Darryl Knapp
Sarasota,FL
Summary
Experienced in developing and implementing advanced models for arbitrage in index, equity options, and metals. Designed and deployed comprehensive risk management systems for trading groups, with a strong focus on integrating tick and time series databases for P&L attribution. Expertise in integrating APIs for over a dozen execution and quote platforms, enabling multithreaded, low-latency processing of trades and data. With 15 years of market-making experience, I bring a deep understanding of trading from a practitioner's perspective. Currently focused on developing machine learning models for sentiment analysis in trading.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
PROGRAMMER CONSULTANT
Independent Contractor
01.2012 - Current
- Developed proprietary trading systems for arbitrage in options and futures.
- Developed models for algorithmic trading applications
- Integrated new software with existing systems and third-party APIs
- Designed software for distributed systems
- Developed high throughput, multi-threaded applications
- Created databases, data entry systems and other applications for diverse uses
- Designed applications to efficiently store and retrieve tick data for data analysis.
- Machine learning sentiment analysis.
PROGRAM DEVELOPER
DACKS Capital, LLC
03.2002 - 01.2012
- Market maker options (SPX)
- Created software programs, wrote codes and tested programs for optimal performance and accuracy
- Assessed costs and risks associated with developing new features and products
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Comp Science
DePaul University
Chicago, IL12.2024
Skills
- C# Net Programming (WPF & Forms)
- Java
- Python
- VB Net
- MySQL
- Design and Development of Distributed Systems
- Design and Development of Statistical Models and Algorithms
- GitHub
- Financial Modeling and Trading
- Machine Learning
Locations
- Chicago, IL
- Sarasota, FL
Timeline
PROGRAMMER CONSULTANT
Independent Contractor
01.2012 - Current
PROGRAM DEVELOPER
DACKS Capital, LLC
03.2002 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Comp Science
DePaul University
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