What is a quant
What the job is, the kinds of quants, and how firms use math to make decisions with money on the line.
- What quants doThe job, and the three kinds of people who do it.
- How a market worksBids, asks and the people in the middle.
- Thinking in betsExpected value, the idea behind almost every quant decision.
- A day on a trading deskWhat the hours actually look like.
- A short history of quantsWhere the field came from, in six moments.
- Track quizFive questions. Get four right to finish the track.