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AI Gauntlet: My 48-Hour Battle to Forge a Real-World Trading Tool and the New Rules of Quant Trading Firms
This is not a story of seamless success for quant trading firms; it's a dispatch from the digital trenches, a chronicle of a grueling two-day battle against degrading model quality, logical drift, and the frustrating opacity of the very tools we’ve come to rely on.
Bryan Downing
Jul 1810 min read


Quant AI Career Tips: Path to the Top in a World of AI and Fierce Competition
Their discussion transcends a simple interview, evolving into a masterclass for the next generation of quant AI.
Bryan Downing
Jul 1510 min read


AI Trading Bot on Windows: Live Demo with Python, Streamlit & Interactive Brokers
The dream of a personal, automated trading system—an AI trading bot-powered alchemist that turns market data into gold—is no longer the exclusive domain of hedge funds and quantitative powerhouses.
Bryan Downing
Jul 1214 min read


AI Optimizes program asm: Reinforcement Learning Delivers Faster Code Than GCC
Optimization can achieve superior speedups in low-level program asm code, challenging the supremacy of traditional compilers like GCC and heralding a new era for software performance engineering.
Bryan Downing
May 3014 min read


Quant Developer Books AI, and the Enduring Value of Mastery
The world of quantitative finance and algorithmic trading or quant developer is in a perpetual state of evolution.
Bryan Downing
May 2210 min read


AI Quant: Weaving Artificial Intelligence into Your Portfolio and the Future of Quant Development
The drumbeat of Artificial Intelligence (AI) quant is impossible to ignore, and the world of quantitative finance is listening intently.
Bryan Downing
May 165 min read


Power of Diffusion Models: A Visual Guide for any Quant Researcher
A Visual Guide to How Diffusion Models Work for any Quant Researcher: Understanding the Key Intuitions Behind Text-to-Image Generative AI fr
Bryan Downing
Feb 84 min read


How to Build an AI Server for Your Home
If you're interested in learning more about AI, one way to get started is to build your own AI server.
Bryan Downing
Jan 292 min read
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