Charlie Yan

Advancing systematic trading in the era of artificial intelligence

Charlie Yan holds a Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) from UCLA Anderson, where he was selected as the Class of 2024 commencement speaker. He also graduated cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.A. in Computer Science and Political Science, with a minor in Anthropology.

Charlie works in proprietary trading, focusing on U.S. equity options markets, where he applies a data-driven approach and cutting-edge technologies to modernize financial markets through competition. His work blends quantitative research, systematic strategy design, and AI-native infrastructure.

Achievements & Recognition

● 🎤 Class Speaker, UCLA Anderson MFE (’24) – Delivered the commencement address, emphasizing ethics and humility in finance:

“Let’s not forget: The numbers we analyze, the models we build, and the trades we execute are deeply connected to people’s lives… Every dollar we work with could represent someone’s livelihood, their retirement, or their dreams. It is our privilege — and our responsibility — to use it wisely and for the good of others.”

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● 🎓 Cum Laude Graduate – Washington University in St. Louis.

● 🏆 Undergraduate Research Award – Recognized for academic excellence and research contributions.

Skills & Experience

● Options Trading Systems – Designing and executing systematic strategies across U.S. equity derivatives, covering the full stack from signal research and generation to execution design, risk management, and post-trade analytics.

● Research Platforms – Building SilkCodex, an AI-native research stack with vertically integrated data infrastructure for analytics, research, signal discovery, and backtesting.

● Data Engineering – Constructing scalable pipelines for options flow, volatility modeling, and macroeconomic datasets.

● Macro & Policy Analysis – Linking geopolitical events, global liquidity, market regimes, and structural cycles to systematic equity options trading opportunities.

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