Quantifying Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Tale from Our Algo Trading Family

It’s Thanksgiving! The aroma of turkey and pumpkin pie fills homes across the nation, and the Nurp team is taking a reflective look at the year and all we are grateful for. It’s more than building the best trading algorithms, it’s about the people who make up the Nurp family and those who trust us to make their forex trading journey better. This special article gives a glimpse into the heart of Nurp, as we share what some of our amazing staff are thankful for. 

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Gratitude for Family

One of the most important gifts in life? Family. That’s what Guy, our Senior Marketing Manager is grateful for. “I get to be a father to some amazing children. I am thankful to have the privilege of watching them grow up.”

Thankful for Team Culture

Abi, our Lead Copywriter, highlights the importance of culture and impactful work. “I am thankful for being a part of an entrepreneurial-driven company and culture where performance and respect for each other are always appreciated. Plus, working to promote an ethical, world-class product that’s actually changing lives for good is icing on the cake”.

Thanksgiving in Sales

For Brian, one of our Sales Development Representatives, it’s all about family and growth. “I am thankful always for my family and the opportunities that I have been blessed with. I’m also thankful for being able to work for a company that challenges me and promotes growth both professionally and personally in so many ways.

Grateful for Learning

Keanu, our Content Manager, shares about the learning. “Although we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in Europe, I’ll start off by saying I’m very thankful for the learning curve and the opportunities this company has given me. I’m thankful to have a very good manager and an amazing team! 🎉”

Conclusion: Thankful for Our Customers

For us at Nurp, Thanksgiving would be incomplete without taking time to appreciate our customers and everyone who has been part of our journey. As we gather around tables filled with gratitude and delicious Thanksgiving dishes, we thank YOU for being part of our success story. 

From our team to you and yours, Happy Thanksgiving!

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Bingham Zhou, CFA, has over 15 years of experience as a quantitative researcher. His expertise spans systematic equity strategies, CTA trend-following, and interest rate proprietary trading in both U.S. and Asian markets. He holds advanced degrees from MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Yale.

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Quant–Investment Strategist
Greg doscher

Greg Doscher was a CFO for many years who built out many quantitative strategies and investment tools to manage and enhance risk adjusted returns in the company’s pension plan. Prior to joining Nurp, he consolidated his skills in coding and discretionary trading to develop a comprehensive and fully automated algorithmic trading system deployed across 200+ futures markets and cryptocurrencies that encompassed all of the trading strategies he had honed over the last 22 years in finance

Quant–Investment Strategist
Marcin Borratynski

Marcin was Head of Quant IT at the USD 4bn+ CERN Pension Fund, where he spent nearly a decade building quantitative asset allocation systems and implementing algorithmic investment strategies for a multi-asset institutional portfolio.Before joining Nurp Marcin was also Senior Quant Strategist at Evooq, a Swiss-based fund managing four strategies across equities, gold, and equity derivatives.Marcin holds a degree in Computer Science an MBA from the University of Geneva and the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF).

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Abhayjit Anand

Abhay has worked with Nurp since 2022. As a Product Strategist, he focuses on building, refining, and commercializing algorithmic trading strategies. He brings seven years of experience in financial trading – combining macro research, technical analysis, quantitative strategy development, and market psychology. Alongside his work at Nurp, Abhay also serves as an Investment Analyst at Orca Capital. Before entering financial markets professionally, he spent eight years at IBM, including three years in the AI & data division as a Delivery Lead managing complex implementation projects.