Joachim Loebb
Senior Structurer And Option Trader at Axpo Group
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolJoachim Loebb is a senior structurer and option trader with 11+ years in energy commodities, specializing in structuring and pricing complex products like VPPs, PPAs and gas swings while managing options and underlying trading mandates across European power, gas, emissions and coal. He brings a rare combination of hands-on quant skills and senior portfolio management experience—formerly a senior fixed income portfolio manager overseeing large AuM—backed by a PhD in Financial Econometrics. Technically fluent in C#, Python and F#, he leverages software and data science to build pricing, risk and optimisation systems from scratch and has contributed backend fixes and regression tests to the widely used QuantConnect Lean engine. Known for pragmatic leadership and board-level communication, he repeatedly translates contractual optionality and market signals into actionable hedges and valuation frameworks. Entrepreneurial and results-oriented, he blends strategic thought with a “doer” mentality to disrupt processes and deliver measurable performance improvements. Based in Zurich, he often bridges trading, technology and senior stakeholders to deploy robust, production-ready quantitative solutions.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics (Financial Econometrics), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics (Financial Econometrics) at Universität ZürichMA, Business and Economics, MA, Business and Economics at University of Basel
German, English, French
Github Skills (12)
data-handling10
tradingview10
csharp10
trading-algorithms10
futures10
algorithmic-trading10
trading10
dotnet-core10
testing10
algorithm9
finance9
python4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
QuantConnect/Lean
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine by QuantConnect (Python, C#)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & QA Engineer
Backend Developer & QA EngineerContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Joachim primarily focused on enhancing the algorithmic trading engine's functionality by addressing file format and data handling issues related to futures contracts, specifically for daily and hourly resolutions. They implemented fixes for open interest data and adjusted code in `LeanData.cs` and `OpenInterest.cs` to support correct time formats. Furthermore, the user created and tested data conversion routines and integrated them into the data reader and testing framework. This included the addition of regression tests for futures strategies, validating the integrity of daily data.
algorithmic-trading-enginepythonpinescriptbacktesting-trading-strategiesc-sharp
smartquant/ExcelDna.Utilities
Aug 2014 - May 2021
Utilities that add functionality to ExcelDna such as creating a COM like interface to the C API
Contributions:1 release, 20 commits, 4 PRs in 6 years 9 months
apipocoobjectmapperautocadexceldna
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