Irene Aldridge on Big Data's Potential Impact on Market Stability & Trader Profitability

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 9 a.m.

Irene Aldridge joins us to discuss how Big Data can have an impact on the market stability and trader profitability.

Irene Aldridge is a co-author of \u201cBig Data Science in Finance\u201d (with


Marco Avellaneda, Wiley 2020), an internationally-recognized


quantitative and Big Data Finance researcher, Adjunct Professor at


Cornell University and President and Managing Director, Research, of


AbleMarkets, a Big Data for Capital Markets company. She was named to


the Forbes\u2019 Top 40-Over-40 Women\u2019s List in 2017. Prior to AbleMarkets,


Aldridge designed and ran high-frequency trading strategies in a


$20-million cross-asset portfolio. Still previously, Aldridge was, in


reverse order, a quant on a trading floor; in charge of risk


quantification of commercial loans; Basel regulation team lead;


technology equities researcher; lead systems architect on large


integration projects, including web security and trading floor


globalization. Aldridge started her career as software engineer in


financial services.


Aldridge holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union, and MS


in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, and an MBA from


INSEAD. In addition, Aldridge studied in two PhD programs: Operations


Research at Columbia University (ABD) and FInance (ABD). Aldridge is the


author of multiple academic papers and several books. Most notable


titles include \u201cBig Data Science in Finance\u201d (co-authored with Marco


Avellaneda, Wiley, 2020), \u201cReal-Time Risk: What Investors Should Know


About Fintech, High-Frequency Trading, Flash Crashes\u201d (co-authored with


Steve Krawciw, Wiley, 2017), \u201cHigh-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide


to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems\u201d (2nd edition, translated


into Chinese, Wiley 2013), and \u201cThe Quant Investor\u2019s Almanac 2011: A


Road Map to Investing\u201d (Wiley, 2010). Her recent academic publications


include \u201cNeural Networks in Finance: Design and Performance\u201d (with Marco


Avellaneda in the Journal of Financial Data Science, 2019), \u201cBig Data in


Portfolio Management\u201d (Journal of Financial Data Science, 2019), \u201cETFs,


High-Frequency Trading and Flash Crashes\u201d (Journal of Portfolio


Management, 2016), and \u201cHigh-Frequency Runs and Flash Crash


Predictability\u201d (Journal of Portfolio Management, 2014). Aldridge


presently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of


Applied Data Science to Finance.


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