"INSIGHT INTO THE MECHANICS AND CHALLENGES OF TRADING OPERATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT NO AMOUNT OF WORDS AND LECTURES COULD EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE"

The Epi-Trade® LIVE workshops conducted in the Financial Markets and Technology course gave me an excellent opportunity to play the role of a trading party in a simulated, real-time financial trading environment. The Epi-Trade® LIVE platform that Epitrain has built allows both the participation of human traders and algorithmic trading engines, lending me an insight into the mechanics and challenges of trading operations and considerations that no amount of words and lectures could effectively communicate.

It's a fully engaging experience - the sense of competition between myself and my course mates naturally kept everyone engaged, and it was satisfying to see how the leader board (of best and worst earners) stacked up at the end of the (simulated) trading day. Although the preparation of our algorithmic trading application was gruelling, the environment and simulated scenarios were salient enough for me to appreciate the challenges of this style of trading and take away a very unique experience. All in all, the entire Epi-Trade® LIVE experience re-ignited my interest in how technology drives the smooth functioning of financial markets and continues to evolve their very nature, giving me a renewed appreciation of the importance of the work that I do and inspiring me to acquire even more skills and knowledge to embed myself even deeper in the world of financial technology.

JOEL NG | DATA ENGINEER, GIC PTE LTD