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Zachary Myers

Zachary Myers

Algorithmic Trading Analyst at Simplex Trading, LLC

Chicago, IL , United States

About

Zachary Myers is an Algorithmic Trading Analyst at Simplex Trading LLC in Chicago, IL, where he focuses on developing and optimizing systematic trading strategies for U.S. equity options markets. His responsibilities include quantitative research, model development, and real-time strategy implementation using advanced data analysis within highly automated trading frameworks.

Prior to joining Simplex Trading LLC in 2024, Zachary held quantitative analyst positions at CloudQuant Alternative Data and Uniper. At CloudQuant, he concentrated on leveraging alternative data for alpha discovery and portfolio construction, while at Uniper he contributed to short-term analytical projects with a focus on quantitative finance applications.

Zachary holds a Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. His expertise spans quantitative modeling, alternative data analysis, and systematic equity options trading, making him a specialist in the intersection of data science and financial markets.

Career History

OrganizationRoleDate RangeDetails
Simplex Trading LLCAlgorithmic Trading AnalystJun 2024 to Present
CloudQuant Alternative DataQuantitative AnalystMar 2022 to Apr 2024
CloudQuant is an alternative data vendor and high-performance quantitative research platform. As a Quantitative Analyst, I worked to clean, organize, and extract the most pertinent information from ou...
UniperQuantitative AnalystSep 2021 to Dec 2021
MusicfoxQuantitative ResearcherJan 2021 to Mar 2021
ArconicFinance InternMay 2019 to Aug 2019
I spent the summer of 2019 completing my second internship with Arconic. During this time I evaluated the strength of our aluminum hedging policy. This involved me back-testing our current strategy al...
ArconicFinance InternMay 2018 to Aug 2018
I worked as a financial and marketing analysis intern at Arconic during the summer of 2018. My projects included finding the correlations between market indicators and our net margin/revenue to update...

Education

University of Chicago

2020 2021

University of Michigan

2016 2020

Skills & Expertise

Data Analysis
Mathematical Modeling
Python
Quantitative Finance
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel

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Drew Brandsen
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Glen Nixon
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Jeff Burianek
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Jeffrey Abraham
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Jeremy Nau
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Lester Crockett
Lester Crockett
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