Analysts with this specialty are often referred to as “quants,” “number crunchers,” or, more endearingly, “quant geeks.
“Front-office” quants are those that interface directly with traders to provide them with pricing or trading tools.
GAM Systematic’s trading systems in their Cambridge office MICHAEL DOUGLAS & CHARLIE SHEEN Character(s): Gordon Gekko, Bud Fox Film ‘WALL STREET’ (1987)
The salary range for a top-notch quant developer could go as high as $250,000, but that’s about it.
Mathematics Associated With Calculus (Differential, Integral, And Stochastic).