March 31 - April 1 2026 | New York Marriott, Brooklyn Bridge

Decode the Market. 
Build the Future.
Capture the Alpha.

Vadim Khidekel

Vadim Khidekel

Owner Khidekel Vadim LLC

Vadim Khidekel is the founder of a quantitative research consultancy. After earning a Ph.D. in Physics from Tel Aviv University he began his career in academia at the University of Rochester before joining Caxton Associates as an early member of their quantitative team—a group that later became A.R.T. Advisors, LLC. Following a decade as Director of Research at A.R.T. and a six-year tenure as Head of Equity Research at Teza Technologies, Vadim now consults for institutional clients and data vendors, bridging the gap between sophisticated data products and investor needs.

DAY ONE I Tuesday March 31

11:10 AM NETWORKING BREAK - 11.20 Demo Drive at Apptopia Booth

11:20 Demo Drive 1 – Apptopia

Iteration Is the Alpha

• First attempts failing is part of the process

• The edge is in the iteration, transforming signals and stripping out known risk factors

• Quants who do this systematically can generate materially higher Sharpe ratios


2:20 PM The ROI in Iterative Thinking and Why Scrappy Quants Are Winning


• First attempts backtesting often fails or produces sub-par results.
• Smart quants needs to look at the data with a microscope to see what can be done better, rather than throw it at the wall and see what sticks.
• Transformations of the data and orthogonalization to known risk factors often helps significantly in achieving a much higher Sharpe ratio.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Vadim.

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