The blog.
Announcements, market-structure explainers, and honest notes on building a trading and research firm from Sydney. Written by the people doing the work, held to the same standard as the work.
First-year internship applications are open
Most firms make first-years wait. Our first intern cohort starts with a real project, one mentor, and weekly reviews. Applications are open now.
The mentorship program runs online and onsite
Twelve weeks, one mentor, a free assessment to get in, and now two ways to attend: from anywhere, or at the Sydney office.
Young on purpose: introducing Optilic
A proprietary trading desk and a clinical-AI research arm, one standard of proof, and why we think starting now is the advantage.
What a market maker actually does
Most people picture trading as betting on direction. Market making is closer to running a shop that never closes.
Latency is a budget, not a race
The microsecond arms race makes headlines. The discipline behind it is quieter, and more useful.
Reading the assessment: what we actually mark
Students ask what a good answer looks like. The honest version: clear reasoning under uncertainty, shown in the open.