Quant Workshop GSA x CUATS 2026new

Only eligible for members of CUATS at the University of Cambridge.

Are you:

• Curious how quantitative traders aim to deliver superior long-term investment performance?
• A quantitative thinker with a deep interest in statistics, probability, and technology?
• Intrigued by developing performant and insightful solutions to challenging modelling problems?
• Keen to use logical reasoning and data to formulate and test hypotheses about the behaviour of financial markets?

What can you expect?

• An open-ended, difficult to solve problem. Specifically, building an algorithmic trading strategy.
• An accompanying mini-lecture where we candidly explain what quantitative trading really involves.
• Advice and support from instructors with industry experience of developing trading strategies.
• A price for the best performing strategy.

Places are allocated on a suitability basis and are limited to 30 students. Please note this workshop is only for students part of the CUATS society.

Application deadline:

• Friday, 30th of October 

Event date: 

• Tuesday, 3 November, 17:30-20:30

Location:

• Newton Room of the Pitt Building on Trumpington Street, Cambridge