Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street

19 Reviews

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Very Informational

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Marcel

03/21/2014

Amazing to see more about the HFT world

Amazing to see more about the HFT world..looks so far away from normal trading

10/13/2012

Decent movie

Decent , movie , gives you insight in to algorithm and HFT trading, You wont learn much , but its a good watch for 1 time

08/23/2011

Good Flick

Good introduction to how math plays in wall street. Though it barely scratches the surface. as a former quant, I can attest that the methods used are much more outlandish than the typical black scholes equation... that ish is archaic. entertaining definitely.

07/26/2011

MATH

This movie seeks to teach the audience the various responsibilities quants have on Wall St. It also opens your eyes to the world of Computer Science, Math, and Physics.

05/07/2011

not entertaining but very useful

great to understand how computers work in wall street and what is the opinion of mathematicians about it. a must-watched document!

03/08/2011

EYE OPENER

If you don't know about high frequency trading then this will really help open your eyes to some of the things out there in the market that you can be facing on a daily basis.

02/16/2011

Yeah... This is really great - easy to watch too!

"I had this on my 'to watch' list but kept putting it off as I imagined it would be a bit heavy weight - not at all! It's only short, about 45 mins as I remember. Really, really interesting guys, total madness what is happening on Wall Street now, it's like a prediction for the end of the world as w Read more...

01/08/2011

Short, somewhat narrow peek into the world

"It relies on about 4 quants - the only name I remember is Paul Wilmott. It still doesn't really get detailed enough to be truly educational, but it does get into more details than the average movie (even documentary) - for example, Paul mentions that the assumed correlation in most models is 0.6 an Read more...

11/30/2010

A great Dutch TV documentary about quantitative finance

"If the facade of quantitative finance is overwhelming and you need a good contextual example to understand the world of quants, as well as various subjects to give diversity in perspective, this is a great watch. The models made to price subprime loans during the Clinton and Bush years are lightly Read more...

11/30/2010

Must watch

In order to see what you are up against in the markets, this is a must watch. It gives you a closer look at some of the people that really influence the market and how they have come to do so.