Robert Carver (Trader and Writer): How to become a systematic trader?

Today my guest is Mr Robert Carver.

Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader, writer and research consultant. He is the author of“Systematic Trading: A unique new method for designing trading and investing systems", and "Smart Portfolios: A practical guide to building and maintaining intelligent investment portfolios".

Until 2013 Robert worked for AHL, a large systematic hedge fund, and part of the Man Group.He was responsible for the creation of AHL's fundamental global macro strategy,and then managed the funds’ multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. 

Prior to that Robert worked as a research manager for Centre of Economic Policy Research,an economics think tank, and traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank. He spent his early career in the Middle East.

Robert has a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, and a Masters degree, also in Economics, from Birkbeck College, University of London.

Today, we will mainly talk about the subject of systematic trading and quantitative investing.

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