currently

Graduate Quantitative Trader Optiver Feb 2026 - Present
  • index arbitrage trader: developing strategies for trading stocks vs future and ETFs vs future
  • education program: covered options theory, simulated options trading, low-latency execution project, and HFT stock valuation

previously

Trading Analyst Optiver Apr 2025 - Dec 2025
  • trained ML models to improve overnight exotic option pricing resulting in 10% increase in accuracy
  • constructed dashboard to track estimated counterparty PnL per instrument
  • analysed options market flows to inform main desk trading decisions
Quantitative Trading Intern Optiver Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
  • comprehensive options theory education program: focus on pricing models, Greeks, and risk management
  • project: statistical arbitrage strategy for trading futures on Hong Kong indices
  • project: developed market-making autotrader for a simulated market with best performance in intern program
  • trading: 5 weeks trading HSI index options using live market data in a simulated environment
Practice Assistant & Data Analyst EyesWest Bunbury 2020 - 2022 (remote)
  • created locally-hosted dashboard for tracking performance metrics, saving +$100 per month vs. equivalent subscription service
  • conducted pricing and turnover analysis for inventory management

education

BActSt / BEc (Distinction) UNSW Sydney 2022 - 2025

Bachelor of Actuarial Studies / Bachelor of Economics

Major: Econometrics & Data Analytics

other achievements:
  • Highest Student Mark: FINS3666 (Trading and Market Making) - T3 2024
  • Best Individual Speaker: Charity Pinnacle x I4C Charity Case Competition - T1 2022

projects

Phoros Self-Built Quantitative Trading Stack
  • Rust-based data pipeline on remote server handles ingestion, parsing, and cloud storage
  • local ZeroMQ server handles real-time data streaming and model outputs
  • comprehensive research base covering MFT strategies, realised volatility forecasting, and prediction markets
  • Python-based backtesting framework with robust market execution
Australian Climate Variability Index Exploratory Analysis and Dashboard for Climate Data focussing on Agricultural Regions
  • automated data scraping from open-meteo.com for daily weather data across key agricultural regions
  • performed exploratory analysis on the data to identify key trends and relationships
  • created online interactive dashboard using Dash to visualise key findings
Sports Prediction Models Predicting Outcomes of EPL Matches with Machine Learning
  • utilised historical data to build models to predict a wide range of outcomes, including match results, goal differences, and player performance
  • aim to expand to AFL markets by mid-2026 for mid-game comparison with live Betfair odds