QTE

Real markets. Student competition.

Queen’s Tower Exchange is a financial-markets simulation for Imperial College London students, powered by live market data. Research investments, develop trading strategies and manage simulated portfolios - or build the technology behind the exchange. Trade US equities, ETFs and options in a market designed for student teams to compete and learn.

Join QTE Explore the Arms
8
Arms
35
Teams
241
Members
2
Industry Partners

8 Arms, One Exchange

Find your role in trading, investment or engineering. Research companies, build trading strategies, execute investment decisions or develop the technology behind QTE. Technology builds the shared platform, while FPGA teams work on a separate trading system. Explore each arm to find the work that suits you.

Market Making

Build quoting strategies, provide liquidity and manage inventory.

5 teams →

Market Taking

Research opportunities and turn them into manual or systematic trades.

5 teams →

Options

Quote and trade options on SPY and AAPL, managing volatility risk and hedges.

6 teams →

Fundamentals

Research companies and manage a portfolio across the academic year.

8 teams →

Execution

Turn investment decisions into completed trades, balancing cost and delivery.

4 teams →

FPGA

Engineer a separate trading system across exchange, market-making and market-taking teams.

3 teams →

Technology

The engineering team behind every tool QTE's traders use.

1 team →

Agentic AI

Explore AI agents for market research and trading.

3 teams →

Upcoming Events

What's coming up at QTE.

OCT
19
Training Week
workshop
OCT
26
Live Trading Starts
launch

Our Partners

Backed by firms in quantitative finance and trading technology.

Jane Street

Sponsor of FPGA arm

Optiver

Sponsor of Market Making Arm

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