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Listing terminal windows for systematic builds, derivatives engines, and tactical market intelligence platforms.
Hull Tactical S&P 500 Directional Prediction [IN PROGRESS]

Hull Tactical S&P 500 Directional Prediction [IN PROGRESS]

Building ensemble models for daily S&P 500 return prediction in active Kaggle competition. Implementing feature engineering from market indicators including volatility regimes, cross-asset correlations and macroeconomic signals. Experimenting with XGBoost, neural networks and regime-switching models.

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│ > Kaggle Competition          │
│ > Ensemble Modelling         │
│ > S&P 500 Direction          │
│ [ENTER] View Details         │
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ENSEMBLE METHODSFEATURE ENGINEERINGTIME SERIESXGBOOSTKAGGLE COMPETITION

Languages

Python

Status

Status: In Progress

Timeline

Started: SEP 2025

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Fixed-Income/FX Derivatives Pricing Platform

Fixed-Income/FX Derivatives Pricing Platform

Built production-ready pricing engine for interest rate swaps, FX options and structured products. Implemented curve construction (OIS/IRS), SABR/SVI volatility calibration and risk metrics (PV, DV01) under rate shock scenarios. Interactive 3D volatility surface visualization with scenario analysis.

┌─[derivx-fic-analytics]──────┐
│ > Curve Construction        │
│ > Vol Surface Calibration   │
│ > Risk Analytics            │
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STOCHASTIC CALCULUSMONTE CARLOSABR MODELBLACK-SCHOLESRISK ANALYTICSSTREAMLIT

Languages

Python

Timeline

Updated: OCT 2025

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Fantasy Premier League Optimization Engine

Fantasy Premier League Optimization Engine

Modified open-source solver to optimize team selection using University of Bristol HPC cluster for 1000s of Monte Carlo simulations. Achieved consistent top 1% performance (3 years running, peak rank 20k/10M players) through hyperparameter tuning of horizon values, transfer dynamics and bench weighting strategies.

┌─[fpl-optimization]────────┐
│ > Monte Carlo Planning      │
│ > HPC Optimisation          │
│ > FPL Strategy Engine       │
│ [ENTER] View Details        │
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COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATIONMONTE CARLOHPCSENSITIVITY ANALYSISOPERATIONS RESEARCH

Languages

Python, C++

Timeline

Active: SEP 2021 – PRESENT

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Macroeconomic Forecasting with Dynamic Factor Models

Macroeconomic Forecasting with Dynamic Factor Models

Statistical Time Series based approach extracting 29 latent factors from 127 macroeconomic indicators achieving 84.6% R² with recession early-warning signals. Implemented factor loadings capturing cross-sectional dependencies with 27-31% improvement over baseline ARIMA forecasts.

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│ > Dynamic Factor Models    │
│ > Recession Signals        │
│ > Macro Forecasting        │
│ [ENTER] View Details       │
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MACHINE LEARNINGTIME SERIESALPHA RESEARCHBACKTESTINGFACTOR MODELS

Languages

R

Timeline

Updated: MAR 2025

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Horse Racing Prediction ML Model

Horse Racing Prediction ML Model

LightGBM ensemble achieving up to 8.7% edge relative to Betfair market odds through 68-feature engineering and Bayesian calibration methods. Implemented regularization techniques reducing overfit from 97.9% to 74.9% max confidence with calibration error <0.03.

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│ > LightGBM Ensemble        │
│ > Odds Calibration         │
│ > Probability Modelling    │
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MACHINE LEARNINGSTATISTICAL MODELLINGFEATURE ENGINEERINGPROBABILITY THEORYLIGHTGBM

Languages

Python

Timeline

Updated: MAR 2025

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Production ML Platform for NLP Analytics

Production ML Platform for NLP Analytics

Architected microservices platform processing 1000+ concurrent requests with sub-3 second latency. Implemented async FastAPI endpoints, Redis caching and PostgreSQL backend. Built comprehensive NLP pipeline using transformers and LangChain for document analysis.

┌─[career-rag-pipeline]──────┐
│ > FastAPI Microservices     │
│ > LangChain NLP             │
│ > Production Analytics      │
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FASTAPIMICROSERVICESNLPLANGCHAINREDISPOSTGRESQLDOCKER

Languages

Python

Timeline

Updated: AUG 2025

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