Alethea Lin

Alethea Lin is a trader at PEAK6 in Chicago, IL, where she has been employed since May 2020. In her current role, she is responsible for executing and managing proprietary trading strategies, with a focus on complex derivatives and risk management within the equity and options markets. Her work emphasizes quantitative analysis and algorithmic trading, leveraging advanced mathematical models to optimize performance.

Prior to joining PEAK6, Lin gained experience as a Quantitative Developer Intern at QuantConnect, where she developed and tested trading algorithms, and as a Project Lab Researcher at Rosetta Analytics, contributing to research at the intersection of data science and finance. Her expertise encompasses systematic trading in U.S. listed securities, particularly options and equity derivatives, and she is known for applying machine learning and statistical techniques to financial markets.

Lin holds a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago, a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Richmond, and completed an exchange program in Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Her academic background equips her with a strong foundation in quantitative finance and computational methods, supporting her contributions to the trading and investment industry at PEAK6.