Digital Assets – a new world of exciting possibilities

We have come a long way from the last crypto winter with volumes surging in coins and derivatives – 2021 avg year to date 6x vs 2020 in futures and an even bigger jump in options activity. Where is all this interest coming from? Is it that the whole world realized that crypto assets are […]

Maven interview question revealed

C++ interviews at Maven focus on knowledge and fluency. Fluency, because it demonstrates the experience of people who can code productively without having to lose (too much) time to visiting Stack Overflow and cppreference.com. Knowledge, because it is needed and reflects an enthusiasm for the profession and love for the language. Why does C++ knowledge […]

Alpha Decay: what does it look like? And what does it mean for systematic traders?

Introduction There are seemingly innumerable battles quantitative traders fight to continue delivering superior returns. Two of the most impactful dimensions in quantitative trading are time and speed, the first derivative of key variables with respect to time. Careful consideration of these two dimensions, as well as how they interplay, can help produce more accurate estimates […]