03Summer InternSummer 2024

From job-shadowing to backtesting

Finesse Stock Broking Services

I was there to watch an analyst trade options. A few days in, I asked for real work and spent my evenings learning quant and algorithmic trading so I could do it.

I wrote Python scripts to backtest 20+ options hedges on five years of market data, calculated returns and maximum drawdown, compared each strategy across market conditions, and wrote up the risk versus return trade-offs for my mentor's portfolio discussions.

“He was sincere, disciplined, punctual, and eager to take on new responsibilities.” — Rahul Gupta, Director