Jerry Parker, chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Capital, joins Moritz Seibert, CEO/CIO of Munich Re Investment Partners and one of the two quants at twoquants.com, for a deep dive discussion on systematic trading strategies. Parker has had an exceptional career as a systematic trend following trader, and over the last 32 years, Chesapeake has compounded [...]
It's been my pleasure to give an introductory presentation/course on options and volatility to a select group of students at Queen's University. Download the slide deck here. Main discussion points: The basics: forward pricing theory, quanto vs. local forwards Alternatives to the Black-Scholes model Skew and term structure Put-Call Parity Sensitivities ("Greeks") The GME [...]
Peter Wall, CEO of Argo, joins Moritz Seibert, CEO/CIO of Munich Re Investment Partners and co-founder at TwoQuants.com, to discuss crypto mining, its carbon footprint, sustainable power management, and the institutional adoption of green cryptocurrencies coming out of the space. Wall describes Argo as being focused on access to power and access to machines—with that, [...]
As outlined in part 1 of this article, Bitcoin mining uses a lot of power, and because this power isn’t 100% renewable, Bitcoin has a carbon footprint. That’s a fact. A lot of the criticism that’s directed at Bitcoin is based on the assumption that it’s useless. A digital mirage which neither has substance [...]
One year ago, on 23 March 2020, the S&P 500 closed at 2,237 index points. Today, it's at 3,913 - an almost 75% increase in value. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 has rallied from a low of 7,000 to about 12,800 today, up 83%. In Europe, the Eurostoxx 50 is up 60%, and in Japan [...]
According to Digiconomist, Bitcoin’s (BTC) annual carbon footprint equals that of Switzerland (40 Mt CO2) because running its network is power-intensive, consuming approximately as much power as Finland requires in a single year (85 TWh). The numbers for Ethereum (ETH) are smaller (14 Mt CO2, which is about the same as the annual CO2 [...]
Moritz Seibert, CEO/CIO of Munich Re Investment Partners and co-founder at Twoquants.com, welcomes to Real Vision Jason Shapiro, principal of JS Trading and one of the traders profiled in Jack Schwager’s “Unknown Market Wizards.” Shapiro traces his journey from being a commercial banker at HSBC to a mover and shaker in the equity futures market. [...]
In (real) tennis you need to take almost every shot. If you don't return the ball, your opponent wins. However, even though you need to return the ball over the net, you don't have to go all-in with each and every shot. You can control the risk - sometimes you push, other times you [...]
Anatoly Crachilov, founding partner and CEO of Nickel Digital Asset Management, joins Moritz Seibert, CEO/CIO of Munich Re Investment Partners and co-founder at Twoquants.com, to explore trading crypto markets, custody, and where the crypto space is headed. Crachilov discusses Nickel Digital Asset Management and its sophisticated key management solution they use for clients. He explains [...]
George Coyle and I have collected and published what we believe are some of the most interesting takeaways from "The Man Who Solved the Market" - a great book about Jim Simons and Renaissance Technologies (RenTec) authored by Gregory Zuckerman. You can read about those takeaways HERE in part 1, and HERE in part [...]
