Quantify Club

Quantify Club · USI · Lugano

Quantitative finance, from research to execution.

Quantify Club is a student association dedicated to quantitative finance, systematic research, portfolio construction, risk management and trading technology. Members learn by building models, testing strategies and working together on applied projects.

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Feedback returns to data and research

  1. DataCollect and clean financial data
  2. ResearchForm and test hypotheses
  3. PortfolioBuild simulated portfolios
  4. TradingDesign and analyse orders
  5. MonitoringTrack risk and behaviour
  6. FeedbackSend findings back to research
The Club's learning loop runs on simulated, paper-trading portfolios. No real capital is invested.

What we do

Four areas of work, from the first dataset to a finished research report.

  • Quantitative Research

    • Financial data
    • Econometrics
    • Statistics
    • Machine learning
    • Strategy research
    • Backtesting

  • Portfolio & Risk

    • Portfolio construction
    • Rebalancing
    • Risk analysis
    • Exposure monitoring
    • Scenario analysis
    • Macro context

  • Trading & Market Structure

    • Execution concepts
    • Order management systems
    • Order routing
    • Market microstructure
    • FX workflows
    • Trading technology

  • Applied Projects

    • Research reports
    • Data analysis
    • Models and indicators
    • Software
    • Workshops
    • Projects with companies and institutions

Activities are carried out for educational, training and research purposes. Portfolio and trading activities are simulated unless explicitly stated otherwise for non-investment technical projects.

One Continuous Investment Process

Three desks, one research-to-execution learning loop.

Each desk is led by a Head of Desk.

Desk Quantitative Research

Builds the analytical foundations of the Club's strategies and models.

  • Database
  • Strategies
  • Backtesting
  • Statistical analysis
  • Research tooling

Output Research signals, models and strategy specifications

Research desk in detail

Desk Portfolio Management

Translates research into simulated portfolios and manages the portfolio-level decision process.

  • Portfolio rebalancing
  • Risk management
  • Monitoring
  • News and macro
  • Portfolio analytics

Input and output Research, then portfolio decisions, then monitoring feedback

Portfolio desk in detail

Desk Trading

Studies how portfolio decisions become executable orders and how market structure affects implementation.

  • Order management system
  • Order routing
  • Execution
  • Foreign exchange
  • Trading workflow and infrastructure

Output Execution analysis and implementation feedback

Trading desk in detail

Build. Test. Analyse. Improve.

Quantify Club is designed to turn theory into practical experience. Members collaborate on quantitative models, programming, market analysis, research projects and technical workshops.

  • Python
  • Data
  • Statistics
  • Econometrics
  • Risk
  • Backtesting
  • Markets
  • Machine Learning

Who can join

Quantify Club is primarily intended for the USI community and also welcomes eligible students from other Swiss and Italian universities and Swiss universities of applied sciences.

  • Membership is free.
  • Applications can be submitted at any time.
  • Admission includes a short interview focused on motivation, interest and willingness to contribute.
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Companies, institutions and professionals can collaborate with the Club through educational events, technical workshops, research-oriented projects, data and modelling challenges, company visits and networking initiatives.

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