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Sunith Reddy 1 Feb 2015 Careers in Finance for Tech Graduates

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Page 1: Careers in Finance for Tech Graduates

Sunith Reddy

1 Feb 2015

Careers in Finance for Tech Graduates

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Why a career in Finance?

I wanna make sure you’re ready, brother. Here it is: Show me the money.

-Rob Tidwell (Jerry Maguire)

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The possibilities

I-Banking

• Tech/IT support

• Analytics

• Number crunching

VC/PE

• Sector specialist

….. and

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The Possibilities

Trading (Hedge funds, Sell Side,

Vendors)

Quantitative roles

Strategy development/optimization

Quant model development

Technology development

Platform development

Tools

Algorithm development

Connectivity specialists

Network specialists

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What’s so special about now?

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Architecture of a Traditional Trading System

Order Manager

Market Data

Operational Data Store

Exchange

DataWarehouse

/

Storehouseof

historical data

Data Vendor

Trader’s tool

Main Centre of operations –analyzing market data wrt to historical data in operational

data store and generating orders

Application Server Exchange

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System Architecture of an Automated Trading System

Application

Order Manager

Market Data

Complex Event Processing engine

Exchange 1

Storage

Application Server Exchange

Strategy Settings UI

State Mgmt (PnL + Position)

Order / Execution Monitor

Within application RMS

MathsCalc

RMS

Admin Monitor

Exchange 2

FIX

FIX

Data Normalizer

Order Router

Back office record

MktDataStore

Event History

Adaptor for third party apps – R, Matlab, etc

Data Retrieval

Data Vendor

Replay of stored data

Simulator exchange

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“Responsible for most technology innovations in the last decade, the army and trading world are”

- Master Yoda

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Eg-1 Kernel Bypass

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Example 2 – Microwave communication

• Microwave communication

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•Error detections

•Pattern recognition

Har

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•Strategy baked into the hardware

Net

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•Kernel bypassing

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s •Needle in the haystack problems.

•Finding non-random patterns

•Strategy development

Gaps in todays market

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Thank You!

To Learn Automated Trading

Email: [email protected]

Connect With Us:

SINGAPORE

11 Collyer Quay,

#10-10, The Arcade,

Singapore - 049317

Phone: +65-6221-3654

INDIA

A-309, Boomerang,

Chandivali Farm Road, Powai,

Mumbai - 400 072

Phone: +91-022-61691400