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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 →

Queen's Tower Exchange

A closed exchange simulation for Imperial College London students. Live order book data, 35 teams across eight arms, one competitive scene to incubate trading and technology talent.

Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus

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