Alternative sources of data for better trading insights

Alternative sources of data for better trading insights

Fellow systematic traders, our next LST event will be a panel discussion about new/alternative sources of data and how these insights can be used to improving trading decision including better (risk adjusted) returns. As per tradition of LST events we will continue to provide very stimulating events and debates and this event is certainly no exception: our star panellists below have been carefully selected based on their decades of highly innovative experience across numerous smaller and larger organisations. As always we strongly encourage audience participation, there will be ample time for ongoing Q&A and networking. Please do keep your RSVP up to date so that we can plan venue arrangements accordingly. Start time will be 18h00 for 18h30, actual panel discussions will be around 1 hour.

Mike Beaver has 20+ years of solid hands on trading experience including intra day prop. trading experience, equity research analyst roles as well as his initial fixed income floor trading experience in Australia. He currently trades as an independent prop. trader focusing on most asset classes including fixed income, equities (including indices), commodities and some FX. His trading decisions are based on macro economic trends including shorter term news announcements.

Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader, writer and research
consultant. He is the author of “Systematic Trading: A unique new method for
designing trading and investing systems" (Harriman House). Until 2013 Robert worked for AHL, a large systematic hedge fund, and part of the Man Group. He was responsible for the creation of AHL's fundamental global macro strategy, and then managed the funds multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Prior to that Robert worked as a research manager for CEPR, an economics think tank, and traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank.

Saeed Amen is the founder of Cuemacro. Over the past decade, Saeed Amen has developed systematic trading strategies at major investment banks including Lehman Brothers and Nomura. Independently, he is also a systematic FX trader, running a proprietary trading book trading liquid G10 FX, since 2013. He is also the author of Trading Thalesians: What the ancient world can teach us about trading today (Palgrave Macmillan) (http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3MxT7nW7gbCfs64kg8KW1q7mhC56dNbBf4vxYqn02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FTrading-Thalesians-Ancient-World-Teach%2Fdp%2F1349485780%2F&si=5658333035626496&pi=bbaeeb3b-1a56-4d8d-ab5b-eda2727d6d6a). Through Cuemacro, he now consults and publishes research for clients in the area of systematic trading. His clients have included major quant funds and data companies such as RavenPack and TIM Group. He is also a co-founder of the Thalesians (http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3MxT7nW7gbCfs64kg8KW1q7mhC56dNbBf4vxYqn02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thalesians.com%2F&si=5658333035626496&pi=bbaeeb3b-1a56-4d8d-ab5b-eda2727d6d6a).