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Quantitative Analyst, Developer, Strat: The Profession
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1,084 students

Quantitative Analyst, Developer, Strat: The Profession

The free version of the course
Last updated 5/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn what quant analysts (QA) really do at work
  • Grasp organizational structures of Buy and Sell side firms, as well as of Consulting and Fintech
  • Explore different QA roles in Buy and Sell side firms, as well as in Consulting and Fintech
  • Understand daily operations of the trading desks and pods
  • Go through worked examples of typical reports generated: PNL, Risk, Attribution and Regulatory
  • Get familiar with the structure of the QA libraries
  • Learn about the required skills
  • Get the job progression and pay demystified
  • Have a general overview of the modelling methodologies

Course content

2 sections10 lectures1h 58m total length
  • The course outline9:48
  • Evolution of the profession15:24
  • Pricing and Signal vs Risk and Return21:56
  • The ultimate motivation11:16
  • (Special topic) Probability vs Statistics vs ML11:30
  • (Special topic) Why everything needs to be priced?7:31

Requirements

  • Some basic exposure to the quant profession and mathematical finance is a plus

Description

Are you an aspiring quant, or you wish to try a different quant job? 

Are you an seasoned professional, who now has to deal with quants?

Are you a headhunter, happy to cash in on the market demand for quants?

Are you just curious, why quants are so important now, hence are paid so well?


You are at the right place!


This is the first of a kind course that teaches what the job of a quantitative analyst, developer or strat really is. There will be nearly no math in the course, but you will learn about the exact types of the quant jobs on the sell and buy-side, in consulting and in fintech, daily routines of different types of quants and their interaction among themselves and with other stakeholders, quant reports and other deliverables, quant library organization, the quant R&D  process on the sell and buy-side and, finally, the skills that are really necessary beyond the technical ones and the career prospects. 

There is also a special section providing a very high level view on the quant modelling for pricing, risk and trading strategy design.

Sections on the organizational structure, quant job types and quant deliverables will be also useful for non-quants, including MBAs and CFA candidates.

Who this course is for:

  • Grads entering the quant profession
  • Junior QAs already in the profession
  • Colleagues in the roles that interacts with QAs
  • Senior business leaders who want to learn about QAs
  • Quant headhunters
  • General public