THE VIDEO SHELF · quantitative finance
Quants | The Alchemists of Wall Street | VPRO documentary
A VPRO documentary on quantitative analysts who designed the mathematical models and high-speed trading systems behind modern finance. It features figures such as Paul Wilmott and asks what risks come from treating markets as a machine.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as an insider-style look at quants and high-frequency trading and their effect on markets.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- vpro documentary
- Topic
- quantitative finance
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I'm happy to see this pop up on HN since HFT is something I've been looking into lately. If you're interested to dig deeper into HFT and algorithmic trading, 'Inside the Black Box' will be a good read. Link: www.amazon.com/Inside-Black-Box-Quantitative-Frequency/dp/1118362411 If you want to take …
chinmoy on Hacker News · 2013-10
In How to Get a Job at a High Frequency Trading FirmCheck out the works of Paul Wilmott, which include textbooks and a magazine of the same name which is (or at least used to be) the most expensive magazine subscription there is. Wikipedia: [LINK] Documentary on "quants" featuring him: [VIDEO] For finance in general, I …
kratom_sandwich on Hacker News · 2021-01
In Ask HN: Best Resources on (Computational) Finance
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