Yiran M

Yiran M is currently a Trader at PEAK6 Investments in Chicago, Illinois, where he specializes in proprietary trading of U.S.-listed equities and options. At PEAK6, he leverages advanced quantitative strategies and technology to provide market liquidity, focusing on the U.S. options market—a core sector for the firm and its trading operations.

Previously, Yiran served as a Desk Strategist at Morgan Stanley from 2017 to 2019, where he developed trading models and analytical tools for risk management and securities pricing within the global markets division. His early experience as a Graduate Research Assistant at Caltech further honed his quantitative and analytical expertise.

Yiran holds a Masters in Financial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (Haas School of Business), a PhD in Philosophy (Geophysics) from Caltech, and a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science (Geology) from Nanjing University. His robust background in quantitative research and financial engineering underpins his achievements in derivatives trading and his contributions to optimizing high-frequency and systematic trading strategies in the options sector.