I found this ad and it looks like what I want to focus on.
The candidate will be responsible for helping to develop methods and tools to discover new trading models in a highly automated way.
Must be able to work well in a team and write clear, efficient code.
Any of the following experience will be considered but not required: Experience writing code in
C++ as well as scripting languages. Experience in any of: data mining, machine learning, optimization, statistics, econometrics, finance.
or this
A financial researcher with experience of looking for alphas in the asset classes of equities, futures, and currencies, medium or high frequency
The researcher will work to build and implement statistical models for different financial products. The right applicant will work on a team of researchers, developing and maintaining mathematical and statistical models to act as an expert in this newly formed risk data analysis area.
So which area is this actually
I am planning to focus on microstructure and derivative in my studies. Am I on the right path?
I ask too many questions, but I am grateful for your answers and for this site. Thanks