The 8 Arms
QTE is organised into specialised arms, each managing portfolios across different timeframes and asset classes. With 200+ student places spread across 35 teams, you can choose the arm that best fits how you want to compete and the skills you want to build.
Market Making
Providing liquidity in assigned assets through high-frequency trades while capturing maximal spread.
5 teams →Market Taking
Hunting for short- to medium-term alpha through market inefficiencies.
5 teams →Options
Market making and market taking on single stock options.
6 teams →Fundamentals
Hedge-fund style pods running longer-term, thesis-driven strategies.
8 teams →Execution
Executing trades on behalf of fundamentals teams accurately, while minimising impact.
4 teams →FPGA
Pushing market-taking and market-making algorithms onto hardware, running on a separate exchange for the 2026-2027 season.
3 teams →Technology
Building and maintaining the infrastructure that keeps QTE running.
1 team →Agentic AI
FBuilding agentic AI market takers, from strategy research to algorithm submission.
3 teams →