Open-source and closed-source coding both play major roles in online securities trading. Open-source software can be accessed by the public, so it is always changing. On the other hand, closed source ...

Hailed as the rocket scientists of Wall Street, quantitative analysts have come to replace gut instinct as the engines of investment decisions. Virtually anyone can learn the skills necessary to ...

About a year ago, I spoke to John Fawcett, the CEO of Quantopian, about his efforts to build an ecosystem of third party quants. These quants would use Quantopian’s platform to execute their trading ...