Arthur Bagourd
Co-founder & Head Of Research at Algo Principal Trading Firm
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolArthur Bagourd is a quantitative researcher and entrepreneur with nine years’ experience building algorithmic trading and hedging solutions across FX, crypto and prop trading. As Co-founder and Head of Research at an algo principal trading firm he blends statistical modeling and production development with a pragmatic “simpler-models-first” approach honed at Barclays’ FX algo desk. He has founded multiple ventures—Pridwen for crypto hedging and Editions Bagourd for literary translation—demonstrating an unusual mix of market-facing quant engineering and cultural entrepreneurship. Comfortable moving from research to deployable systems, he publishes technical work and productizes models for real trading desks while keeping a keen eye on market timing and product–market fit. Based in the UK, he pairs formal training in financial engineering and mathematics with hands-on quant experience across banks, funds and startups.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Boston College Carroll School of ManagementFrench High School Diploma (Baccalaureat) with specialization in Maths, French High School Diploma (Baccalaureat) with specialization in Maths at Lycée Saint Paul VannesBachelor's degree (two first years), Mathematics, Bachelor's degree (two first years), Mathematics at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityMaster 203, MSc in Financial Markets, Master 203, MSc in Financial Markets at Université Paris Dauphine - PSLJapanese, Japanese at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)
French, English, German, Japanese, Russian, breton
Github Skills (39)
inspector9
tinder8
kotlin8
ethereum8
python-interface8
solidity8
project-management7
polars7
anki7
dataframe7
dataframes7
android7
python7
rust6
threaded6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
IlluvatarEru/mev-inspect-py
Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
🔎 an MEV inspector for Ethereum 🔎
Contributions:36 reviews, 253 commits, 54 PRs in 3 months
ethereumsolidityinspectormev
IlluvatarEru/HydroPPandHBV
Apr 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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