13.08.20
Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Values, Security, and Intellectual Property
Over the years, we have occasionally encountered questions regarding our internal security protocols and access to users’ intellectual property (IP). We recognize that users trust us with their time, money, and oftentimes their financial future when they use our platform. So for both current users and for future ones, I’d like to go into more […]
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27.07.20 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Why Funds Should Use QuantConnect to Find Alpha
In 2019, the hedge fund space contracted for the fifth year in a row. In 2020, new launches have hit lows not seen since the financial crisis and fund liquidations are the highest since the end of 2015. The industry is in crisis. And as a small handful of global mega funds increasingly grow their […]
16.07.20 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Introducing QuantConnect Organizations
Today we’re unveiling a new era in power, flexibility, and access for quantitative finance. The QuantConnect Organizations layer allows anyone to harness our platform to launch a quantitative fund, scaling up resources as they grow. Previously, the technical and financial challenges of launching a quantitative fund have stymied new launches, resulting in AUM concentration to […]
14.01.20 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Increased Research Licensing Opportunities
We are now offering the option to automatically make backtest meta-data available to Alpha Streams clients as a way to get your work more attention and early interest.
09.12.19 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
New Sources for Alpha: A Different Way to Do Data
At QuantConnect, our goal is to provide you with the tools and data that will help you create high-performing algorithmic trading strategies. And with LEAN, our open-source trading engine, our community can conduct a robust research process and solely focus on what makes them unique: their alpha. With that in mind, we are excited to […]
10.10.19 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Research Evolved: Integrated Notebooks
Today we’re launching a deep integration of QuantConnect with Jupyter Lab to give you a powerful new tool for your alpha research. The dynamic, iterative nature of Jupyter Lab is an evolutionary leap for the quant process. When combined with the power of QuantConnect’s cloud and 400TB of data, the new QC research environment is […]
01.10.19 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Join Us in London at The Quant Conference 2019
On November 1st, our CEO, Jared Broad, will be speaking on a panel at The Quant Conference 2019. The Quant Conference is an event dedicated to discussion of and education on current trends in quantitative finance, attended by a mix of students, industry leaders, academics, and investors. Jared will be participating in a panel called […]
09.09.19 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Making Models that Fit the Signal, Not the Noise
One of the most common pitfalls when creating an algorithm is overfitting. Overfitting is the act of fine-tuning the parameters of an algorithm to fit the detail and noise of backtesting data to the extent that it negatively impacts the performance of the algorithm on new data. It can manifest itself in a variety of […]
16.08.19 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
New to QuantConnect: Debugging Now Live in the Algo Lab
We’re excited to announce that debugging is officially live in the Algo Lab. This new tool allows you to place breakpoints in your code, step through, and inspect variable values at different execution stages throughout your algorithm. The tool is accessible from the right side of the terminal in any open project. To help you […]
07.08.19 Jared Broad
Founder & CEO
Now Available on QuantConnect: Improved Crypto Data from CoinAPI.io
We are excited to share with the community that we’re now working with CoinAPI.io to bring comprehensive cryptocurrency data to our platform. Starting now, our users can access reliable, high-resolution data that will be updated at the end of each day, every day. The crypto markets have continued to mature, which increases the opportunities for […]