ABOUT CUBIST Cubist Systematic Strategies, an affiliate of Point72, deploys systematic, computer-driven trading strategies across multiple liquid asset classes, including equities, futures and foreign exchange. The core of our effort is rigorous research into a wide range of market anomalies, fueled by our unparalleled access to a wide range of publicly available data sources. ROLE Dynamically managing portfolio risk by evaluating historical and real-time strategy performance. Overseeing automated trade execution and monitoring transaction costs. Supervising a small team of researchers and developers on a daily basis. Designing, researching, and managing sophisticated investment strategies by creating and engineering advance quantitative financial computer modeling systems to aid in analysis and research. Performing research to acquire historical and production data sources needed to build investment models. Designing and developing quantitative mathematical algorithms to link the diverse data sets from various providers. Engineering investment models that will make the buy and sell recommendations for the portfolios using advanced quantitative mathematic statistics and investment theory to design and program strategies that explicitly forecast risk, return, and trading costs. Using quantitative models to value securities. Conducting ongoing, cutting-edge quantitative research and analysis to enhance existing strategies and to expand into new markets. Developing aspects of successful statistical models, focusing on forecasting and optimization. Expanding trading universe and volume and expanding to other exchanges and products. REQUIREMENTS Advance degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in a computational or analytical field. Minimum of 10 years’ experience developing, researching or implementing quantitative models for equities, futures and/or FX. Hands on experience with all aspects of the research process, including methodology section, data collection and analysis, testing,
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Job Description This is an opportunity for students and researchers of advanced data modeling and statistical learning methods to apply these techniques to market prediction and systematic trading. Job Responsibilities Pre-process (validate, clean, normalize, reduce dimension) very large data sets for model estimation and event studies Identify features and relationships useful for the predictive modeling of market dynamics Desirable Candidates Undergraduate, MS, or PhD candidates in finance, computer science, mathematics, physics, or other quantitative discipline Programming in any of the following: C++, Java, C#, MATLAB, R, Python, or Perl Strong analytical and quantitative skills Demonstrated interest in financial markets and systematic trading Clear, concise, and proactive communicator Detail-oriented Willing to take ownership of his/her work, working both independently and within a
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Point72
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen that deploys fundamental equities, systematic, macro, private credit, and venture capital strategies.
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