The “Quant Team” consists of former students who were trained by me in options trading and since then are my partners in the development & automation of tools for market analysis.
Our goal is the technical implementation of standardized processes on a web-based user platform to make our own investments, speculations and trades more efficient.
Our focus is on quantitative analysis of market data, which gives us a statistical advantage to enter tactical speculations and trades.
Thus, our informal weekly “tactical briefings” evolved into our web tool, “The Tactical Brief,” which is available to my students in the Pro Tab.
I am very grateful that “my” quants, in addition to their professional commitments, give their scarce free time to share their experiences, learning curves and individual investment styles with all students who are serious about learning about the fascinating world of financial markets.
Starnberg
Bully – The Optionist
After an apprenticeship as an electrical engineer and subsequent military service, Bully caught up on his A-levels and then studied computer science, graduating with a degree in computer science from the Technical University in Leipzig. Afterwards, he worked for a large German Dax corporation, for which he had already worked during his studies. Currently, Bully works for a medium-sized company in the field of military technology & security.
The issuance of employee shares in 2011 motivated Bully to look deeper into capital markets and investments. Since 2017 he attended various courses on the stock market, portfolio management, trading & options and since 2018 he has been actively trading his own investments with the goal of long-term wealth building and developing his own methodology.
Nürnberg
David – The Engineer
David graduated from the Technical University of Dresden in 2012 with a degree in electrical engineering and gained broad practical experience in the automotive and IT industries over the next ten years. His role included tasks ranging from IT security strategies to project management. He has been active in the financial markets since 2015 and helped lay the foundation for the “Tactical Brief” after his 2020 options course by developing a web application for automated options data analysis. As a short-term speculator, he uses statistical anomalies as the basis for trading decisions, which gives him an informed perspective across a breadth of markets.
Mannheim
Markus – The Planner
Markus started to study the financial markets intensively in January 2017. After realizing that trading based on technical analysis alone doesn’t work, he decided to learn the basics of fundamental and macro analysis in 2018. Since then, he continues to deepen his knowledge and, with the exception of crypto markets, trades in all time horizons and asset classes.
Due to his full-time job, his focus is on swing and position trading as well as active management of his portfolio. For this purpose, he uses different quantitative models to make his trading decisions.
Bremen
Murat – The Technician
graduated in administration and law and worked for several years in the civil service. Besides his job, he has been involved in investments and the stock market for fourteen years.
For the last seven years, he has turned to volume trading, relative strength and cycle analysis and formed his own trading style on them. With his self-developed strategies he trades as a day and swing trader in different markets. His main focus is on US equity markets, ETF’s and commodities. He uses futures and options as investment vehicles for this purpose.
Murat has been leading the VTAD regional group in Hamburg since February 2020.
He is a Technical Analyst (CFTe)®, writes technical articles and is a speaker on sector analysis.
World Citizen
Falk – The Python
Falk has been involved in creating quantitative trading systems since 2014. He is one of our specialists for backtest’s and strategy development, which are fundamental for quantitative trading systems. He has been involved with the options market since 2016 and has been able to build a deep expertise in options trading through Thorsten’s education.
Falk is a professional options trader and he explores the world as a perpetual traveler.
San Jose
Tim – The Doctor
Tim possesses a BSc as well as a MSc in Chemistry, both awarded by the University of Technology Dresden. His doctoral research was funded by the Cluster of Excellence ‘Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden’ (cfaed) and focused on the realm of Semiconducting Polymers. Following the completion of his PhD, Tim started his professional career in Silicon Valley, working at the intersection of Material Discovery and Computer Science. Concurrently, he has developed his proficiency in diverse programming languages and technologies encompassing full-stack web development, data science and visualization, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Tim is mainly focused on research analyses and swing trading strategies based on statistical anomalies, and the development of professional tools thereof.