Ben Lau is a quantitative trader with 10+ years of experience building systematic macro, rates and FX strategies across Asia and global markets, now trading Global Macro Rates and FX at Alphadyne. He combines a Princeton PhD in Physics with deep hands-on expertise in machine learning, reinforcement learning and signal processing to deliver low-turnover, systematic strategies. Previously he led systematic liquid rate and FX research at Shell Street Labs and developed Asian EM macro models at Complus, grounded in rigorous model validation and derivatives structuring experience from Barclays and UBS. A long-term Linux and vim user, he favors lean, reproducible research workflows and brings a physicist’s experimental mindset to production trading systems in Hong Kong.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Stanford University
PhD, Physics, PhD, Physics at Princeton University
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