Documented research
Our research standard sets requirements for documenting assumptions, testing on unseen data, modelling trading costs and reporting limitations.
Quant ResearchDesk About QRDINDEPENDENT QUANT RESEARCH
Independent research. Transparent evidence.
Quant Research Desk publishes independent research on systematic strategies, portfolio construction and market behaviour. Our work examines the evidence behind a strategy, the assumptions used to test it and the limits of its results.
01FormulateBegin with a testable question.
02ChallengeStress assumptions and implementation.
03DocumentShow evidence, failure and limits.
04TrackKeep forward evidence separate.
Founders
The people behind the research.
We founded QRD to bring our strategy research and software development together, test our ideas and share the results.
Observe after the model is frozen
Forward testing records how a frozen model behaves on data that was unavailable during development. Those results are kept separate from the historical backtest.