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Tyler P.

Quant & Trading Infrastructure Dev | Options, Systematic Strategy

I build trading infrastructure for systematic traders, small funds, and family offices. My work spans strategy validation, backtesting, execution automation, and production deployment - across options, equities, and derivatives. Note: ONLY CONSIDERING CONTRACTS ABOVE $10k USD This is not investment advice, and I do not promise returns. I build the systems and evidence you need to make your own decisions. Strategy Validation Sprint Where most engagements start. I implement your idea, audit the data and assumptions, model realistic transaction costs and fills, and run out-of-sample checks. You get a clear verdict: what works, what breaks, and what to do next. Validated Idea to Production Code If the strategy survives validation, I convert it into a maintainable Python module or service with configs, tests, and standardized outputs - ready for live deployment or handoff to your team. Production Handoff Scheduling, logging, monitoring, alerts, and deployment so runs are unattended and auditable. I work with IBKR, Schwab, and Alpaca for execution integration once logic is proven. What I Typically Work On Options and volatility strategies - covered calls, spreads, iron condors, volatility carry, hedging overlays, and scenario analysis. Systematic equity frameworks - factor and regime filters, ETF rotation, long/short strategies, and portfolio overlays. Execution infrastructure - automated order management, risk controls, position reconciliation, and real-time monitoring across multiple instruments and venues. Market microstructure - for clients exploring newer execution venues, I've deployed production market-making systems with inventory management, on-chain settlement, and real-time execution at scale. This depth informs how I think about execution quality and fill logic across all systems I build. How I Approach Automation I do not start with live trading. Most engagements succeed by moving through phases: validate the strategy, add a manual execution layer (trade sheets, alerts, monitoring), then automate - but only once the logic is proven and the failure modes are defined. Tech Python · Pandas · NumPy · SciPy · scikit-learn · FastAPI · Pydantic · Docker · AWS · asyncio · IBKR · Alpaca · Schwab · Web3 To Get Started Drop me a note with what you're building - the instrument, the general idea, and your timeframe is enough. I'll scope it and lay out the fastest path forward.

🇺🇸Reno, United States$150/hr100% JSS5.00 (15)Since Dec 2020

Earnings and projects

MRR
$13k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#642 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#321 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$4.5k

Last 6 months: $80k

World#6,699 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,056 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$260k

Billed in all: $267k

World#9,958 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,632 / 62.1k
Per project
$6.5k

$27k in the last 6 months

World#26,399 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#4,373 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
3

Across 4 contracts

25% fixed75% hourly
World#66,481 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,998 / 62.1k
Projects in all
40

Across 47 contracts

40% fixed60% hourly
World#75,669 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,445 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$267k+$4.5k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$260.0k$262.5k$265.0k$267.5kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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