Robert Carver
Systematic Trader And Writer
Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Carver is an independent systematic trader, author and research consultant with over a decade of experience designing and managing quantitative strategies, including running a $5bn fixed income portfolio at AHL. He combines deep academic training in economics with hands‑on trading and software development—maintaining an open‑source Python systematic trading engine (pysystemtrade) that underpins his fully automated futures and ETF portfolios. As a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary and a retained research advisor to digital‑assets and CTA funds, he translates research into practical trading systems and bespoke consulting. An engaging writer of four books on systematic trading and portfolio construction, he also consults on strategy design, expert testimony and in‑house training, and is blunt about the boundaries of unpaid advice. Unusually, his background spans exotic derivatives structuring, macro research management and frontline portfolio implementation, giving him a rare end‑to‑end perspective on quant trading.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (A), Economics (A), Physics (A), A Levels, Mathematics (A), Further Mathematics (A), Economics (A), Physics (A) at Dubai CollegeBA, Economics, First class honours, BA, Economics, First class honours at The University of ManchesterIncomplete (first year Bsc only), Computer Science, Incomplete (first year Bsc only), Computer Science at University of CambridgeMsc, Economics, Distinction, Msc, Economics, Distinction at Birkbeck, U. of London
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Github Skills (11)
pandas10
python10
modeling9
data-analysis9
statistical-models9
data-modeling9
finance9
interactive-brokers6
docker6
wrapper6
quantitative-finance6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
robcarver17/pysystemtrade
Mar 2017 - Jan 2023
Systematic Trading in python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 31 reviews, 1207 commits in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on enhancing the core functionalities of a systematic trading system built in Python. They added capital-related features, with a particular emphasis on a capital management system including several strategies, and incorporated P&L tracking. The code changes include modifications to modules related to data production and management, including changes to the data model by adding P&L tracking and implementing methods for calculating capital.
pythonalgorithmic-tradingsystematicautomated-tradingbacktesting-trading-strategies
robcarver17/skipperman
Oct 2023 - Apr 2025
Contributions:444 pushes, 36 comments, 119 issues in 1 year 5 months
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