback on their technical/presentation skills.
Algorithm Submission
December 2020
Final copy of algorithms are submitted and compiled for live trading over the next couple of months.
Start of Research Phase
January 2021
Teams choose from a set of research topics and derive succinct solutions/conclusions.
Algorithms Trade Out of Sample
End of Year Conference
March 2021
QUANTT convenes with sponsors and delegates to demonstrate competition results and research findings.
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