Hanlon Financial Systems Center

The 2025–2026 academic year was another exciting year for the Hanlon Financial Systems Lab (HFSL). From hosting the annual Stevens High Frequency Trading Competition to expanding into decentralized finance research, launching new blockchain data initiatives, and welcoming students from around the world, HFSL continued to combine cutting-edge

We are thrilled to announce that the Hanlon Financial Systems Lab has signed a new data partnership with AlgoSeek, and two of their US equity options datasets are now available to Stevens researchers and students through the lab. If your research needs broad, ready-to-use US equity options data

Alumni Talks | Dr Dan W. | Director Data Science at J.P.Morgan Asset Management

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We have officially reached the end of the competition after the fifth day of trading. We would first like to thank everyone who participated week in and week out - your hard work did not go unnoticed, and we hope all students were able to take something valuable away from this

After the fourth week of trading in the Stevens High Frequency Trading Competition, we now have a solo leader and an emerging group tied for second place overall. Taking first place this week in terms of P&L, we congratulate “Stevens Quants,” which, as you may have

Wolfram Finance Platform is a comprehensive computational environment designed to integrate advanced computation into financial workflows, supporting tasks from derivatives pricing to interactive reporting. It leverages the computational power of Mathematica to provide a unified system for financial modeling, analysis, and reporting. It is designed to replace fragmented financial tools

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Topic: From Trading Bots to AI Engines: A Journey Through Quant Careers Dr. Yao will share his path from competing as a student in this algorithmic trading competition, to organizing it for five years, and now working at a hedge fund - first as a quant developer and currently

Adam Moszczynski is a former winner and later organizer of this competition. He is now an Energy Trader at Mitsui Bussan Commodities. Topic: Trading without an Order Book HFT and many trading models/strategies expect continuous liquidity and visible prices. But in Power markets, neither

After the third week of trading in the Stevens High Frequency Trading Competition, we now have a tie for first place! This week’s theme was “Illiquid,” which made teams have to rethink their strategies after they had been trading large cap stocks the previous two weeks.

Gasoline topped $4.00 a gallon on March 30 – up 30% in 30 days. The fairy-tale that economists tell would have you believe that this price is set by the balance of supply-and-demand in the present moment – the “spot price.” But the domestic

HFSL Alumni Talks | Dr Sebastian Tudor - Algorithmic Developer at J.P.Morgan